Jo Freya (born 4 December 1960) is an English saxophonist,

clarinet The clarinet is a musical instrument in the woodwind family. The instrument has a nearly cylindrical bore and a flared bell, and uses a single reed to produce sound. Clarinets comprise a family of instruments of differing sizes and pitches ...

tist and singer. Sally Barker, Jo Freya and Fi Fraser (17067556550)

She was born Jo Fraser, but changed her name to Jo Freya as a condition of joining the actors' union

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, which does not allow two of its members to share the same name. She performs mainly

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 ...

and world music and is part of the bands

Blowzabella Blowzabella is an English folk band formed in London in 1978. The band currently consists of Andy Cutting, Jo Freya, Paul James, David Shepherd, Barn Stradling, and Jon Swayne; members of the band have changed multiple times since their incepti ...

, Old Swan Band and Token Women, as well as performing and / or recording with

Lal Waterson Elaine "Lal" Waterson (15 February 1943 – 4 September 1998) was an English folksinger and songwriter. She sang with, among others, The Watersons, The Waterdaughters and Blue Murder. She was born in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire. In 1998, s ...

Pete Morton Pete Morton (born 30 July 1964) is an English folk singer-songwriter who lives in London, England. According to ''fRoots'', Morton "is amongst the best that the British roots music scene has produced in living memory."Harris, Craig " Pete Morton ...

, Maalstroom, and with her sister, Fi Fraser. She is part of the Lal Waterson Project, in memory of Waterson and in celebration of her work.

Discography

Solo albums * ''Traditional Songs of England'' (1993) * ''Traditional Songs of Wales'' (1993) * ''Lush'' (1996) * ''Lal'' (2007) * ''Female Smuggler'' (2008) Anthology * ''Migrating Bird – The Songs of Lal Waterson'' (2007) With Pete Morton * ''Jo Freya & Pete Morton'' (1997) As a member of ''Blowzabella'' * ''A Richer Dust'' (1988) * ''Vanilla'' (1990) * ''Octomento'' (2007) * ''Dance'' (2010) As a member of Fraser Sisters * ''The Fraser Sisters'' (1998) * ''Going Around'' (2001) As a member of

Freyja In Norse paganism, Freyja (Old Norse "(the) Lady") is a goddess associated with love, beauty, fertility, sex, war, gold, and seiðr (magic for seeing and influencing the future). Freyja is the owner of the necklace Brísingamen, rides a chario ...

* ''Freyja'' (1996) * ''One Bathroom'' (2001) As a member of ''The Old Swan Band'' * ''No Reels'' (1977) * ''Old Swan Brand'' (1979) * ''Gamesters, Pickpockets and Harlots'' (1981) * ''The Old Swan Band'' (1983) * ''Still Swanning After All These Years'' (1995) * ''Swan-Upmanship'' (2004) As a member of Tanteeka * ''A New Tradition'' (1997) As a member of ''Token Women'' * ''The Rhythm Method'' (1993) * ''Out To Lunch'' (1995) * ''Elsa'' (2001) In conjunction with ''Maalstroom'' * ''Meet'' (2010) As a member of

Moirai In ancient Greek religion and mythology, the Moirai (, also spelled Moirae or Mœræ; grc, Μοῖραι, "lots, destinies, apportioners"), often known in English as the Fates ( la, Fata, Fata, -orum (n)=), were the personifications of fate ...

* ''Sideways'' (2015)

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Freya, Jo 1960 births Living people English folk musicians English folk singers Place of birth missing (living people) English saxophonists English clarinetists Women saxophonists 21st-century saxophonists 21st-century clarinetists