WINNER of Female Vocalist of the Year, 2014, at the British Blues Awards, Jo Harman plays The Convent Club, Stroud, Friday 23rd October.

The Daily Mirror, no less, described her as ‘the finest female soul blues singer in the UK’ and Jo’s 2013 debut album ‘Dirt On My Tongue’ received remarkable critical acclaim and no little commercial success making various of ‘best of’ lists and awards, internationally. She subsequently signed to V2 (stable mates include Adele, Mumford and Sons, Queens of the Stone Age etc) in Europe and the album entered the Netherlands album charts. Recently, Huey Morgan (Fun Lovin’ Criminals) said on his BBC Radio 2 show ‘Sometimes you hear a singer who leaves you speechless – I am‘. Now with 3 major label deals to her name, internationally, Jo's profile continues to grow both here and abroad: she was one of only 12 (otherwise household name) artists appearing at Parkpop in the Hague, performing to over 300,000 people and in May 2015, Amnesty International headhunted her to perform 3 songs at their prestigious 'Ambassador for Conscience Awards' involving Joan Baez and Patti Smith in Berlin.

In Summer 2014, Jo released a new album,‘Jo Harman and Company – Live At The Royal Albert Hall’, recorded by the BBC. That year she and her band received no less than 4 nominations for the British Blues Awards, including best singer (which she won), as well as best songwriter (runner up), albeit Jo regards herself as 'a singer', as her varied material demonstrates, rather than simply a 'Blues singer' per se.

This year Jo is one of the headliners at the prestigious BluesFest at the O2, alongside the likes of Tom Jones and Van Morrison.

She is currently dividing her time between England and North America - having recently signed a Stateside deal with Universal/Caroline - recording her second studio album using the most famed studios in Nashville, Muscle Shoals and Memphis. The album hopefully is due for Spring 2016 release. In the meantime she has released a limited edition (physical only) 'intimate' EP of piano and string quartet, called 'Found A Place' especially for this autumn's touring Live, her soul fuelled show ranges from hard driven rock to intimate, heart warming ballads featuring not only her own emotive songwriting but also her personal take on well known standards.