Josienne Clarke

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Josienne Clarke
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Josienne Clarke performing in 2019
Background information
Born1982 (age 42–43)
Genres
Occupation(s)Musician, singer-songwriter, composer
Instruments
Years active2008–present
Labels
Website josienneclarke.com

Josienne Clarke is a British singer-songwriter.

Music career

From 2009 until 2018 she formed a duo with guitarist Ben Walker, winning a BBC Radio 2 Folk Award for best duo in 2017, and signing with music label Rough Trade Records, [1] [2] with whom she made six duo albums, one record with her band PicaPica and her solo record ‘In All Weather’ in 2019. She also recorded an EP ‘Such A Sky’ with jazz pianist Kit Downes in 2017. She has toured world-wide and has supported folk musician Richard Thompson on one of his tours. [1]

Contents

In 2019 she formed a band called PicaPica. The band recorded a studio album called Together & Apart. [1] The Financial Times wrote in 2019 she was "recognised as a rising star of British folk". [1] She subsequently signed with the label Corduroy Punk Records to bring out more solo albums.

Of her 2023 solo album Onliness (which is a re-recording of some previous work), Folkradio wrote: "a graceful melancholy in the melodies and a bird-like fragility to her singing coating an underlayer of grit and menace you would be foolish to ignore". [3]

Discography

Studio albums

YearTitleCredited to
2010One Light Is Gonesolo
2011The Seas Are DeepClarke & Walker
2012Homemade HeartacheClarke & Walker
2013Fire & FortuneClarke & Walker
2013MidwinterClarke & Walker
2014Nothing Can Bring Back the HourClarke & Walker
2016OvernightClarke & Walker
2017Such a SkyClarke & Downes
2017The BirdsClarke & Walker
2018Seedlings AllClarke & Walker
2018Last NightClarke & Walker
2019Together & ApartPicaPica
2019In All Weathersolo
2021A Small Unknowable Thingsolo
2022I Promised You Lightsolo
2022Now And Thensolo
2023Onliness – Songs of Solitude & Singularitysolo
2024Parenthesis, Isolo
2025Far from Nowhere [4] solo

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Cartwright, Garth (1 August 2019). "Josienne Clarke: between sunshine and solitude". Financial Times . Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  2. ↑ Rogers, Jude (16 December 2016). "Josienne Clarke and Ben Walker – the duo who annoy bearded men called Brian". The Guardian . Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  3. ↑ Neill, Danny (12 April 2023). "Josienne Clarke – Onliness (Album Review)". Folkradio. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  4. ↑ "Josienne Clarke - Far From Nowhere". Album of The Year. Retrieved 19 October 2025.
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