Jo Mango

Updated on Dec 31, 2023

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Genre Rock

Albums MURMURATION, Paperclips and Sand, Transformuration, My Lung, When We Lived In the Crook of a Tree Record labels Olive Grove Records, Lo-Five Records Similar Admiral Fallow, The Pictish Trail, Randolph's Leap, RM Hubbert, Rachel Sermanni Profiles Myspace

Jo Mango is a British alternative folk and acoustic band from Glasgow. Jo Mango is also the adopted name of the lead singer and primary songwriter of the group.

Jo Mango: lead vocals, rhythm guitar, kalimba, toy piano, concertina

Jim Mango: bass player, backing vocals

Alan Peacock: backing vocals, guitar

Katherine Waumsllaying flute, piano, kalimba and concertina. Since April 2006 Mango toured extensively in Bunyan's band, throughout North America, Europe, Australia and Japan. At home in the UK she also featured in the Zero Degrees of Separation tour, becoming an integral part of the band which also features Adem, Juana Molina, Vetiver and Bunyan. This culminated in a Carnegie Hall show in New York in February, curated by David Byrne.

Jo Mango Interview Jo Mango Nicola Meighan

Jo has also appeared as a solo artist playing shows across the globe in countries such as America, Australia and Japan. Her tour of America began with a session on Nic Harcourt's show 'Morning Becomes Eclectic' on Santa Monica's KCRW radio station and a performance at South By South West (SXSW) in Austin, Texas. The Scotland Herald describes Jo Mango's recent EP "When We Lived in The Crook of a Tree" as "[a voice] so hushed and precise, that it sounds as if it were recorded inside your own head" (2013)