Jo Mango

Jo Mango is a British alternative folk and acoustic band from Glasgow. Jo Mango is also the adopted name of the lead singer and primary songwriter of the group.

  • Jo Mango: lead vocals, rhythm guitar, kalimba, toy piano, concertina
  • Jim Mango: bass player, backing vocals
  • Alan Peacock: backing vocals, guitar
  • Katherine Waumsllaying: flute, piano, kalimba and concertina. Since April 2006 Mango toured extensively in Bunyan's band, throughout North America, Europe, Australia and Japan. At home in the UK she also featured in the Zero Degrees of Separation tour, becoming an integral part of the band which also features Adem, Juana Molina, Vetiver and Vashti Bunyan. This culminated in a Carnegie Hall show in New York in February, curated by David Byrne.
Jo Mango

Jo has also appeared as a solo artist playing shows across the globe in countries such as America, Australia and Japan. Her tour of America began with a session on Nic Harcourt's show Morning Becomes Eclectic on Santa Monica's KCRW radio station and a performance at South By South West (SXSW) in Austin, Texas. The Scotland Herald describes Jo Mango's recent EP "When We Lived in The Crook of a Tree" as "[a voice] so hushed and precise, that it sounds as if it were recorded inside your own head" (2013).[1]

Discography

EPs
  1. Antidote (2003)
  2. Fluffy Brain (2004)
  3. The Moth and the Moon / Black Sun (2010)
  4. Wrack Lines (2016 – Jo Mango & Friends)
  5. System Hold (2019 – Jo Mango & Friends)

Studio albums
  1. Paperclips and Sand (1999)
  2. Murmuration (2012)
  3. Transformuration (2014 - Remixes of Murmuration)

Singles
  1. "My Lung" (2007 - Download Only)

References
  1. Morrison, Alan (December 8, 2013). "Review of Jo Mango: When We Lived In The Crook Of A Tree (Olive Grove)". The Herald (Glasgow). Retrieved August 2, 2017.


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