Johanna Warren

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Johanna Warren
Born St. Petersburg, Florida, United States
Occupation(s)Musician, singer-songwriter, actor, writer
Instrument(s)Vocals, guitar, piano, flute
LabelsCarpark Records, Wax Nine Records, Spirit House, Team Love
Website johannawarren.com

Johanna Warren is an American musician and actor. To date she has released six solo albums. Rolling Stone Magazine has called her a "Singer-Songwriter You Need to Know." [1]

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Early life

Warren was born in St. Petersburg, Florida. [2] She played flute in school band as a child (and plays flute on many of her recordings), and started teaching herself guitar at age thirteen. In college Warren formed indie psych folk band Sticklips. The group released two LPs before disbanding in 2012.

Career

Warren self-released her first solo record, Fates, in 2013. Her sophomore solo LP, numun, released in 2015 on Team Love Records, [3] made its way on to several year-end lists, including Stereogum's Best New Bands of 2015. [4]

In 2016 Warren founded Spirit House Records, [5] on which she released her third solo album Gemini I and its conceptual "twin" Gemini II, [6] [7] [8] which received praise from The New York Times, [9] Pitchfork [10] [11] and NPR. [12]

Warren has been touring extensively since 2012. She has toured with Mitski, [13] Julie Byrne, [14] Marissa Nadler, [15] and Xasthur. [16] She was an official performer at SXSW in 2017 and 2018. [17]

On May 1, 2020 Warren's fifth studio album Chaotic Good was released on Carpark Records/Wax Nine Records. It received praise from Pitchfork, NPR, and Paste Magazine. [18] Her sixth solo LP, “Lessons for Mutants,” arrived to critical acclaim in 2022, also on Carpark/ Wax Nine.

In 2023 Warren announced she was “mostly retiring” from touring. To commemorate the occasion she recorded “The Rockfield Sessions,” a retrospective selection of 28 songs spanning her entire catalog recorded at Rockfield Studios in rural Wales, near where Warren currently lives.

As an actor, Warren played a leading role in indie feature film She the Creator, the debut from writer/director Juliette Wallace. She voiced the character Bob on the Netflix series The Midnight Gospel . The music video for her single "Twisted," which Warren starred in and co-directed with Richey Beckett, won Best Music Video at the Portland Film Festival.

In October, 2021 Warren announced her new musical adaptation of Euripides' The Bacchae, co-written with fellow interdisciplinary artist J Landon Marcus. [19] A first look at the production was premiered online via Harvard's Center for Hellenic Studies.

Also an herbalist and Reiki Master, Warren is an outspoken advocate for regenerative farming, rewilding and the healing powers of nature. In 2018 Warren traveled solo around the US on a "Plant Medicine Tour," partnering with local herbalists and organic farmers in over 65 cities to raise awareness about the healing powers of plants. [20]

Discography

Solo albums

Guest appearances

Filmography

FILM

YearTitleRoleNotes
2019She the CreatorKatPost production

TV

YearTitleRoleNotes
2019 The Midnight Gospel Bob (singing)Episode 5

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