Joanna Chapman-Smith (main vox, guitar, clarinet, piano) "The Tryst" Featuring: Wayne Adams (bgs & percussion) Dawn Zoe (bgs & accordion) Justine Fischer (bgs & stand-up "big momma" bass) And Special Guests: Dan Chapman-Smith (vocals on "Between the Minds") Tim Chapman-Smith (whistling on "Between the Minds") Marc L'Esperance (tenor sax on "Carnival Song") Carolyna Loveless (bgs on "Carnival Song") Sarah MacDougall (bgs on "Carnival Song") Chris Suen (bgs on "Carnival Song") Ben Rogalsky (stand-up bass on "Closing My Door")
Joanna also appears as a collaborator and accessory in the following projects:
Artists: Hanne Hukkelberg, Ora Cogan, Ane Brun, Jess Hill, Regina Spektor, All the amazingly talented musicians I get to work with - the dancers, actors and students too... for real... not just being corny... Postal Service, Sufjan Stevens, Jason Collett, Ruthie Foster, Lily Allen, Amy Winehouse, Jill Barber, Maria Rita, Tom Waits, Fiona Apple, Bjork, Sarah Slean, Laleh, Rufus Wainwright, Tracy Chapman, Ani Difranco, Joni Mitchell, Counting Crows, The Indigo Girls Things:
The City (Vancouver & its crows & beauty, Toronto & its hustle and bustle), New Zealand, Contraries (William Blake's The Marriage of Heaven & Hell), Amateur Philosophy, Silver Lines, and at least three other things...
Sounds Like
Everyone else... Isn't that what I'm supposed to say?
Joanna Chapman-Smith is a powerful young woman who has been making waves on the folk scene since 2002. Alone on stage, sitting atop a percussion rig made out of a suitcase and outnumbered by instruments, she charms unassuming crowds into singing along and letting themselves be carried away into her world that questions right and wrong, mind and body, permanence and impermanence. At 25 years old she has already been many times across the country, over to the US, Europe and New Zealand as well.
Joanna's audiences are treated to a captivating style reminiscent of jazz and gypsy-cabaret. Festival audiences across Canada have already been warmed to the work of Joanna Chapman-Smith: "The Edmonton Folk Festival" (T. Nile), "Folk on the Rocks" in Yellowknife (T. Nile), "The Vancouver Island Music Festival" in Comox Valley, BC (Women in the Round), "The Atlin Music Festival" (Solo) and many more around British Columbia.
Joanna holds a BFA in music composition, working frequently with contemporary choreographers, touring theatrical productions and live circus performances. Indeed, she's jumped into many scenes wherever a little accordion or clarinet can add new dimension to artistic collaborations. Joanna also plays with T. Nile, Lily Come Down, The End Tree and Women in the Round, and has also appeared as a recording artist on albums of such artists as Sandy Scofield, CR Avery, Sarah MacDougall. Joanna has released two solo records to date - the most recent of which, "Contraries", was released in 2009 to enthusiastic reviews.
====for info on and requests for European solo gigs in 2010 please mail to: YIMA, info@yima.nl====
====for info on and requests for North American Festival gigs in 2010 please mail to: Andrea Curtis, joannacs.bookings@gmail.com====
Hey, that sounds like good news !! Yes, come back soon ... and often!!! Your songs have been THE highlight of the year for me, so happy to have come across your music. And I think my boyfriends is secretly in love with you, haha ... but I cannot blame him, I can sooooo understand...
That was an ultra rare cover, how do you know about it?? :P
I'm glad to hear the tour went well for you. I hope the rest of your travels are good. I watched your BalconyTV video. I thoroughly enjoyed the ending of your song. haha.
I'll add you to the list of people that have asked me that question...haha..sometime in the future, perhaps...although I did enter a contest to win a trip for the 2010 Olympics. haha.
Have a good day/night/whatever time of day it is wherever you are.
you should come.not too lovely except for the audience.i know a suitable place for you to perform.but i wouldn't leave paris of course.see ya...and again,bravo!
I was actually watching Wax Mannequin hang his science over the balcony, and your name caught my eye. Those songs are oooooooooooold, not too happy with them myself, I haven't got around to recording....
Hey Joanna, long time no talk. I just saw you on balcony TV, thought you might want to know....as you said said you did, I love your little junk machine, make me one?? How goes the tour?? I'm living in East Van now, with my lady and son, maybe see you if you ever make it back??
Good for you mine fine feathered friend! I am proud of you! Please be in touch when you are back. I'd like to pick your brain.... :) And get caught up with the rest of life!
Sure. Whenever you come back to Germany, don..t miss Osnabrück and the Mojo. I am organizing the Mojo Song Night - a monthly event, on which always three acts play. It takes place every last wednesday of a month. www.myspace.com/mojosongnight
Thanks!! Good seeing you play at Roepaen yesterday ... and today I had the "Lily come down" CD in the mail, yay!! Love it as well! Have fun in Amsterdam -- Lilli
my my sweet songs dip in the sky a drop of sunlight says its last goodbye oh to dream to feel so high and get to fall with every day that dies but well the veil does give time to wonder where tomorrow's secrets lie
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!! Yes, come back soon ... and often!!! Your songs have been THE highlight of the year for me, so happy to have come across your music. And I think my boyfriends is secretly in love with you, haha ... but I cannot blame him, I can sooooo understand... 
