Released as a real ‘snapshot in time’ live album, following her much critically acclaimed and commercially successful debut ‘Dirt On My Tongue’ (not yet released in North America), Jo Harman releases an ‘as is’ live recording by the BBC of her performance last year at The Royal Albert Hall for BluesFest. As well as including favorites from her debut record – including her award nominated composition ‘Sweet Man Moses’ – the album includes Jo’s noted interpretations of classics such as ‘Sideways’ and ‘Ain’t No Love In The Heart Of The City’ as well as previously unreleased original material. The album will be released on digital formats by A Train Entertainment in North America on Tuesday, September 16th.
Since her start in 2011, Jo Harman has turned herself into Europe’s foremost blues/soul/roots fuelled female artist. Remarkably achieved largely by ‘word of mouth’ and dint of hard work and talent, gig by gig, show by show, with little or no PR budget. She is now widely regarded as one of the best and most important artists of that genre to ever emerge from the UK.
Some career highlights include:
- Voted ‘Female Vocalist of the Year’ at this years British Blues Awards (announced 8/26/14)
- Her debut record, ‘Dirt On My Tongue’ (yet to be scheduled for US release) was licensed in BeNeLux to V2 (Adele, Mumford and Sons, Queens of the Stone Age etc) and made the Netherlands pop album charts
- Her debut album was named ‘International Blues Album of the Year’ by Proper Music Distribution in the UK and is racked in HMV, Fopp and other mainstream record shops
- Jo played nearly 100 Festivals in Europe in last 2 years, including prestigious slots at Isle of Wight, Cheltenham Jazz, Edinburgh Jazz, plus headlining most UK Blues Festivals, including BluesFest, Royal Albert Hall and more.
- Named ‘breakout artist of the year’ (alongside Gary Clarke Jr) by British Blues Bible ‘The Blues Magazine’
- Named by Daily Mirror (UK’s second circulation daily) as ‘best female soul blues voice in UK’ in amongst wide number of mainstream media plaudits; on his BBC Radio 2 show Huey Morgan (Fun Lovin’ Criminals) said ‘sometimes you hear a voice that leaves you speechless…I am’
- Last year Jo was one of only 12 (otherwise household names) appearing at Parkpop in Hague playing to 300k people, as part of an increasingly impressive European Festival resume.
Live festival footage (blues/rock) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y020eI6SwJc
European TV (soul) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKD-i0MFFWY
Studio album (gospel ballad) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYMIi8LyBzM
