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An artist who sings straight from the heart, with pure, unadulterated soulfulness and sincerity devoid of any histrionics, Jo Harman was proclaimed "the UK’s finest female soul blues voice" by The Daily Mirror, while Classic Rock & Blues said, "She writes lip-biting, beautiful songs."It has been a decade since Jo travelled to Nashville to record her most recent body of original work, the highly acclaimed People We Become, featuring Michael McDonald (whose other duet partners number Aretha Franklin, Carly Simon, and Patti LaBelle), yet her reputation and standing have only continued to grow in the years since, confirmed by her 2025 Female Vocalist of the Year nomination by Soul Tracks.
Even a global pandemic and the arrival of motherhood have done little to slow Jo's momentum, and in a crowded music landscape, industry and audiences alike increasingly recognise her as a UK artist of rare authenticity, depth, and skill.
During this period, Jo has felt a renewed pull towards Black American music of the late 1960s and early 1970s - songs that offered powerful commentary on social injustice. More than half a century on, their themes resonate strongly with her own concerns about society in today’s troubled times.
This has led Jo to record her own interpretations of Donny Hathaway's Someday We'll All Be Free, then Andy Grammer's Don't Give Up On Me, and now the Ralph MacDonald/William Salter composition Trade Winds – a song whose message she feels profoundly - which completes this trilogy of 70s soul classics, each chosen for lyrics that speak directly to her deeply held reflections on the present day.
All of this comes ahead of plans to finally release new original material from 2026 onwards, which may - at last - develop into the long-awaited third album.
For this intimate, stripped-back trio show, performed exclusively for The Music Mix, Jo is accompanied by two world-class musicians in Emily Francis (Toyah Willcox, Andrea Bocelli, Rumer, Alexandra Burke) and Nat Martin (Robert Fripp, Galliano, Thomas Dolby).
Jo Harman (Vocals) Emily Francis (Keys) Nat Martin (Guitar)
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Wivenhoe Congregational Church, 101 High Street, CO7 9AB Wivenhoe, United Kingdom, 103 High Street, Colchester, CO7 9AF, United Kingdom
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