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Artist
Joanna Lyon
2+ albums
folkcountryamericanacountry-folk
about
English through and through, but influenced by the arid, desert vistas of Arizona and Utah, Joanna Lyon echoes the rootsy, American music of south-west USA. She started playing guitar a few years ago when a foot operation meant enforced retirement from dancing. Teaching herself a few chords, she was quite happy playing in her kitchen. However, she soon started to write her own songs, taking inspiration from the bleak hills of the Derbyshire moors where she lives, concentrating on the ebb and flow of everyday relationships. In the summer of 2007 she was finally persuaded to stand up and play them in front of other people. Happily, she met a lot of supportive people and it's gone from there. She now plays regularly at venues around Manchester and the north-west of England. In 2007, she entered two songs into the country and folk section of the national UK Songwriting competition and both reached the semi-finals; a further three songs reached the semis in 2008, with 'Secrets and Lies' just missing out on a finalist position. Her debut CD, titled 'Secrets and Lies', was launched on 28 December 2008. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
