Joy Harjo
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Genre: Jazz / Other / Rock
Location Albuquerque, New Mexico, US
Profile Views: 63389
Last Login: 2/24/2011
Member Since 12/26/2006
Website www.joyharjo.com
Record Label Mekko Productions
Type of Label Indie
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Bio
Joy Harjo was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma and is a member of the Mvskoke Nation. Her seven books of poetry, which includes such well-known titles as�How We Became Human- New and Selected Poems,�The Woman Who Fell From the Sky, and�She Had Some Horses�have garnered many awards.��These include the New Mexico Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts, the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Native Writers Circle of the Americas; and the William Carlos Williams Award from the Poetry Society of America.�For A Girl Becoming, a young adult/coming of age book, was released in 2009 and is Harjo’s most recent publication. She has released four award-winning CD's of original music and in 2009 won a Native American Music Award (NAMMY) for Best Female Artist of the Year for�Winding Through the Milky Way. She performs nationally and internationally with her band, the Arrow Dynamics. She also performs her one-woman show,�Wings of Night Sky, Wings of Morning Light, which premiered at the Wells Fargo Theater in Los Angeles in 2009. She has received a Rasmusson:US Artists Fellowship and is a founding board member of the Native Arts and Cultures Foundation. Harjo writes a column “Comings and Goings” for her tribal newspaper, the Muscogee Nation News. She lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico. -
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MAY 2009 .. New Mexico Music Awards .. JOY HARJO WINS IN 2 CATEGORIES!.. http://www.newmexicomusicawards.com/.. In 1987, a number of recording industry professionals set out to achieve cooperation among recording studios and other industry professionals in order to create a climate of professionalism and artistic excellence within the New Mexico music community. The result was the New Mexico Music Industry Coalition (now the New Mexico Music Awards) This awards program recognizes excellence for recorded music from the previous calendar year for original music productions recorded and mixed primarily within the state of New Mexico. .. .. ————————————————————————————————————— .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. -
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Bio:
Joy Harjo was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma and is a member of the Mvskoke Nation. Her seven books of poetry, which includes such well-known titles as How We Became Human- New and Selected Poems, The Woman Who Fell From the Sky, and She Had Some Horses have garnered many awards. These include the New Mexico Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts, the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Native Writers Circle of the Americas; and the William Carlos Williams Award from the Poetry Society of America. For A Girl Becoming, a young adult/coming of age book, was released in 2009 and is Harjo’s most recent publication. She has released four award-winning CD's of original music and in 2009 won a Native American Music Award (NAMMY) for Best Female Artist of the Year for Winding Through the Milky Way. She performs nationally and internationally with her band, the Arrow Dynamics. She also performs her one-woman show, Wings of Night Sky, Wings of Morning Light, which premiered at the Wells Fargo Theater in Los Angeles in 2009. She has received a Rasmusson:US Artists Fellowship and is a founding board member of the Native Arts and Cultures Foundation. Harjo writes a column “Comings and Goings” for her tribal newspaper, the Muscogee Nation News. She lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico.Member Since:
December 26, 2006Influences:
MAY 2009New Mexico Music Awards
JOY HARJO WINS IN 2 CATEGORIES!
http://www.newmexicomusicawards.com/
In 1987, a number of recording industry professionals set out to achieve cooperation among recording studios and other industry professionals in order to create a climate of professionalism and artistic excellence within the New Mexico music community. The result was the New Mexico Music Industry Coalition (now the New Mexico Music Awards) This awards program recognizes excellence for recorded music from the previous calendar year for original music productions recorded and mixed primarily within the state of New Mexico.
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KEEP ON ROCKIN’
we appreciate your friendship.
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Thanks, Joy Harjo.
Really love the song writing! Hope to pick up a show here in New England.
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