Jo Harman

Jo Harman (born 21 September 1987) is a British singer, songwriter.

Contents

• Jo harman interview part 1
• Jo harman cheltenham jazz festival
• Awards
• Songs
• References

Born in Luton, Harman grew up in the Devon village of Lustleigh, before moving to London to study for a BAPA(BA Performing Arts).

After travelling to India, following the death of her father, she attended Brighton Institute of Modern Music in Brighton.

In 2011 she self-released 'Live At Hideaway', whilst she developed her song craft toward making a debut studio album.

This got the attention of Live Nation in the region and Harman's first gig in Europe was to 7,000 people opening for The Cranberries. both in Europe and in the UK, alongside a number of multi genre festivals, including a slot at Cheltenham Jazz Festival, Isle of Wight Festival. Her second self penned album Dirt On My Tongue was released in 2013. Harman's self penned song to her father, Sweet Man Moses was nominated as best composition at the 2012 British Blues Awards and this was followed by Worthy Of Love being nominated in the same category the following year, together with a 'Best Female Singer' nomination (2014 which she won in 2014).( unverified)

In 2014, she and her band mates in 'Jo Harman and Company' were nominated for seven British Blues Award. She appeared at BluesFest where her performance was recorded by the BBC and released as a live album.

Her brother is Sun journalist, Philip Harman.

Harman has worked with members of Average White Band.

In February 2017, she released her second studio album 'People We Become', the first single from which 'When We Were Young', featuring backup vocals from Michael McDonald, achieved BBC Radio 2 playlist status.