Joanna Weston is an award winning singer-songwriter from Guildford in Surrey, who’s had overseas airplay by channels like HGRNJ.org in New Jersey, and by many UK based radio stations including BBC Surrey, Eagle Radio, EKR.com and Brooklands FM where she was the featured artist with two hours of live play and chat on David Durant’s Unsigned Show. Her music was also handpicked for the ‘BBC Introducing: The South’ show, hosted by Phil Jackson, where a panel of music industry professionals critique three unsigned artist from similar genre live on air. The feedback… ‘Brilliant’. ‘Joanna’s voice is really smooth, passionate and honest sounding, it really makes you believe her performance’. ‘She sounds similar to Martha Tilsden’. ‘Reminds me of a sanded down Joni Mitchell’.
This year she has played at prestigious venues in and around London such as The Half Moon in Putney, The Cobden Club in Notting Hill, The Bedford in Balham, The Boileroom in Guildford, and also performed to appreciative audiences at festivals such as GuilFest, Small World and even further a field doing a series of gigs in Turkey and Holland. She was also nominated for “Best Female Solo Artist’ at the Guildford Music Awards 2010 – an annual event where local musicians are recognised for their talent and contribution to live music.
She’s added the finishing touches to her new EP ‘Pieces Of The Puzzle’ which is now available for all too hear! She’s also has been followed by Burning Wick, a film company who’ve documented her travels and the time spent recording. The introductory short film is called ‘Folkin Around Holland’ and ‘Another Pieces If The Puzzle’ is available to buy direct from Burning Wick.
From birth singing, dancing and acting came as naturally as breathing. In 2004 attended vocal course at Guildford’s Academy of Contemporary Music before becoming lead singer of her first serious originals band. In 2006, she became one half of Weston and Schonning before picking up the guitar herself. First the confidence, then the response, and now the solo career creating her own unique sound.
Riding a wave in 2012: new album and wider international audiences… who knows what may come next?
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