Artist description Joan Hamilton currently performs around Central Indiana with her band, The Joan Hamilton Group, in venues ranging from coffee houses to concert halls. She has won a local Emmey award for "Best Live Performance" on public television and was selected as the musical spokesperson for Indiana Earth Day 2000. Her music is played on radio stations across the region, and she has been privileged to appear on the Sunday morning folk program, Over Easy, on WTTS, the Bloomington, Indiana alternative radio station.

Music Style Folk, Blues, Jazz

Musical Influences Joni Mitchell, Paul Simon, Carole King, Mary Chapin-Carpenter

Similar Artists Joni Mitchell, Dar Williams, Janis Ian, Paul Simon

Artist History Joan picked up the guitar at age eleven and began writing her own songs. She had been playing piano since she was quite young, studying harmony and theory. Music was her passion then, and remains so today. A prolific and gifted songwriter, Joan describes her music as "contemporary-new-age folk." By 1989 Joan was playing frequent gigs around Central Indiana. She began actively studying classical guitar and working on the material which was to become In The Morning Shade, her first CD release. The CD was recorded at Sleepy Creek Studio, in Unionville, Indiana with Grey Larsen as co-producer, engineer and instrumentalist on the project. The results were a delightful collection of original tunes that received national airplay and some label distribution throughout the Midwest. In 1995 Joan began recording her second CD, Picture Book, once again working at Sleepy Creek with Grey. One of the tracks from Picture Book, "My Little Sister Rides A Harley" was selected for inclusion on the nationally distributed OasisAcoustic Volume III compilation CD, and was subsequently added to the rotation of several country music stations across the United States. In 2000 she self-produced her third CD, Grand Avenue, recording many of the tracks in her own studio. Oasis will once again be including a cut from this CD on their upcoming Acoustic Sampler, slated for fall, 2000 release.

Group Members Joan Hamilton (vocals, guitar, piano, harmonica, percussion); Jeff George (guitars); Dan McLaughlin (bass); Lori Tapscott (percussion); and Larissa Bell Deter (backing vocals)

Instruments Acoustic Instruments (guitars, bass, piano, harmonica, etc...)

Albums In The Morning Shade (1992), Picture Book (1995), Grand Avenue (2000)

Location Indianapolis, Indiana - USA

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