Once upon a time on the night of the full moon Joana went to the forest and came across the wolf who was howling. She came closer and said hey wolf can you teach me to sing that nice hooooowl. And the wolf said yes and asked her to open her pretty mouth, and when she did the wolf jumped in like into a deep well. Since then, the girl wanders around with the wolf inside her and each time the moon is full she lets out a wild hoooowl.
Joana And The Wolf are a London four piece made up of Lithuanian singer-songwriter Joana and English musicians Ali (guitar), Louis (drums) and Katie (bass).
Between regular London gigs, highlights so far include performing at Brighton's Great Escape festival, supporting James Dean Bradfield at ULU, playing the Rock n Roll stage at Bestival, recording a live session for John Kennedy at Xfm...and Joana singing on Kasabian's track 'Empire' !
Through their Live shows they've built up a faithful following whose votes helped take the band to the 2007 INDY Music Awards, where they won the award for Best New Wave Act. In 2008 they were Xfm Music:response competitors twice, again made the finals for the INDY Music awards, and performed at the 2008 Camden Crawl.
Their explosive performances have established them one of the must-see acts of London - their photo was recently chosen to represent the North London music scene in the 2008 London style guidebook 'Pimp London: The Guide'
In January 2009 they supported Pete Doherty with Babyshambles at The Rhythm Factory in East London, and in August they played the Saturday at Big Chill Festival 2009
"Their live shows are essential viewing." - The Fly magazine
"...even more impressive were Joana & The Wolf, who played a storming set of thrilling new wave rock. Proper New Favourite Band material" - Metro, London
"Here is an exciting band with a singer very much in touch with her inner PJ Harvey and with enough of an ear for melody to leave people wanting more" - Music Week
Purple Nights reviews:
"This is a raw exhilirating animal of a record...a dark epic of a single" - Culturedeluxe
"Such a canine noise, emitting as it does from the mouth of an ethereal, be-fringed young lady, is a deeply, deeply enticing thing" - rockfeedback.com
"With a bit of luck, some of [Regal's] future records will come close to the imaginative scale and impact of this unique and darkly beautiful track" - Control Yourself music magazine
We are finally ready to start promoting my 'I Surrender' single with my album, 'Ella Trip' coming right after -yey!! What d'ya think to the video teaser?
UNMANN-WITTERING : Common Cold Unit NO-MAN : Heartcheat Pop JJ : Ecstasy FIERY FURNACES : Drive To Dallas JOANA & THE WOLF : Pablo PAVEMENT : Motion Suggests CRIPPLED BLACK PHOENIX : Rise Up & Fight TEENAGE FANCLUB : B-Side JOANA & THE WOLF : Kingdom NOUVELLE VAGUE : God Save The Queen SLEEPING STATES : A Spiral Not Repeated BEAUTIFUL SCHIZOPHONIC : Musgo ANDY NICE : Holly At The Ivy JOANA & THE WOLF : Demons Bride DELICATESSEN : Revelations Of A Domestic CALIFORNIA GUITAR TRIO : Sleepwalk RACHAEL McSHANE : The Gardener JOANA & THE WOLF : My Hearts Like A Tiger FINK : All Cried Out
Just a quick update. I have a new track up on my MySpace page. An oldschool acoustic rock duet, featuring the amazingly gifted Jennifer Parrott. So, please go have a listen & let me know what you think :)
