Joan as Police Woman

When Joan As Police Woman released her debut album Real Life in 2006, Joan Wasser had already spent 15 years moving through New York’s indie scene, playing with the likes of Rufus Wainwright, Lou Reed, Nick Cave and Anohni & The Johnsons (then Antony and the Johnsons). This summer, she returned to the album with Real Life Evolution – ten newly recorded versions of the songs that laid the foundation for her solo career.

“Some transformations are subtle. Others are seismic. All of them were made with an entirely new cast of collaborators,” she says. Among the guests is Iggy Pop, who features on the single “Save Me”. Wasser is now part of his touring band, playing keys and singing.

Singer, songwriter, classically trained violinist and multi-instrumentalist, Wasser has spent her career moving between alternative pop, rock, soul and more experimental sounds, releasing more than ten solo albums along the way. Her list of collaborators reads like an indie head’s music library put on shuffle: David Byrne, Beck, Daniel Johnston, Laurie Anderson, RZA and Tony Allen.

The Economist has hailed her as one of the finest musicians of the 21st century, while The Times calls her “the coolest woman in pop”. Come May, Joan As Police Woman brings the old and the new to Fasching with Real Life Evolution.

Joan as Police Woman

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