Jo Freya

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

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. 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

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
  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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