If you've ever been a child....or a parent...or single...married...divorced....you'll recognize something of yourself in these warm, witty and occasionally wacky songs.

Joanne, a singer/songwriter in the folk tradition, has an exceptional ability to find and illuminate the enduring truths that underlie the "ordinary" events of our lives.

Her CD, "Love Rises", is the first of several that are in the works. Its subject matter runs the gamut from "The Broken Bagel", her hilarious version of folk music's "Broken Token" songs, to the enduring siren call of the "'Round-Again Waltz". Here are a few samples: listen

Before moving from New York to the West Coast in the fall of 2011, she played in coffee houses, house concerts, colleges, street festivals, benefit fundraisers, settings formal or casual, solo or with her duo, trio or quartet. A New York Folk Music Society Review called her work "right up there with Malvina Reynolds". See her full bio. Click here to see her performance history.