Joon Wolfsberg

Joon Wolfsberg
Background information
Born (1992-03-08) March 8, 1992
Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Genres alternative rock, rock
Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter
Instruments Vocals
Years active 2010–present
Labels Cow Universe Records
Website www.joonw.com

Joon Wolfsberg (March 8, 1992 in Cologne) is an Erfurt-based singer-songwriter from Germany.

Life and career

Life

She was introduced to music at the age of 6, taking piano, drums and singing lessons at the public music school Erfurt in Germany. At age 14 she taught herself how to play the guitar.

Soon she wrote her first songs and made a name for herself. At the age of 16, when composing a song for a project of Black Eyed Peas singer will.i.am,[1] she got her first international attention.

Until 2010 she used "Joon W." as a short version of her maiden name for herself as a songwriter.

Since 2010, Joon and her father Joe Wolfsberg have acted as a father-daughter songwriter team, with Joe also taking the role of executive producer and producer for her albums.

Joon Wolfsberg lives in Tybee Island (Georgia) and in Erfurt Germany.

Career

In July 2010 she recorded the demo album Green Boots,[2] which sold out within a month. Shortly after the album's promotion tour, her father Joe Wolfsberg contacted US music producer Zach Allen, who agreed to produce the album Made in USA. This album, recorded in 2011 at Tracking Room Studios in Nashville, Tennessee, featuresd musicians including Dave Roe (bass player for Johnny Cash, early 1990s-2003), Buddy Hyatt (piano, Toto), and Shawn Fichter (drums, Peter Frampton).[3]

Joon Wolfsberg, March 2012

The song "Please" received hot rotation airplay on Radio Swiss Pop and became very well known among the Swiss.[4]

From January to April 2012 Joon recorded her second album, Wonderland, with Brad Smith (bass) and Christopher Thorn (e-guitar) of the US-based band Blind Melon, and Pearl Jam drummer Dave Krusen. The album sold out on amazon.de on the night of its release.[5]

In 2013 Joon recorded her third album, Revolujoon, which featured former Yardbirds lead vocalist and bassist John Idan on bass, Toni Funk on guitar and Micha Mihla on drums.

International critics

Joon Wolfsberg wurde zwar in Köln geboren und wuchs in Erfurt auf - klingt aber ziemlich international. Irgendwo zwischen der Jefferson-Airplane-Sängerin Grace Slick, Folkrock-Elementen und ganz viel Joon Wolfsberg..
— Willy Theobald, [6]
Doch wenn man ihren ins Alt driftenden Gesang und den zwischen abgeklärtem Folk-Rock und in Nostalgie badenden Alternativ-Rock-Sound ihrer Band vernimmt, könnte man meinen, die Dame hätte schon viel mehr hinter sich als zwei Dekaden Leben.
— Ostsee-Zeitung.de, [7]

The Financial Times Deutschland nominated Wonderland on June 3, 2012 as the "Album of the week" and it got the highest rating, 5 out 5. [8]

Discography

References

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