The Weakness in Me: The Selected Lyrics of Joan Armatrading

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For access to the Queen Elizabeth Hall auditorium seating rows A to C and wheelchair spaces in the Front Stalls, please enter via the Artists' Entrance in the Queen Elizabeth Hall Slip Road (Level 1). Selected and arranged by the author, and featuring a foreword by revered record producer Glyn Johns, The Weakness In Mepresents the lyrics of Armatrading for the first time in one unique volume. It also contains an introduction by Armatrading alongside annotations to a number of songs, giving a rare, personal glimpse into the creative process of a true pioneer. a b "One woman, one guitar: Joan Armatrading goes it alone on yearlong world tour". Guitar Girl Magazine. 19 April 2015 . Retrieved 27 April 2018. One country that has always been close to Joan’s heart is South Africa. A big admirer of Nelson Mandela, she twice performed for him, first on his 70th birthday at Wembley and then again in 2001 when she was asked by the LSE to perform "The Messenger", the tribute song she had been commissioned to compose for him. Along with the crowd, Mr Mandela danced throughout the whole performance.

Smith, Andrea (14 October 2012). "Joan's music tells the story". Irish Independent . Retrieved 9 December 2020. Known as a true craftsman, Joan’s distinctive vocals and consummate musicianship – she has arranged as well as played nearly every instrument herself on the last five albums – have led to widespread and, perhaps most importantly, consistent critical acclaim. Effortlessly eclectic, her sound has ranged from jazz to soul to sophisticated pop, all driven by her passionate guitar. Indeed, she was the first non-jazz artist to play in London's Ronnie Scott's main room. With 21 superlative albums to her credit, the latest released world-wide on BMG in 2018, Joan's subtle and sublime music has touched millions of people all over the world. Booth, Al (26 April 2016). "About the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2016 at Royal Albert Hall". BBC Blogs . Retrieved 28 April 2016. Dargue, William. "Brookfields". History of Birmingham Places & Placenames A to Y . Retrieved 12 January 2013.

Joan Armatrading: The Concert (1988)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014 . Retrieved 16 November 2014. When I was starting out, somebody told me my career would last five years. I didn’t think they were right. I didn’t think they were wrong. I just thought that I was going to do music as long as I wanted to. Audiences have long been entranced by Tchaikovsky’s ability to generate a rollercoaster of emotional depths and heights, and nowhere is this more evident than in his Fifth Symphony. a b Smithies, Gran (21 September 2014). "Joan Armatrading's enduring charm". Stuff . Retrieved 9 December 2020.

No. But my predictions in the last few years have been wrong across the board. I predicted that Hillary Clinton was gonna destroy Donald Trump, so what do I know? Joan: (Laughs) But this is a different prediction. You know, there’s loads of people who made that kind of prediction. But there wasn’t anybody who made this particular prediction. There were people who were saying that someday we’ll have a pandemic. But nobody said, “In 2020, we’re gonna [have one].” You can’t know something until you know it.

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On 19 May 2015 Armatrading appeared on BBC Two's Later... with Jools Holland, singing " Me Myself I". [46] On 11 May 2018 she was a guest on BBC One's The Graham Norton Show and performed her new single "I Like It When We're Together". [47]

Tuber, Keith (September 1983). "Joan Armatrading hopes The Key finds success". Orange Coast Magazine. Emmis Communications: 130–131. ISSN 0279-0483 . Retrieved 27 September 2011. Of course! And I appreciate my friends, the Johnsons, who turned me on to your music when I was younger. Marter, Hans J (21 April 2011). "Joan Armatrading to 'tie the knot' in Shetland". Shetland News . Retrieved 29 August 2023. Joan Armatrading is an artist who has always stayed true to herself and love, as another famous person once wrote, is not love if alters when it alteration finds. Before I ask you about Consequences — the world has obviously undergone a major change in the last year and a half. During the pandemic, what has life been like for you and what has it been like in rural England?After years of committed studying, Joan achieved a goal she had held since childhood, she gained her BA Honours after studying history from the Open University – a feat very few other working artists would attempt, let alone whilst on tour. (She took her final exam the day after the last gig of her 2000 dates). A younger brother, Tony Armatrading, was a stage, film, and television actor who lived in Los Angeles. He died of cancer on 10 May 2021, at the age of 59. [67] [68]

Can I ask you about one older song, which is probably my favourite song of yours? “The Weakness in Me.” Pareles, Jon (26 August 1988). "Review/Pop; Armatrading at Pier 84". The New York Times . Retrieved 26 July 2012.Petridis, Alexis (17 June 2021). "Joan Armatrading: Consequences review – strikingly inventive songwriter deserves her due". The Guardian . Retrieved 18 June 2021. Chilton, Martin (28 April 2016). "Joan Armatrading interview: I ignored advice to change my name". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022 . Retrieved 23 August 2018.