Jo Freya

Jo Freya (born 4 December 1960) is an English saxophonist, clarinettist and singer.

Freya (centre)

She was born Jo Fraser, but changed her name to Jo Freya as a condition of joining the actors' union Equity, which does not allow two of its members to share the same name.[citation needed] She performs mainly folk music and world music and is part of the bands Blowzabella, Old Swan Band and Token Women, as well as performing and / or recording with Lal Waterson, Pete Morton, Maalstroom, and with her sister, Fi Fraser.[1][2][3]

She is part of the Lal Waterson Project, in memory of Waterson and in celebration of her work.[4][5]

Discography

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Solo albums

  • Traditional Songs of England (1993)[6][7]
  • Traditional Songs of Wales (1993)[8]
  • Lush (1996)
  • Lal (2007)
  • Female Smuggler (2008)

Anthology

  • Migrating Bird – The Songs of Lal Waterson (2007)

With Pete Morton

  • Jo Freya & Pete Morton (1997)

As a member of Blowzabella

  • A Richer Dust (1988)
  • Vanilla (1990)
  • Octomento (2007)
  • Dance (2010)

As a member of Fraser Sisters

  • The Fraser Sisters (1998)
  • Going Around (2001)[9]

As a member of Freyja

  • Freyja (1996)
  • One Bathroom (2001)

As a member of The Old Swan Band

  • No Reels (1977)[10]
  • Old Swan Brand (1979)
  • Gamesters, Pickpockets and Harlots (1981)
  • The Old Swan Band (1983)
  • Still Swanning After All These Years (1995)[11]
  • Swan-Upmanship (2004)[12]

As a member of Tanteeka

  • A New Tradition (1997)

As a member of Token Women

  • The Rhythm Method (1993)
  • Out To Lunch (1995)
  • Elsa (2001)

In conjunction with Maalstroom

  • Meet (2010)

As a member of Moirai

  • Sideways (2015)

References

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  1. ^ Neal Walters; Brian Mansfield (1998). MusicHound Folk: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink. ISBN 978-1-57859-037-7. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  2. ^ Woosnam, Dai. "THE OLD SWAN BAND - Swan-Upmanship". The Living Tradition. No. 59. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  3. ^ Peters, Brian. "Thus Spake Stradling". Roots World.
  4. ^ Wilkinson, Allan (2 December 2008). "Jo Freya's Lal Waterson Project". Northern Sky. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  5. ^ Hutchinson, Charles (28 November 2008). "Preview: Jo Freya's Lal Waterson Project, National Centre for Early Music, York, December 2". The York Press. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  6. ^ Paul Théberge; Kyle Devine; Tom Everrett (29 January 2015). Living Stereo: Histories and Cultures of Multichannel Sound. Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 171–. ISBN 978-1-62356-687-6. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  7. ^ John Morrish; Rikky Rooksby; Mark Brend (1 July 2007). The Folk Handbook: Working with Songs from the English Tradition. Backbeat Books. pp. 287–. ISBN 978-1-4768-5400-7. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  8. ^ Frederick Dorian; Orla Duane; James McConnachie (1999). World Music: Africa, Europe and the Middle East. Rough Guides. pp. 318–. ISBN 978-1-85828-635-8. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  9. ^ Howley, Mel. "THE FRASER SISTERS "Going Around"". The Living Tradition. No. 48. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  10. ^ Turner, James R (2009). "The Free Reed Revival Re: Masters Series: Archive Recordings from the Folk Revival". Albion. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  11. ^ Beeby, Dave. "OLD SWAN BAND - "Still Swanning ..."". The Living Tradition. No. 13. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  12. ^ Colin Larkin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music: Morricone, Ennio - Rich Kids. MUZE. ISBN 978-0-19-531373-4. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
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