Jo Freya
British musician

Jo Freya

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Jo Freya (born 4 December 1960) is an English saxophonist, clarinetist 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 and world music and is part of the bands Blowzabella, Old Swan Band and Token Women, as well as performing with Lal Waterson, Pete Morton and Maalstroom.

Discography

Solo albums

  • "Traditional Songs of England" (1993)
  • "Lush" (1996)
  • "Lal" (2007)
  • "Female Smuggler" (2008)

Anthology

  • "Migrating Bird – The Songs of Lal Waterson" (2007)

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"

  • "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"

  • "Sideways" (2015)