User:JOSS CAMERON FOLK MUSICIAN

Joss Cameron (born Leith, 1967) A Scottish artist and folk singer.

Joss Cameron is an accomplished singer, who started her career in 1988, singing in Nightclubs around Gibraltar and the Costa del Sol, and was a soloist in the Calpe Singers, the Gibraltar choral society, and studied under the instruction of maestro Hector Placido Cortes, and has sung for St Andrews Days and Burns suppers around the world. In 1998, Joss moved to Melbourne from Ghana, West Africa where she taught music and art, and joined the highly acclaimed A Cappella trio 'EveSpeak', touring Australia's folk clubs and festivals, promoting their award winning CD 'Warming the ground'. As well as playing most of the folk venues, Joss has sang professionally in some of Australia's most influential Wineries, such as 'Lindemans Winery' in the Hunter Valley and 'De Bertoli Winery' in the Yarra Valley. With over three decades working as a musician, Joss has performed as a soloist, and a lead vocalist in many venues around the world, including the Edinburgh fringe festival, the Sydney fringe festival, and the Adelaide fringe festival, National Celtic festival, Folk alliance festival, Folk by the sea, Woodfold fest, Gulongong, Mildura balloon festival, Apollo bay, Port Fairy, WOMad and the Melbourne fringe festival. When Joss returned to Edinburgh to live in 2000, she was the founder member of the A Cappella Quartet 'Grace Under Pressure', who became well known throughout Scotland. She is also the founder member of 'Entangled' folk duo and now 'Shian' folk band, which she presently performs with. On her extensive travels throughout the world (20 years abroad), Joss collected lullabies and tunes from far reaching places, such as Benin, Mali, Ghana, Fiji and the Pacific islands, to arrange with 4 part harmonies. ​ As well as being a singer, Joss is also a bagpiper, and plays the violin and bodhran. In 2017, Joss was invited to became one of Edinburgh's 'Heretics', and sings ballads and bothy songs from the North East of Scotland. (Her Great Aunt being singer and oral traditionalist, Jeannie Robertson MBE). ​ Taken from: www.josscameron.com