Jo D'Anna - Alouwenja
This is Jo's first album, released in 1995. She calls this her "sacred" collection of women's songs of healing - a thematic collection that represents her first outpourings as a songwriter. All the songs are inspired by images in nature, especially in the area of Marin County, where she has lived since 1989. This is her first project, released after her experience as a residential dance training student with the well-known dance pioneer, Anna Halprin, at the Tamalpa Institute in Marin County,
Jo D'Anna was born and raised in the SF Bay Area, in Palo Alto. She originally studied guitar with Jerry Garcia at Dana Morgan's Music Studio on Ramona Street in 1962. Subsequent guitar teachers have been Ed Johnson and Carol McComb at Gryphon Stringed Instruments in Palo Alto in the 1980's. Jo is a Singer-Songwriter who writes in a storytelling style, accompanying herself with a fingerstyle or folk-rock guitar strumming technique. She has played all over the greater SF Bay Area since 1993, and has released two albums: "Alouwenja" (1995) and "As She Is" (2007), both of which are available through her website, or CD Baby.
