JO JO SMITH is a soul-singing, groove-driving tour de force and one of Australia’s greatest musical treasures. A radical exponent of the power of love and music, Jo Jo traverses' blues and soul with an effortless grace and energy, singing her musical medicine straight into your heart.
Lucie Thorne & Jo Jo Smith first met over 16 years ago and became fast friends and huge fans of each other’s work. They’ve toured far and wide together over the years, but it’s been too long since they’ve shared a stage in the Bellingen area!
“Jo Jo has been an inspiration to myself and many other musicians in Australia for many years” (Renee Geyer)
“Jo Jo Smith is a true soul singer. She sings soul music. She sings with and through her soul. Smith has a mighty weapon in her voice, she reserves its power striking only when necessary” (Marty Jones, Rhythms Magazine)
Lucie Thorne has been lauded for writing “some of the most simple and beautiful songs you will hear” (**** The Age), earning her place as one of Australia’s most striking contemporary songsmiths. With eleven releases to her name and a prodigious touring schedule, Thorne continues to carve out an extraordinary creative career, conjuring “exquisitely impressionistic… poetry in motion” (**** Rolling Stone Magazine) with an intimacy and warmth for which her live performances have become so renowned.
“Thorne conjures a simple narrative flow that, like a Raymond Carver story, transforms everyday life into high art” (The Canberra Times)
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Studio BMH
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