Concerts
2024
January 21st. Berlin, Feature Act Kindl Stuben (full band)
March 13th. Halle, Cafe Ludwig /w Like Mint
March 14th. Hamburg, Deichdiele /w Like Mint
March 15th. Osnabrück, Jever Song Night
March 16th. Den Haag, The Quiet Sessions
March 23rd. Berlin, Album Release Show (full band)
March 27th. Berlin, SofarSounds
April 20th. Berlin, Space Meduza
June 7th. Derry, Bennigangs (IR) /w Sirens Unleashed
June 8th. Castlerea, Trinity Arts Center (IR) /w Sirens Unleashed
June 9th. Belfast, Sunflower (IR) /w Sirens Unleashed
June 14th. Ballydehob, Fastnet Maritime Festival (IR) /w Sirens Unleashed
About
Lotta St Joan makes modern folk music for melancholic souls. Composing, producing and performing her songs since 2019, her music is reminiscent of classic folk greats such as Joni Mitchell and Joan Baez, while also allowing for contemporary influences such as those of Laura Marling, Daughter and Adrianne Lenker.
In January 2021, Lotta released her self-produced debut album "HANDS", firmly establishing herself in the thriving Berlin folk scene. The album critical acclaim from Deutschlandfunk Kultur, Folk Radio and Music Reviews among many others, including invitations for in-show performances and interviews with the likes of Radio Eins and Radio Fritz.
During 2022, Lotta St Joan wrote her sophomore album 'Song for the Undecided' which was produced in the Spring of 2023 at The Famous Gold Watch Studio by Cameron James Laing. Set for worldwide release in digital and physical formats on 22.03.2024, 'Song for the Undecided' marks the beginning of an evolution in her musical palette, combining the nostalgia and warmth of her classic folk forebearers with sweeping orchestral flourishes and full band arrangements.
Previously part of the Berlin-based label collective The Famous Gold Watch Records, Lotta St Joan signed to Kick The Flame Publishing and the newly founded Must Be Mad Records in 2023
HANDS
debut album
2021
Deutschlandfunk Kultur: "Imagine Joni Mitchell or Jody Collins had a musical granddaughter. That would be Lotta St Joan. Very quiet, melancholic, romantic folk songs. You feel transported back to the campfires in the folk movement of the 60s - and then this insanely beautiful voice." (Oliver Schwesig)
RadioEins: "Lotta St Joan impresses with her solo debut HANDS in many ways, including her unflinching calm. I am thrilled by her calmness, by her intensity, by her avoidance of song clichés. Her reflections on closeness, on doubts, and also on desires take on an immensely credible, relevant dimension." (Christine Heise)
RoadTracks: "Hands," the debut solo album from Lotta St Joan, is a perfectly orchestrated finger exercise in classic folk aesthetics, songwriting economy, performing empathy and staging reduction to essentials."
RadioEins: "Guitar and vocals, that's all Lotta St Joan needs and is very close to the great Joan Baez. A very beautiful, a very fragile, a very quiet album - we highly recommend [...] HANDS." (Marion Brasch)