The Joanna Finch Quartet, ‘Wrapped’ In The Arms of Morpheus Islands’ CD release tour. Hear the songs from the debut CD of this remarkable Vancouver Island jazz and blues chanteuse, performing with her fabulous trio of Sean Mooney- piano; James Lithgow- bass, and Bob Grant- drums


Performance dates

JUNE

Saturday June 17th

Joanna Finch with Sean Mooney
Vancouver Island Music Awards
Central Bar & Grill 708 View Street, Victoria, BC
(on View between Blanchard St. & Douglas St.) (250) 361-1700 - www.centralbarandgrill.com
Benefit for Mustard Seed Food Bank
Performances by 12 Nominees, Presentation of 12 Awards.
Tickets: Tickets in advance @ Lyle's Place, 770 Yates St: $15; @ the door: $20.
$5 from every ticket sold goes to Mustard Seed Food Bank
Bring Can of Food for Mustard Seed Food Bank.
7-10pm. Doors @ 6:00pm. Hosts: comedian Jeff Martinez & Automic Vaudeville's Amanda Lisman

Joanna Finch Band with Sean Mooney and James Lithgow at the Sundance Java Bar Willow Point 80 F Westgate Rd. You can find us Just off the Old Island Highway, behind the Liquor Store, beside InsuranCentre in Willow Point (south Campbell River)
7:00 tickets $10.00 advance. sundance@oberon.ark.com
Get your ticket early as this is a popular venue that sells out quickly. This is our summer tour warm up show! We've got some new tunes!

JULY

Thursday July 6th

Joanna Finch Quartet CD Release Party!
Central Bar & Grill 708 View Street, Victoria, BC
(on View between Blanchard St. & Douglas St.) (250) 361-1700
With Sean Mooney, piano; James Lithgow, bass, and James McRae, drums.
This will be the first time I’ve performed in my hometown of Victoria with my band. My brother is coming from Paris (!) and celebrating his 50th birthday, so this will be a grand fête!
8:00. $12.00 advance, $15.00 at the door
www.centralbarandgrill.com

July 7th –9th
Joanna Finch Quartet
Vancouver Island Music Fest, Courtenay Fairgrounds, Courtenay, B.C.
With Sean Mooney, piano; James Lithgow, bass, and James McRae, drums.
Follow the signage to "MusicFest" at the Comox Valley Exhibition Grounds on Headquarter's Road. Performance details will be posted on musicfest website
www.islandmusicfest.com/index.htm
Saturday - Big Stage - Concert - 10:00 - 10:50 am Get up bright and early to come to our CONCERT!!
Sunday - The Barn - 2:00 - 3:00 - Folk Quiz with…
Sunday - Grierson Community Stage - Grown Up Songs About Drinkin’, Smokin, Lyin’ & Cheatin’ - 3:45 - 5:00

Wed. July 12
Two concerts in one! Joanna Finch with Sean Mooney and James Lithgow plus Norbury & Finch Cardboard House Bakery, Central Road, Hornby Island (Best pizza ever!)
6:30-8:30 pm

Friday July 14th
Joanna Finch and Sean Mooney
The Thatch Pub Jazz Jam Hornby Island
7:30

Thursday July 20th
Joanna Finch and Danny ZanbilowiczThe return of kitsch in synch!!
playing our original urban folk / jazz songs plus songs from Morpheus.
Port Place Event Pavilion (next to Fields) Port Place Shopping Centre in Nanaimo

AUGUST

Wednesday August 2
Joanna Finch with Danny Zanbilowicz:"kitsch in synch" Morpheus CD Release
Tree-House Café, Ganges, Saltspring Island
7:00 Admission by hat generosity.

Saturday August 5
Wedding Band
wedding in Courtenay

Keep checking here for upcoming concerts and events in your area!

Welcome to the Joanna Finch website.
The site is currently under construction

Listen now to 2 exciting tracks off Joanna's just released CD "In The Arms Of Morpheus" - "Smoochy" and "Invisible"

Like what you hear? check out Joanna's performance dates

Joanna Finch is a uniquely entertaining singer/songwriter who swings smoothly between jazz/blues and original, contemporary folk. Her songs have been described as tender, biting, quirky and sensual. Her voice conveys spine tingling emotion and she is renowned for her captivating stage presence. Joanna's influences are as divergent as her writing style with comparisons made to Jane Siberry, Cole Porter and Tom Waits.

In The Arms Of Morpheus, Joanna’s debut solo CD, was released in stores in December. The songs are diverse, well crafted and beautifully arranged. These twelve original songs are a fine representation of the immense talent of this Vancouver Island singer/songwriter. Some of Western Canada's most celebrated musicians are showcased including Juno Award winners, Zubot and Dawson, Buff Allen, Ken Lister, Miles Black, John Reischman, and several others including producer, guest guitarist Pat Coleman. (www.roadhouserecords.ca)

Joanna and her Comox Valley trio are preparing for their spring Islands Tour which will take them gigging up to May, when Joanna switches gears to co-produce and star in the award winning Vaudeville/ Cabaret show, Madame Jojo’s Cabaret, set to open at the Sid Williams Theatre in Courtenay for two nights, on the 29th and 30th of June.

What others are saying about ‘In The Arms of Morpheus’…

“A team of Vancouver's elite jazz masters back Joanna Finch's expressive vocal's on the singer's stunning, eclectic debut, In the Arms of Morpheus. Finch wrote or co-wrote all dozen tracks, and it's an impressive collection of wise well-crafted songs brilliantly arranged and produced by veteran guitarist Pat Coleman.”
Joseph Blake freelance reviewer for Victoria Times Colonist, Boulevard
Magazine, Coda, All About Jazz (etc.) January 22, 2006

“Her original lyrics range from the seductive to the very funny and always tell a story that engages the audience. These songs will resonate in your heart long after the music has stopped."
Paula Wild- Author, Arts Reviewer for the Record

“There is a playful yearning underneath each of the songs on this
CD, as though Finch is trying to take us somewhere beautiful, somewhere out of time, where we can all say hello to a part of ourselves that we thought we had lost a long time ago.”
Terrence Young, Award Winning Author January 12, 2006

“As a live performer Joanna is a force to be reckoned with… “Skeletons"…and "Sticky" successfully invite you into the zany world that is hers alone.”
vig schulman- Artistic Director of the Cumberland VILLAGE WORKS.

“In the Arms of Morpheus is a complex and varied recording… Established artists…Dianna Krall and Norah Jones will be interested in some of Joanna songs for their own albums. …exposure will bring Joanna into the national and international sphere.…now, she is a local treasure on the threshold of greatness.”
Mary Lynne DesRoches, special to Cosmic Debris Musicians Magazine

“Finch has a wonderful sense of lyrical pacing, the sounds of her words always enhancing the musicality of the melodic line. …the lyrics are sophisticated, adult celebrations of the beautiful agony of love in all its consummations and separations, reveling in romanticism.”
Danny Zanbilowicz-, Editor of The WORD

" ‘In The Arms of Morpheus’…is at times haunting, at times wickedly tongue in cheek…take lyrics that have a double meaning, add her incredibly seductive voice – and you have music that sends shivers up your spine! My favourite cut, of course, is “Skeletons In My Closet”.
Anne Lawrie, -Owner: Sound Advice Music Shop

check out these links to find out more about the players on Joanna's new CD:

pianist Miles Black www.milesblack.com
Zubot and Dawson www.zubotanddawson.com/
drummer Buff Allen http://homepage.mac.com/buff_allen/home.html
mandolinist John Reishman www.johnreischman.com
bass player Ken Lister www.kenlister.com
producer, guitarist Pat Coleman www.roadhouserecords.ca

Some other pertinent links:

Norbury & Finch www.norburyandfinch.com
Sue Pyper www.suepyper.com
Imagination In Motion www.imaginationinmotion.ca