Jo Freya (born 4 December 1960) is an English saxophonist,
clarinet
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tist and singer.
She was born Jo Fraser, but changed her name to Jo Freya as a condition of joining the actors' union
Equity, which does not allow two of its members to share the same name. She performs mainly
folk music
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and
world music
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and is part of the bands
Blowzabella,
Old Swan Band
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Early years
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and
Token Women
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, as well as performing and / or recording with
Lal Waterson
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,
Pete Morton
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,
Maalstroom, and with her sister,
Fi Fraser.
She is part of the
Lal Waterson Project, in memory of Waterson and in celebration of her work.
Discography
Solo albums
* ''Traditional Songs of England'' (1993)
* ''Traditional Songs of Wales'' (1993)
* ''Lush'' (1996)
* ''Lal'' (2007)
* ''Female Smuggler'' (2008)
Anthology
* ''Migrating Bird – The Songs of Lal Waterson'' (2007)
With Pete Morton
* ''Jo Freya & Pete Morton'' (1997)
As a member of ''Blowzabella''
* ''A Richer Dust'' (1988)
* ''Vanilla'' (1990)
* ''Octomento'' (2007)
* ''Dance'' (2010)
As a member of
Fraser Sisters
* ''The Fraser Sisters'' (1998)
* ''Going Around'' (2001)
As a member of
Freyja
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* ''Freyja'' (1996)
* ''One Bathroom'' (2001)
As a member of ''The Old Swan Band''
* ''No Reels'' (1977)
* ''Old Swan Brand'' (1979)
* ''Gamesters, Pickpockets and Harlots'' (1981)
* ''The Old Swan Band'' (1983)
* ''Still Swanning After All These Years'' (1995)
* ''Swan-Upmanship'' (2004)
As a member of
Tanteeka
* ''A New Tradition'' (1997)
As a member of ''Token Women''
* ''The Rhythm Method'' (1993)
* ''Out To Lunch'' (1995)
* ''Elsa'' (2001)
In conjunction with ''Maalstroom''
* ''Meet'' (2010)
As a member of
Moirai
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* ''Sideways'' (2015)
References
External links
Official WebsiteMySpace Page
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1960 births
Living people
English folk musicians
English folk singers
Place of birth missing (living people)
English saxophonists
English clarinetists
British women saxophonists
Women clarinetists
21st-century British saxophonists
21st-century British clarinetists