Jo Freya is an English saxophonist

Saxophone

The saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...

, clarinet

Clarinet

The clarinet is a musical instrument of woodwind type. The name derives from adding the suffix -et to the Italian word clarino , as the first clarinets had a strident tone similar to that of a trumpet. The instrument has an approximately cylindrical bore, and uses a single reed...

ist and singer.

She was born Jo Fraser, but changed her name to Jo Freya as a condition of joining the actors' union Equity, which does not allow two of its members to share the same name. She performs mainly folk music

Folk music

Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....

 and world music

World music

World music is a term with widely varying definitions, often encompassing music which is primarily identified as another genre. This is evidenced by world music definitions such as "all of the music in the world" or "somebody else's local music"...

 and is part of the bands Blowzabella

Blowzabella

Blowzabella are an English band who play bagpipes, hurdy-gurdies and an array of acoustic instruments to produce an inimitable, driving, drone-based sound influenced by British and European traditional dance music.-History:...

, Old Swan Band

Old Swan Band

-Early years:Its origins lie in the early 1970s with the English country dance band Oak, one of a tiny handful at that time that combined melodeon with fiddles. Two members of Oak, husband and wife Rod and Danny Stradling , went on to form The Cotswold Liberation Front, which became The Old Swan...

 and Token Women, as well as performing with Lal Waterson

Lal Waterson

Lal Waterson was an English folksinger and songwriter. She sang with, among others, The Watersons, The Waterdaughters and Blue Murder. She was born in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire and died suddenly in Robin Hood's Bay, of cancer diagnosed only ten days before...

, Pete Morton

Pete Morton

Pete Morton is a folk singer-songwriter who currently lives in London, England.-Biography:Morton was born in Leicester, England on July 30, 1964, and was educated at Countesthorpe Community College where he spent most of his time in the music block learning guitar and playing new wave and punk songs...

 and Maalstroom.

Discography

Solo albums

• "Traditional Songs of England" (1993)
• "Lush" (1996)
• "Lal" (2007)
• "Female Smuggler" (2008)

Anthology

• "Migrating Bird - The Songs of Lal Waterson" (2007)

As a member of "Blowzabella"

• "A Richer Dust" (1988)
• "Vanilla" (1990)
• "Octomento" (2007)
• "Dance" (2010)

As a member of "Fraser Sisters"

• "The Fraser Sisters" (1998)
• "Going Around" (2001)

As a member of "Freyja"

• "Freyja" (1996)
• "One Bathroom" (2001)

As a member of "The Old Swan Band"

• "No Reels" (1977)
• "Old Swan Brand" (1979)
• "Gamesters, Pickpockets and Harlots" (1981)
• "The Old Swan Band" (1983)
• "Still Swanning After All These Years" (1995)
• "Swan-Upmanship" (2004)

As a member of "Tanteeka"

• "A New Tradition" (1997)

As a member of "Token Women"

• "The Rhythm Method" (1993)
• "Out To Lunch" (1995)
• "Elsa" (2001)

In conjunction with "Maalstroom"

• "Meet" (2010)

External links

• Official Website
• MySpace Page