Joana and the Wolf

Joana and the Wolf is a London-based alternative rock band comprising four members: Lead singer Joana Glaza, guitarist Ali, bassist Katie and drummer Louis.

Joana is originally from Lithuania, and the rest of the band are English.

Joana is the songwriter of the group. Musical influences include: PJ Harvey, Stooges, Björk and Kate Bush.

Performing live and releasing music

The band formed in summer 2005 and began performing in public in September of that year, playing their first gig at a venue called The Betsey Trotwood in Farringdon, London. Since then, they have played at several well-known London venues, including: The Spitz, Barfly, 100 Club, Luminaire, The Enterprise, Water Rats, Hoxton Bar & Kitchen, Proud Gallery, Metro, Ghetto and The Dublin Castle.

Following a gig at Water Rats in King's Cross, members of Kasabian who were in attendance invited Joana to record a guest vocal on their single (and title track of their second album), Empire.

The band has released one single so far, produced by Jim Abbiss, who had previously worked with Arctic Monkeys and Editors. "Purple Nights" backed with "November" was released on 7" vinyl and iTunes on 14 August 2006 by Regal Records (an offshoot of Parlophone). The group toured in July / August 2006 to promote the single, playing venues in Nottingham, Middlesbrough, Hull and London, as well as supporting James Dean Bradfield at his solo gig at ULU on 11 July 2006. The tour culminated in an appearance at Bestival on the Isle of Wight in September 2006.

Joana and the Wolf also played in Brighton in summer 2006 as part of The Great Escape Festival, supporting The Bees. Following the gig, they were offered a live session on John Kennedy's Xfm show, which was recorded and broadcast later in 2006.

Songs

The band's repertoire includes:

Big Black Bird
Dead or Alive
Do Ya?
Entertainer
Frankie
Greedy Thoughts
Kingdom
Kitty
London Baby
Mia
November
Pablo
Patience
Purple Nights
She Will Die
Tiger
Vicious Circles
Wild Dogs
Witch Hunt

Awards

On 15 May 2007, the band performed and received their first ever award at the inaugural Indy Music Awards, which was created to support and recognise independent bands and venues in London. They won in their category of "Best New Wave/Progressive Act" and followed the win with a performance of their song "Pablo".

The future

Joana took her bandmates to her home country for the first time on 25 August 2007 for Be2Gether, a new music festival in South Eastern Lithuania. They played alongside Therapy?, The Young Knives and Bloodhound Gang. Joana has received media attention in Lithuania, appearing in Cosmopolitan magazine. The band's music has also been played on national radio leading up to their appearance at the festival.

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External links

*Cite web | title = Be2Gether Website | url = http://www.be2gether.lt/en/atlikejai

*Cite web | title = Joana and the Wolf's Myspace Page | url =http://www.myspace.com/joanaandthewolf