Jon Bream from the Minneapolis Star Tribune described Joyann Parker this way, “Imagine a sober Janis Joplin or a taller Shemekia Copeland (without the my-dad-was-a-blues-star pedigree). Whatever she plays, she owns”. A powerful songwriter, vocalist and accomplished musician on both piano and guitar, you’d think she grew up with the blues, but you’d be mistaken. Her journey began only four or five years ago when when she and the blues met up and seemed to greet each other as long lost old friends – how lucky for all of us.
