Joan As Police Woman

Joan As Police Woman: performing the entire classic debut album 'Real Life' Joan As Police Woman is the alter ego of Joan Wasser, an acclaimed artist from New York. As a multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter, she is not easily categorized and has her own sound that draws elements from genres such as jazz, rock, and folk. She is one of the most acclaimed artists of her generation, described by The Times as "The coolest woman in pop." Furthermore, she has a solid address book. For example, Joan was long part of the band of Iggy Pop and she played with Damon Albarn’s Africa Express. In addition, she worked with Tony Allen, Lou Reed, Anohni & The Johnsons, Meshell Ndegeocello, Rufus Wainwright, John Cale, and David Byrne. In 2006, Joan As Police Woman released her debut album ‘Real Life’, about which she later said that it bears the traces of her grieving process after the loss of her lover, the Jeff Buckley who drowned in 1997. The beautiful, romantic depth-imbued ballads on ‘Real Life’ hit like a bomb immediately. Twenty years later, you can safely call Joan As Police Woman a household name, who can still count on healthy public interest on the strength of her beautiful records and intense live shows. On the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of her debut, she exceptionally looks back once more and plays the record in its entirety live – with a number of classics afterward.