Jo Harman & Company

Edinburgh Blues Club present Jo Harman & Company + Wang Dang Delta £13 – Friday 20 March 2015

Edinburgh Blues Club proudly present Jo Harman & Company + Wang Dang Delta
Friday 20 March 2015 The Voodoo Rooms Edinburgh 7pm

Jo Harman

Recently voted ‘Female Vocalist of the Year’ at the British Blues Awards, Jo Harman is an original British singer-songwriter/bandleader whose work is broadly influenced by blues, gospel, soul, country, rock and other ‘roots’ sensibilities.
In March 2014 the Daily Mirror, as part of a half page interview, described her as ‘the finest female soul blues singer in the UK’. Emerging initially as a ‘word of mouth’ independent, Jo remarkably secured over 50 UK and European festival gigs over in 2013, including prestigious slots at the likes of Cheltenham and Edinburgh Jazz Festivals. Last summer Jo was one of only 12 (otherwise household name) artists appearing at Parkpop in the Hague, performing to over 300,000 people. Moreover, late last year she performed alongside names like Robert Plant and Van Morrison at BluesFest at The Royal Albert Hall in London for Live Nation (Jo’s performance being broadcast by Radio 2 and Radio 6 Music) and she has been asked to re-appear in 2014. Jo also appeared on prime time European TV and mainstream radio, as well as making three appearances within 6 months at the world famous Paradiso, Amsterdam.
Jo’s 2013 debut album ‘Dirt On My Tongue’ received remarkable critical acclaim and no little commercial success making various of ‘best of’ lists and awards, internationally. She subsequently signed to V2 (stable mates include Adele, Mumford and Sons, Queens of the Stone Age etc) in Europe and the album entered the Netherlands album charts. Recently, Huey Morgan (Fun Lovin’ Criminals) said on his BBC Radio 2 show ‘Sometimes you hear asinger who leaves you speechless – I am’.
In Summer 2014, Jo released a new album,’Jo Harman and Company – Live At The Royal Albert Hall’, recorded by the BBC. This year, her international touring schedule extended to Festivals in France, Germany, Poland, Spain and the Caribbean, with USA beconning, as well as continuing many significant festival (Isle of Wight included), theatre and major club shows in UK. She and her band received no less than 4 nominations for this years British Blues Awards, winning best singer in 2014.
JO HARMAN debut album ‘DIRT ON MY TONGUE’ plus ‘LIVE AT THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL’ (recorded by BBC) out now
“Brilliant…get it!’ Mail On Sunday
“A must hear album” Jazz FM
“On course to be the finest female soul and blues vocalist in the UK” Daily Mirror
Stunning…our tip for 2013. Harman’s music mainlines the human soul’ The Blues Magazine (9 out of 10)
“A landmark album” (9 stars) Country Music Magazine
“A veritable superstar on the British blues and roots scene, she really is that good….the voice is a glorious instrument, immensely expressive and with a tone that can send shivers down the spine…this is an astounding record, timeless, rich and powerful …it’s this disc that truly says that she is a star of our time.’” Tone Monkey
‘What a voice!’ – Classic Rock

http://www.joharman.com

Support by Wang Dang Delta

WANG DANG DELTA are a 6-piece band from Perthshire in Scotland who specialise in blues and beyond music. The band serve up a set featuring mainly original compositions with some classic blues and boogie thrown in for good measure.
The band bring a wealth of experience and influences with hints of jazz, soul, folk, country and other roots-based genres pushing at the boundaries, but remaining firmly grounded in the blues. The lineup features top-drawer vocals, guitar, bass, drums, keyboards and harmonica.
They have featured at some of the UK’s top blues clubs and other career highlights include appearances at Perth Festival of the Arts (with Jack Bruce), Southern Fried Festival, Orkney Blues Festival, Dundee Blues Bonanza, Perthshire Amber and Thunder in the Glens.

The band’s musicianship is such that members have racked up an impressive array of guest appearances. These include Pete Caban’s guitar work with Rancho Rebop and the Full Moon Howlers and Jim Harcus’s harmonica wizardry with Radiotones along with alt-blues legend Dave Arcari and GT’s Boos Band. Keyboards player Alan Sutherland has played extensively with Dougie MacLean and has also managed to find time to co-compose and perform the music with acclaimed pipes, whistles and cittern player Ross Ainslie for Perth Theatre’s The Snow Queen. Bass player Jason Wotherspoon has toured extensively with celtic-funk superstars Tartan Amoebas in a line up which featured the wonderful Julie Fowlis. Underpin all of this with the metronomic timing and dynamics of Pim Pirnie on drums and you have the perfect backdrop for the diverse range of songs written by lead vocalist Ian McLaren.

http://www.wangdangdelta.co.uk

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