Jo Dusepo, better known simply as Dusepo is a

luthier A luthier ( ; AmE also ) is a craftsperson who builds or repairs string instruments that have a neck and a sound box. The word "luthier" is originally French and comes from the French word for lute. The term was originally used for makers o ...

, multi-instrumentalist musician, ethnomusicologist, composer, radio host, sound engineer and producer from

London London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...

, England. Since November 2014, she has also been a radio host on

K2K Radio Kilburn to Kensal Radio or K2K Radio is a radio station based in Kilburn, London, United Kingdom. It is a partner of the Nour Festival, the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and Metroland Cultures. It was founded in 2012. Origin K2K ...

in Kilburn, west

Luthier

Jo Dusepo has worked as a luthier since 2008, and specialises in world and historical stringed instruments.

Musical styles

Many of her earlier music 2006–2010 was ambient,

electronic music Electronic music is a genre of music that employs electronic musical instruments, digital instruments, or circuitry-based music technology in its creation. It includes both music made using electronic and electromechanical means ( electroac ...

and dub in style, apart from the 2008 album ''Blue & Purple'', which was

minimalism In visual arts, music and other media, minimalism is an art movement that began in post–World War II in Western art, most strongly with American visual arts in the 1960s and early 1970s. Prominent artists associated with minimalism include Don ...

. Since 2012, most of her music has been

classical music Classical music generally refers to the art music of the Western world, considered to be distinct from Western folk music or popular music traditions. It is sometimes distinguished as Western classical music, as the term "classical music" also ...

folk music Folk music is a music genre that includes traditional folk music and the contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival. Some types of folk music may be called world music. Traditional folk music has b ...

, world music and

acoustic music Acoustic music is music that solely or primarily uses instruments that produce sound through acoustic means, as opposed to electric or electronic means. While all music was once acoustic, the retronym "acoustic music" appeared after the adven ...

. She has sung in

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and

Esperanto Esperanto ( or ) is the world's most widely spoken constructed international auxiliary language. Created by the Warsaw-based ophthalmologist L. L. Zamenhof in 1887, it was intended to be a universal second language for international communi ...

, and also worked as a sound engineer and producer for other artists.

References

{{authority control Year of birth missing (living people) Living people British luthiers Lute makers English experimental musicians English electronic musicians Ambient musicians English multi-instrumentalists English women singer-songwriters English women guitarists English guitarists English composers Minimalist composers English audio engineers British mandolinists English songwriters English lyricists English jazz musicians British trip hop musicians Musicians from London Ukulele makers English women in electronic music