Joan As Police Woman
Biographie Joan As Police Woman
Joan As Police Woman
Born in 1970, Joan As Police Woman grew up with her adoptive family in Connecticut, until moving to Brooklyn to join the music scene of that era. She has solid foundations. She studied violin at the university and played in an orchestra. In 1994 in New York she began performing with art/punk bands, experimenting with the parameters of the sound of his violin. She then began working as a session musician with Antony and the Johnsons and Rufus Wainwright then Lou Reed, Beck, Toshi Reagon, David Sylvian, Sparklehorse, Laurie Anderson and Damon Albarn. Lately she has worked with Sufjan Stevens, John Cale, Aldous Harding, Woodkid, Justin Vivian Bond, RZA, Norah Jones and Daniel Johnston and also produced Lau's album which won an award for its Scottish avant-folk.
Joan As Police Woman is a project born in 2002 and named in homage to the star of police TV shows Angie Dickinson. Her previous albums have been acclaimed by audiences and critics and have won awards including the Independent Music Awards (Real Life) and Q Magazine's Album of the Year (To Survie).
One of the outstanding musical artists of the 21st Century” – The Economist
“A living legend excels“ – The Art Desk
“Sublime, breathtaking, Joan owns the room” – Metro
“The Coolest Woman In Pop” – ELLE Magazine
“From Paul McCartney’s tune of the year to Therefore I Am by Billie Eilish and a sensuous cover by Joan As Police Woman, the best songs of 2020” – Daily Mail
“Music so good, it ought to be illegal” 5 ⭐️ – METRO
“‘The Solution is Restless’ is an album that worms its way under your skin, reminding you of half a dozen records you love while sounding unlike anything else around” – THE OBSERVER
“A delicately crafted emotional journey” 4.5/5 ⭐️ – NARC.
“Wasser reworked those tapes into this shadowy masterful set” 4/4 ⭐️ – MOJO
“It’s preposterously great music…her soulful, captivating voice finds snaking melodies among the fertile foliage” 5 ⭐️ – RECORD COLLECTOR
“The Solution is Restless” featured in “The best new music to listen to this week” 4/5 ⭐️ – THE TIMES
“Joan Wasser gets an Afrobeat pulse on one of the legendary drummer’s final outings” 8/10 – UNCUT
