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Summer Shows

Thursday 4th June 2026

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Tamikrest

Tuesday 16th June 2026

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Juni Habel

Thursday 25th June 2026

Tamikrest

16th Jun

+ + Taibhsí

@ The Hope & Ruin
Juni Habel

25th Jun

+ + REA

@ The Rose Hill
Alison Cotton

2nd Jul

+ + special guests

@ The Rose Hill
Fuzzy Lights

26th Sep

+ + special guests

@ The Rossi Bar
LSD and the Sea…

11th Oct

+ + special guests

@ Komedia (Main Sp…
Lemoncello

16th Oct

+ + special guests

@ The Folklore Roo…
Pete Fij

22nd Oct

+ + special guests

@ The Green Door S…
Stornoway

25th Oct

+ + Alice Boyd

@ CHALK
Steve Knightley…

11th Nov

+ + special guests

@ Komedia (Main Sp…
James Yorkston

2nd Dec

+ + special guests

@ Folkestone Quart…

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New Show 📣 James Yorkston (solo) @jamesyorkston +

New Show 📣

James Yorkston (solo) @jamesyorkston + special guests play Quarterhouse, Folkestone @creativefstone on Wednesday 2nd December.

Tickets on-sale: Friday 5th June at 10am

James Yorkston is a singer-songwriter and author from the East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. Since 2001, he has released a series of acclaimed albums on Domino Records and toured them worldwide. His most recent album, 2025's Songs for Nina and Johanna, is a collection of duets with Nina Persson of The Cardigans and Johanna of First Aid Kit. This earned James and Nina a slot on Later... With Jools Holland, as well as BBC6 sessions for Huw Stephens, Marc Riley and Gideon Coe.
"𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘑𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘠𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘯, 𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘯, 𝘚𝘰̈𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘨, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘫𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘦́, 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧." - Popmatters.

James's most recent novel, ‘Callum, Reine, Sylvie and Sparrow’, is a fragmentary novel by James Yorkston. Nine interwoven fictional tales involving Callum, a journalist and musician, alongside his friends, lovers and family. Includes: Music, travel, lochs, love, despair, strippers, football, antiquarian books, Scotland, Ireland, goodies and baddies and everything else that matters in the world.
"𝘐 𝘢𝘣𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬… 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘭𝘺. 𝘈𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘧𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦" - Jarvis Cocker

James was an integral original member of the much lauded and hugely influential Fence Collective (King Creosote, Pictish Trail, KT Tunstall, Beta Band etc) and his style shows a mastery of folk traditions, often drawing on traditional songs, which has seen him collaborate with such heritage artists as the Waterson family, Martin Carthy and the late Bert Jansch, whilst producing his own albums alongside contemporary artists such as Four Tet, Rustin Man, David Wrench and Alexis Taylor (Hot Chip).

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Juni Habel @junihabel + REA @reaamusic play The Ro

Juni Habel @junihabel + REA @reaamusic play The Rosehill @the_rose_hill Brighton on Thursday 25th June.

Juni Habel's fragile finger-picked lullabies warm themselves by the open fire with her rich intimate voice atop twinkling arrangements and strange percussive instrumentation. Like glowing embers in the dark, these songs are odes to life and death, the beauty of belonging and human kinship with nature.

The Norwegian’s first album in three years, 'Evergreen In Your Mind,' was released mid-April on Basin Rock @basinrock following the breakthrough success of her 'Carvings' LP.

"𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘬𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘑𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢 𝘗𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘵’𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴" - The Guardian
"𝘛𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘔𝘺𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘮 𝘎𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘑𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘍𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳'𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦𝘥" - MOJO
"𝘈 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘶𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘺" - CLASH
"𝘏𝘢𝘣𝘦𝘭'𝘴 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘩 𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴 - 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘕𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘋𝘳𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘑𝘶𝘭𝘪𝘢 𝘑𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘭𝘪𝘯." - Stereogum
"𝘓𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘴, 𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦, 𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘬 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦." - Uncut

Brighton-based 𝗥𝗘𝗔 creates alternative folk music in quiet outdoor spaces. Raised between open fields and farmlands of rural Staffordshire, her music is deeply rooted in the natural world.

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#junihabel #rea

Support announcement 📣 𝗧𝗮𝗶𝗯𝗵𝘀𝗶́ is the fretless a

Support announcement 📣

𝗧𝗮𝗶𝗯𝗵𝘀𝗶́ is the fretless and acoustic lapsteel duo of Kev Nickels and Linden Pomeroy; interlocking meditations and freakish modal zones.

They support Tamikrest @tamikrest.official at The Hope & Ruin @thehopeandruin #Brighton on Tuesday 16th June.

“𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘺, 𝘥𝘰 𝘛𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘬𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘭; 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘌𝘯𝘵𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘦-𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘴, 𝘵𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘐𝘴𝘢𝘢𝘤 𝘏𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘺 𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘭
𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴” ~ 𝗠𝗼𝗷𝗼

Powerful psychedelic blues rock and hypnotic trance from the Sahara.

*Kindly note this show is SOLD OUT.

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Summer ☀️ Over the coming months, we're looking f

Summer ☀️

Over the coming months, we're looking forward to desert blues, intimate singer-songwriting, layered vocal drones, psych-folk, fuzzed-out pop melodies, dreamy vocal harmonies, synths and electronic percussion, and more.

Join us!
Tickets are available for all of our forthcoming shows via
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With love from the Melting Vinyl team xx

"A 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘶𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘺" CLASH And more 'Everg

"A 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘶𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘺" CLASH

And more 'Evergreen In Your Mind' quotes ~

"𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘬𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘑𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢 𝘗𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘵’𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴" The Guardian
"𝘓𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘏𝘢𝘣𝘦𝘭 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦, 𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘬 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦" Uncut
"𝘛𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘔𝘺𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘮 𝘎𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘑𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘍𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳'𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦𝘥" MOJ
"𝘘𝘶𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘬 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘳𝘦'𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴" KLOF
"𝘏𝘢𝘣𝘦𝘭'𝘴 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘩 𝘨r𝘢𝘴𝘴 - 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘕𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘋𝘳𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘑𝘶𝘭𝘪𝘢 𝘑𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘭𝘪𝘯." Stereogum

It’s been just over a month since Juni Habel released Evergreen in Your Mind, and catch Juni Habel @junihabel + REA @reaamusic play live at The Rosehill @the_rose_hill on Thursday, 25th June.

Juni Habel's fragile finger-picked lullabies warm themselves by the open fire with her rich intimate voice atop twinkling arrangements and strange percussive instrumentation. Like glowing embers in the dark, these songs are odes to life and death, the beauty of belonging and human kinship with nature.

Join us:
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Or see the link in our bio: @meltingvinylbrighton

#junihabel #rea

Running Order 📣 19.00 Doors Open 19.00- 19.15 In

Running Order 📣

19.00 Doors Open
19.00- 19.15 Innerstrings
19.15 - 19.45 Songe
19:45- 20:05 DJ Innerstrings
20:05 - 20:35 Simon Heartfield
20.35 - 20.55 DJ Innerstrings
20.55 BUNKR

We're celebrating the release of the new BUNKR album Signals, featuring live sets from @bunkr + @simonheartfield + @songe.ambient plus @innerstrings (DJ) serving up a cosmic array of electronic music from ambient to electronica to techno and beyond at A L P H A B E T @alphabetbrighton #Brighton on Thursday 28th May.

Visuals by @magictorchltd & lasers by @liberationlaser

Drawing inspiration from electronica, ambient, melodic techno, and the mysteries of the cosmos, Brighton-based musician and producer James Dean channels these influences into his work under the BUNKR alias. Maximal melodic electronics from the outer orbit.

BUNKR returns with Signals, his fourth LP for the VLSI label.
Signals is shaped by BUNKR’s formative encounters with space, sound, and the unknown. Shimmering ambient textures drift against polyrhythmic patterns and breaks; synth lines pulse like coded transmissions; fragments of rave energy flicker and dissolve into wide, cinematic soundscapes. Shimmering ambient textures drift against polyrhythmic patterns and imagination; it’s part post-rave archaeology, part sci-fi daydream.

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Simon Heartfield is a musician, producer, DJ, video maker, and a former child acrobat.
“Simon’s music and visuals are deep, emotive pieces, reminiscent of Chris & Cosey and Coil, whilst still showing a crisp contemporary edge” ~ PLEX London
“Ambient dancehall” SPIRIT OF GRAVITY, Brighton

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Songe is an Anglo-French duo, Brighton-based performers on an ambient journey exploring the full breadth of the electronica genre. They offer textures lovingly threaded together on a string of synthesisers, theremins, harps and keys. This is music for the lost souls, the lovers, the wood sprites.

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#songe #SimonHeartfield #BUNKR

Reflective, experimental pop. New show 📣 Departur

Reflective, experimental pop. New show 📣

Departure Lounge @departureloungemusic + special guests play The Rosehill @the_rose_hill on Saturday 12th December

Departure Lounge return to Brighton, one of their spiritual homes (the other is Nashville) for a special headline show at The Rose Hill on Saturday 12th December. They'll be showing off tracks from their forthcoming album, Field Conditions and upgraded versions of old favourites, as well as songs from 2021's Transmeridian, including the single, Australia, which featured R.E.M.'s Peter Buck on guitar.

The four-piece recording line-up of Chris Anderson (aka Crayola Lectern), Simon Edwards, Lindsay Jamieson and Tim Keegan will be augmented by Tim's son Quincy.

"These four friends from different musical backgrounds came together originally with the stated aim of ‘creating music to soothe the troubled soul’. Citing influences including Robert Wyatt, Nick Drake, Talk Talk, Lou Reed, Arvo Pärt and Cocteau Twins, the band’s diverse tastes are reflected in the music they create.
Departure Lounge could be said to embody a lost age of reflective, experimental pop music which came to the fore at the turn of the millennium with The Beta Band, Tunng, Boards Of Canada and Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci." (Matt Lockett, Violette Records).

Tickets and info:
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#departurelounge

Running Order 📣 19.30 Doors Open 19.30 - 20.00 DJ

Running Order 📣

19.30 Doors Open
19.30 - 20.00 DJ Songs from the Ark
20.00 - 20.30 Danny George Wilson
20.30 - 21.00 DJ Songs from the Ark
21.00 The Handsome Family

The Handsome Family @thehandsomefamily + Danny George Wilson @dannythechamp + DJ support from Songs from the Ark play @komedia_brighton on Thursday 28th May

It's a very welcome return for The Handsome Family as they mark the reissue of their landmark album 𝗦𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗕𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀.

Their 2003 album featuring the song ‘Far From Any Road’ from True Detective is now repackaged as a limited-edition, remastered vinyl. It has a repackaged sleeve and comes with the a bonus CD ‘Invisible Bones’ featuring outtakes, demos and live recordings. The Singing Bones reissue is out in May 2026.

Led by husband-and-wife duo Brett and Rennie Sparks, The Handsome Family have long occupied a world of their own, blending alt-country, gothic Americana and desert noir into something both eerie and strangely beautiful. Written after their move to New Mexico, Singing Bones remains one of their defining works: a record steeped in dust, myth and the supernatural.

Critical praise of Singing Bones (2003)

“𝘚𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘉𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘎𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘤” The Independent ★★★★
“𝘚𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘉𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘨𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘴’ 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤” Mojo ★★★★

𝗗𝗮𝗻𝗻𝘆 𝗚𝗲𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗲 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝘀𝗼𝗻 - Wilson is brilliant Americana songwriter and master performer, showcasing his mournful, powerful, rich and honeyed voice.
"𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 '𝟩𝟢𝘴-𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘷𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯" ★★★★ Mojo
"𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘦 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘦 𝘕𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘔𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘦𝘭 𝘚𝘵𝘪𝘱𝘦" UNCUT

𝗗𝗝 𝗦𝗼𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝗸 - Eclectic former Radio Reverb and Totally Radio based DJ/Radio show spinning everything from Dillards to Alice Coltrane.

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Joan As Police Woman @joanaspolicewoman discusses

Joan As Police Woman @joanaspolicewoman discusses two decades of Real Life; recording Iggy Pop in a hotel room in New Zealand; assembling The Solution Is Restless from a single improvised session with Tony Allen; and the reasons she is unable to write love songs at the moment.

You can read the interview here: https://retrofuturista.com/joan-as-police-woman-creation-is-forever-a-mystery-interview-with-joan-wasser/

And catch her live with her trio performing the entire classic debut album Real Life on Sunday 21st February 2027 at @komedia_brighton

Joan Wasser, known professionally as Joan As Police Woman, is a critically acclaimed New York-based artist.
As a singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, she defies easy categorisation by crafting her own sound that blends various genres.
She has released ten albums of original material, two cover albums, and an anthology. Beyond her solo career, Wasser is a sought-after collaborator. She's a member of Iggy Pop's touring band and performs with Damon Albarn’s Africa Express. Her collaborative spirit has led her to work with Tony Allen, Lou Reed, Anohni & The Johnsons, Meshell Ndegeocello, Rufus Wainwright, John Cale, David Byrne and many other notable musicians around the world.

Sunday Times • ‘Sensational’//Uncut • ‘This is breathtakingly goodmusic'//Mojo • ‘full of meditative beauty...ravishing and lovelorn’//TheGuardian • ‘a voice so wondrous and moving that it makes everyone else’s seem ordinary and mundane’//Q • ‘Beautiful’//The Times • ‘The coolest woman inpop’//The Economist • ‘Joan As Police Woman is one of the 21st century’s best musicians.

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#joanaspolicewoman

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