Joan as Police Woman: The musical ups and downs of my life
Musician and songwriter Joan Wasser shares the music that has soundtracked her life and how her own experiences and emotions are woven into her songs.
Musician and songwriter Joan Wasser, known by her moniker 'Joan as Police Woman', shares the pivotal moments that have made her the multi-talented artist she is today. Talking to Nemone, who combines her roles of DJ and qualified psychotherapist, Joan dives deep to share her story and the songs that have moved her and soundtracked the ups and downs of her eventful life. Joan also reveals how personal experiences, thoughts and emotions are woven through her own work. It鈥檚 a chance to understand her relationship with music more intimately and to learn more about how she has used sound to communicate and how she has reached the place we meet her in as she releases her tenth studio album, 'Lemons, Lime and Orchids'.
In this programme, Joan talks to Nemone about growing up in an adoptive family and meeting her biological parents for the first time as a young woman. She talks openly about the tragic death of soulmate and fellow musician Jeff Buckley at such a young age and how she got through the darkest of times. Joan talks about studying the violin and how she eventually found her voice. She also shares how she writes her own songs and the joy of making beats. Joan's story is one of strength, resilience, overcoming addiction to get sober and reaching a happier place in life. Featuring music from the film 'Grease', Mahler's Symphony No. 2, Black Flag, Siouxsie and The Banshees, Joan's previous band The Dambuilders, Jeff Buckley, ANOHNI and the Johnsons and Mahalia Jackson.
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Joan As Police Woman
Long For Ruin
- Long For Ruin.
- Play It Again Sam.
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Joan As Police Woman
Long for Ruin (Instrumental)
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Joan As Police Woman
Back Again (Instrumental)
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Stockard Channing
There Are Worse Things I Could Do
- Grease (Original Movie Soundtrack).
- RSO Records.
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Joan As Police Woman
Human Condition
- Joanthology.
- Play It Again Sam.
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Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iv谩n Fischer, Hungarian Radio and Television Chorus, Lisa Milne & Birgit Remmert
Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection": V. Im Tempo des Scherzos - Langsam. Misterioso, "
- Mahler: Symphony No. 2.
- Channel Classics.
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Adam and the Ants
Dog Eat Dog
- KINGS OF THE WILD FRONTIER.
- Columbia.
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Bow Wow Wow
I Want Candy
- RCA.
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XTC
Senses Working Overtime
- Virgin.
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Echo & the Bunnymen
The Cutter
- Korova.
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The Police
Spirits In The Material World
- A&M.
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The Smiths
Hand In Glove
- The Sound Of The Smiths.
- Rhino.
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The Specials
Too Much Too Young
- The Best Of The Specials.
- Chrysalis Records Limited.
- 10.
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Black Flag
Rise Above
- Punk Essentials.
- UMG Recordings, Inc..
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Siouxsie and the Banshees
Spellbound
- Polydor.
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The Dambuilders
Teenage Loser Anthem
- Ruby Red.
- Rhino/Elektra.
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Jeff Buckley
Hallelujah
- You and I (Expanded Edition).
- Columbia/Legacy.
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ANOHNI and the Johnsons & ANOHNI
Bird Gerhl
- I Am A Bird Now.
- Secretly Canadian.
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Joan As Police Woman
The Ride
- Reveal.
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Joan As Police Woman & Benjamin Lazar Davis
Broke Me In Two
- Let It Be You.
- Reveal Records.
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Joan As Police Woman, Tony Allen & Dave Okumu
Take Me To Your Leader
- PIAS.
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Joan As Police Woman
Lemons Limes and Orchids
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D'angelo
Brown Sugar
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Mahalia Jackson
How I Got Over
- Sings the Best-Loved Hymns of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr..
- Columbia/Legacy.
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Broadcast
- Tue 8 Oct 2024 23:00大象传媒 Radio 6 Music