The Weakness in Me: The Selected Lyrics of Joan Armatrading

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Some other popular songs by Armatrading include Love and Affection, Drop the Pilot, and Me Myself I. 10. What awards has Joan Armatrading won? Smith, Andrea (14 October 2012). "Joan's music tells the story". Irish Independent . Retrieved 9 December 2020.

My impression had been that all these musicians volunteered to appear on Armatrading albums out of admiration of her work. But, after reading Sean Mayes’ unauthorized biography, I learned it’s more complicated than that. Producers like Glyn Johns and Steve Lillywhite lined up the musicians, and Armatrading often clashed with them in the studio, explaining her compositions and the sound she was trying to put together. a b c d Birch, Helen (4 November 2005). "Interview: Joan Armatrading". The Guardian . Retrieved 29 April 2011. Armatrading entered into a civil partnership with artist Maggie Butler in the Shetland Islands in 2011, [61] [62] [63] the day after the Shetland Folk Festival, [64] but does not talk publicly about being gay. [62] Awards". Joanarmatrading.com. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013 . Retrieved 25 October 2013. Gold Badge Awards in pictures". M Magazine. 26 October 2011. Archived from the original on 20 January 2018 . Retrieved 20 January 2018. /Armatrading was a guest at the Coronation of Charles III and Camilla in 2023. [69] Collaborations [ edit ]

Edmonton Folk Fest's list of past performers, by year: "Past Artists: Lists by year". Edmonton Folk Music Festival.The main appeal of Armatrading, besides her songs’ blend of jazz and pop, is her voice. Attempts to describe it can be measured by the degree to which they avoid failure. Joan Armatrading’s voice has been described as deep, husky, lyrical, flexible, throaty, genuine, gripping, no-nonsense, dusky, Odetta-like, headstrong, deceptively angsty, natural and artless, satisfyingly unpredictable. [1] In April 2016, she was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2016 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards in recognition of her "influence on a generation of singer-songwriters [as] one of the outstanding voices in British music since the 1970s". [78] [79] Year