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Josienne Clarke

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Josienne Clarke
Josienne Clarke performing in 2026
Josienne Clarke performing in 2026
Background information
Born1982 (age 43–44)
Genres
OccupationsMusician, singer-songwriter, composer
Instruments
Years active2008–present
Labels
Websitejosienneclarke.com

Josienne Clarke (1982- ) is a British singer-songwriter. She was part of a duo with guitarist Ben Walker until 2019 when she had a band called Picapica. In the same year she went solo.

Music career

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From 2009 until 2018 she formed a duo with guitarist Ben Walker, winning a BBC Radio 2 Folk Award for best duo in 2017, and signing with music label Rough Trade Records,[1][2] with whom she made six duo albums, one record with her band PicaPica and her solo record ‘In All Weather’ in 2019. She also recorded an EP ‘Such A Sky’ with jazz pianist Kit Downes in 2017. She has toured world-wide and has supported folk musician Richard Thompson on one of his tours.[1]

In 2019 she formed a band called PicaPica. The band recorded a studio album called Together & Apart.[1] The Financial Times wrote in 2019 she was "recognised as a rising star of British folk".[1] She subsequently signed with the label Corduroy Punk Records to bring out more solo albums.

Of her 2023 solo album Onliness (which is a re-recording of some previous work), Folkradio wrote: "a graceful melancholy in the melodies and a bird-like fragility to her singing coating an underlayer of grit and menace you would be foolish to ignore".[3]

Discography

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Studio albums

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Year Title Credited to
2010 One Light Is Gone solo
2011 The Seas Are Deep Clarke & Walker
2012 Homemade Heartache Clarke & Walker
2013 Fire & Fortune Clarke & Walker
2013 Midwinter Clarke & Walker
2014 Nothing Can Bring Back the Hour Clarke & Walker
2016 Overnight Clarke & Walker
2017 Such a Sky Clarke & Downes
2017 The Birds Clarke & Walker
2018 Seedlings All Clarke & Walker
2018 Last Night Clarke & Walker
2019 Together & Apart PicaPica
2019 In All Weather solo
2021 A Small Unknowable Thing solo
2022 I Promised You Light solo
2022 Now And Then solo
2023 Onliness – Songs of Solitude & Singularity solo
2024 Parenthesis, I solo
2025 Far from Nowhere[4] solo

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Cartwright, Garth (1 August 2019). "Josienne Clarke: between sunshine and solitude". Financial Times. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  2. ^ Rogers, Jude (16 December 2016). "Josienne Clarke and Ben Walker – the duo who annoy bearded men called Brian". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  3. ^ Neill, Danny (12 April 2023). "Josienne Clarke – Onliness (Album Review)". Folkradio. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  4. ^ "Josienne Clarke - Far From Nowhere". Album of The Year. Retrieved 19 October 2025.