NEW COLLABORATION
Singer-songwriter meets composer
and that’s exactly what it sounds like.
A chance encounter between two musical souls sparked a creative chemistry that defied expectations. When Lotta St Joan and Claudio Donzelli (Mighty Oaks) first convened in March 2023, they were driven by little more than creative curiosity and a shared desire to break down the walls of their isolated songwriting processes.
What emerged from this unlikely alliance was magic—four original compositions collectively known as Arms Wide Open set to captivate listeners in March 2025, followed by a haunting reimagination of Duran Duran's iconic Ordinary World landing in April 2025. FOLLOW
LIVE
May 24th Strauchkonzert Marburg / solo
May 25th Vive La Vie Festival Stuttgart / solo
June 12th Tonfink Lübeck /w The Sirens
June 13th Heimathafen Flensburg /w The Sirens
June 14th Prismeo Theater Hamburg /w The Sirens
June 15th Hansa48 Kiel /w The Sirens
August 2nd. Zeitrauschen Festival / solo
October 3rd Kanapee Hannover /w The Sirens
October 4th Kanapee Hanover /w The Sirens
MUSIC
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 and released in March of 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.
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)
