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

Josephine Foster is an American singer, songwriter, and musician from Colorado. She is known for her anachronistic voice and work 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 in 1998 to further her opera studies[5], and began home-recording her 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 folk bands The Children's Hour (SOS JFK), Born Heller (S/T), as well as All the Leaves Are Gone, a psychedelic rock album with backing band The Supposed.[6]

A number of solo records followed, including the all acoustic Hazel Eyes, I Will Lead You[7], an unorthodox collection of 19th century German Lieder titled A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing[8], and This Coming Gladness, a psychedelic folk-rock album.[9] [10]

Foster released most of her recordings the following decade with Fire Records, including Graphic as a Star, her settings of 27 Emily Dickinson poems, [11]; and two Spanish language recordings Anda Jaleo (a resetting of Garcia Lorca's Colección de Canciones Populares Españolas), and its follow-up Perlas; both in collaboration with the Victor Herrero band.

Thereafter she began to record frequently with engineer Andrija Tokic, who co-produced with Foster her solo albums Blood Rushing[12], I'm A Dreamer, [13] and Faithful Fairy Harmony[14]; also More Amor, a psych-folk album by her new band Mendrugo formed with Victor Herrero. The latter was Foster's first foray into writing lyrics in Spanish.[15]

The title song from I'm A Dreamer was featured in Season 2, episode 7 of the British television show The End of the F***ing World [16].

Josephine Foster appears in cameo as a casino singer for episode 3 of the 2020 HBO show Perry Mason.[17][18] She sings covers of 'Aventurera' by Agustín Lara and 'Son de la Loma' by Miguel Matamoros in original arrangements created for the series with Victor Herrero; 'Cuando Vienes del Monte' and 'Brillante Estrella' from their 2011 record Perlas (Fire Records) are also featured in the episode.

Discography

  • 2000: There Are Eyes Above
  • 2001: Little Life
  • 2003: SOS JFK (with The Children's Hour)
  • 2004: All the Leaves Are Gone (with the Supposed)
  • 2004: Born Heller (S/T, Born Heller)
  • 2005: Hazel Eyes, I Will Lead You
  • 2006: A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
  • 2008: This Coming Gladness
  • 2009: Graphic as a Star
  • 2010: Anda Jaleo (with The Victor Herrero Band)
  • 2012: Perlas (with The Victor Herrero Band)
  • 2012: Blood Rushing
  • 2013: I'm A Dreamer
  • 2016: No More Lamps in the Morning
  • 2016: More Amor (with Mendrugo)
  • 2018: Faithful Fairy Harmony

References

  1. ^ Mehr, Bob (November 3, 2005). "Which Way to the New Weird America?; That Mellifluous Mojo". Chicago Reader. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
  2. ^ "Endearingly Odd Musician Casts a Spell". Retrieved November 21, 2019.
  3. ^ https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/which-way-to-the-new-weird-america-that-mellifluous-mojo/Content?oid=920387
  4. ^ https://drownedinsound.com/releases/4192/reviews/12890-josephine-foster-hazel-eyes-i-will-lead-you
  5. ^ https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/which-way-to-the-new-weird-america-that-mellifluous-mojo/Content?oid=920387
  6. ^ https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/3324-all-the-leaves-are-gone-with-the-supposed/
  7. ^ https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/which-way-to-the-new-weird-america-that-mellifluous-mojo/Content?oid=920387
  8. ^ https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/3325-a-wolf-in-sheeps-clothing/
  9. ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/this-coming-gladness-mw0000791521
  10. ^ https://www.tinymixtapes.com/music-review/josephine-foster-coming-gladness
  11. ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/graphic-as-a-star-mw0001937549
  12. ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/blood-rushing-mr0003739903
  13. ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/im-a-dreamer-mw0002582033
  14. ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/faithful-fairy-harmony-mw0003216178
  15. ^ https://www.tinymixtapes.com/music-review/mendrugo-more-amor
  16. ^ https://www.newsweek.com/end-f-ing-world-season-2-soundtrack-songs-potatoes-graham-coxon-netflix-1470135
  17. ^ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3275802/
  18. ^ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2077823/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast
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