Jo Ash

Cambridge

Jo Ash is a critically-acclaimed, award-nominated songwriter. Instantly recognisable, with unique vocals and intricate piano, her immersive music is full of strong melodies and drama. Her songs comment on life as she observes and experiences it, sometimes with wry humour, sometimes with heart-felt introspection, and sometimes with both. And when her imagination takes flight into the world of the unexpected they tell engaging stories of vampires, magicians and buried treasure! Audiences can’t get enough. The Musician’s Union reviewed her debut album ‘Constellations’ and came up with 23 words that brilliantly sum up Jo and her art: “Singer-songwriter Jo Ash’s debut demands that we take notice. Jo’s balladry is unapologetically dramatic with swooping vocals perfectly suited to her gothic tales”. Jo has appeared on the BBC and other independent radio stations, and performs widely and regularly across the UK at festivals and other music venues. Her live appearances have a sense of theatre which she has honed over the years, and a measure of the strength of her audience appeal is that whenever she performs somewhere new she is always asked back. As well as performing as a spellbinding solo act, Jo’s inner 'raaaar’ is on full show as song-writer and front woman of rock band Derecho with whom she’s played over 150 shows at festivals, clubs and other music venues across the UK. The band has released two studio albums and three EPs featuring Jo’s songs, and receives constant global radio airplay. Derecho are: Jo Ash (piano/vocals), Mike Wheatley (guitar), Mike Ellis (drums), Steve Banks (bass).