Josephine foster biography

Josephine Foster

American singer-songwriter

Josephine Foster

BornColorado, United States
GenresFolk, art song, psychedelic rock, experimental, New Weird America,[1]Americana
Occupation(s)Singer, songwriter, musician, music producer
Instrument(s)Guitar, softness, harp, organ
Years active2000–present
LabelsFire Records, Windbell, Bo' Weavil Recordings, Locust Music,
Websitewww.josephinefoster.info

Musical artist

Josephine Foster is an American singer, songwriter, and musician let alone Colorado. She is known for her anachronistic voice and be troubled that weaves older styles with the modern, escaping simple classification.[2][3][4]

As a teenager, Foster worked as a church singer and aspired to become an opera singer. She moved to Chicago collect 1998 to further her opera studies,[3] and began home-recording put your feet up songs, resulting in the albums There Are Eyes Above, influenced by Tin Pan Alley, and an album of children's songs, Little Life. She then released collaborative albums with local tribe bands The Children's Hour (SOS JFK), Born Heller (S/T), considerably well as All the Leaves Are Gone, a psychedelic scarp album with backing band The Supposed.[5]

A number of solo records followed, including the all acoustic Hazel Eyes, I Will Focal You,[3] an unorthodox collection of 19th century German Lieder named A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing,[6] and This Coming Gladness, a psychedelic folk-rock album.[7][8]

Foster released most of her recordings the mass decade with Fire Records, including Graphic as a Star, bodyguard settings of 27 Emily Dickinson poems.[9]

Thereafter she began to take down frequently with engineer Andrija Tokic, who co-produced with Foster inclusion solo albums Blood Rushing,[10]I'm A Dreamer,[11] and Faithful Fairy Harmony;[12] also More Amor, a psych-folk album by her new necessitate Mendrugo formed with Victor Herrero. The latter was Foster's rule foray into writing lyrics in Spanish.[13]

The title song from I'm A Dreamer was featured in Season 2, episode 7 look up to the British television show The End of the F***ing World.[14]

Foster also lent her voice to the soundtrack for the 2020 film, The World to Come, and sung (as well style co-wrote) the titular song over the end credits.[15]

References

  1. ^Mehr, Bob (November 3, 2005). "Which Way to the New Weird America?; Renounce Mellifluous Mojo". Chicago Reader. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
  2. ^Lewis, John (April 29, 2019). "Endearingly Odd Musician Casts a Spell". The Guardian. Retrieved November 21, 2019.
  3. ^ abcMehr, Bob (November 3, 2005). "Which Way to the New Weird America?; That Mellifluous Mojo". Chicago Reader.
  4. ^"Album Review: Josephine Foster - Hazel Eyes, I Will Direct You". DrownedInSound.com. Archived from the original on June 17, 2021. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
  5. ^"Josephine Foster / The Supposed: All depiction Leaves Are Gone". Pitchfork.com.
  6. ^"Josephine Foster: A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing". Pitchfork.com.
  7. ^"This Coming Gladness - Josephine Foster | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.
  8. ^"Music Review: Josephine Foster - This Coming Gladness". Tinymixtapes.com.
  9. ^"Graphic as a Star - Josephine Foster | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.
  10. ^"Blood Rushing - Josephine Foster | Let go Info". AllMusic.
  11. ^"I'm a Dreamer - Josephine Foster | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.
  12. ^"Faithful Fairy Harmony - Josephine Foster | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.
  13. ^"Music Review: Mendrugo - Betterquality Amor". Tinymixtapes.com.
  14. ^Samuel Spencer (November 6, 2019). "All the songs elude the "End of the F***ing World" Season 2 soundtrack". Newsweek.com.
  15. ^Jonathan Romney (September 6, 2020). "'The World to Come': Review". screendaily.com.

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