Joan as Police Woman
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Biography
Singer-songwriter Joan Wasser adopted the name Joan As Police Woman for solo performances and recordings in 2006, inspired by the television crime series Police Woman starring Angie Dickinson. Born in Biddeford, Maine on 26 July 1970, she was adopted as a child and grew up in Connecticut where she learned to play the violin. She studied at Boston University's College of Fine Arts and performed with the Boston University Symphony Orchestra. She joined up with The Dambuilders and began to make a name for herself. After the death of her boyfriend, singer Jeff Buckley in 1997, she played with his band as Black Beetle and then joined Antony and the Johnsons. She has recorded with artists such as Rufus Wainwright, Sheryl Crow and The Guillemots. Her solo releases include Real Life (2006), To Survive (2008), The Deep Field (2011), The Classic (2014), Let It Be You (2016), Damned Devotion (2018), and Cover Two (2020). In 2021, she joined forces with Tony Allen and Dave Okumu for The Solution Is Restless. Her next solo album, Lemons, Limes and Orchids, emerged in 2024 via PIAS.
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Albums
Top Tracks
- Track Popularity
- The Magic
- Simplicity by Joan as Police Woman
- Hearts A Mess
- Chemmie
- Adios Amigos (feat. Baba Sissoko, Luisa Almaguer, Joan as Police Woman, Abou Diarra, Mélissa Hié, Ophélia Hié & Yendé Balamba) featuring Joan as Police Woman
- The Ballad of Sacco and Vanzetti by Joan as Police Woman
- Nervous
- Say Yes
- The Sky Above You (feat. Seye Adelekan, Luisa Almaguer, Joan as Police Woman, Nick Zinner, Imarhan & Damon Albarn) featuring Damon Albarn
- Forever and a Year
- Human Condition
- El Niño (feat. Eme Malafe, Los Pream, Mélissa Hié, Ophélia Hié, Joan as Police Woman, Marco Carrión & Alansito Vega) featuring Joan as Police Woman
- Run for Love
- Chucha (feat. Son Rompe Pera, Joan as Police Woman, Otim Alpha, Abou Diarra, Ophélia Hié, Mélissa Hié & Mexican Institute of Sound) featuring Mexican Institute of Sound
- Flash
- Quisiera (feat. Luisa Almaguer, Alansito Vega, Nick Zinner & Joan as Police Woman) featuring Joan as Police Woman
- Kiss The Specifics
- The Action Man
- Invocation (feat. Onipa, Jupiter Bokondji, Otim Alpha, Damon Albarn & Joan as Police Woman) featuring Damon Albarn
- Soledad (feat. Damon Albarn, Luisa Almaguer, Nick Zinner, Seye Adelekan, Joan as Police Woman & Mexican Institute of Sound) featuring Damon Albarn
- Gatsby featuring Joan as Police Woman
- I Was Everyone
- Beautiful Disguise featuring Lloyd Cole
- Thunder and Fire by Joan as Police Woman
