One of Britain’s great singer songwriters, Joan Armatrading, celebrates 50 years in music this year with the release of the album ‘Live at Asylum Chapel’ on November 18th on BMG.
The BBC recently honoured Joan with a special screening of the show, which was streamed worldwide during lockdown last year for one night only, followed by the documentary about her life and career - ‘Me Myself I’.
The concert, from south London’s historic Asylum Chapel, features some of Joan’s most famous songs from her 50 year career, with ‘Drop The Pilot’, ‘The Weakness In Me’, ‘Me Myself I’ and ‘Willow’ sounding as vital as ever performed live. In addition, songs from her latest and acclaimed Top 10 studio album ‘Consequences’ are given their live debut - ‘Natural Rhythm’, ‘Consequences’, ‘Already There’, ‘Better Life’, ‘Glorious Madness’ and ‘To Anyone Who Will Listen’.
"50 years is a long time but for me it’s flown by and I still get the same thrill from writing songs as when I started. This live album is a great way to look back and also bring my story right up to date by including songs from the latest album. I’m really happy that so many people still want to listen to them and sing along.” - Joan Armatrading
Joan (Vocals, Guitar) was joined by Jennifer Maidman (Bass), Paul Stewart (Drums), Alex Lee Richards (Keyboards), Jamie Anderson (Saxophone).
Joan is celebrating 50 years in a career that has effortlessly crossed boundaries of genre and impacted on many areas of public life, since the release of debut album ‘Whatever’s For Us’ in 1972.
