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Scott grew up in rural north-east Scotland; she first played in a band as a teenager alongside her twin brother, becoming involved in [[Aberdeen]]'s music scene |
Scott grew up in rural north-east Scotland; she first played in a band as a teenager alongside her twin brother, becoming involved in [[Aberdeen]]'s music scene.<ref name=":0" /> In 1999 she moved to [[Glasgow]] to study music, also developing her skills via the [[National Youth Jazz Orchestra]] and The Old Blind Dogs, a folk band.<ref name=":2" /> |
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2006–7 saw Scott touring internationally as a member of [[Vashti Bunyan]]'s band, and in the UK on the Zero Degrees of Separation tour alongside Bunyan, [[David Byrne]], [[Adem Ilhan|Adem]], [[Juana Molina]], and [[Vetiver (band)|Vetiver]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Earnshaw {{!}} |first=Helen |title=Jo Mango Exclusive Interview |url=https://www.femalefirst.co.uk/music/interviews/Jo+Mango+Interview-264916.html |access-date=2024-02-04 |website=www.femalefirst.co.uk |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=JO MANGO INTERVIEW: “I’M A DR OF MUSICOLOGY” – FM famemagazine.co.uk |url=https://www.famemagazine.co.uk/jo-mango-interview-im-a-dr-of-musicology/ |access-date=2024-02-04 |website=www.famemagazine.co.uk}}</ref><ref name=":1">Nicola Meighan, '[https://nicolameighan.wordpress.com/2012/11/03/interview-jo-mango-2/ Interview: Jo Mango]', ''The Herald'' (2 November 2012).</ref> |
2006–7 saw Scott touring internationally as a member of [[Vashti Bunyan]]'s band, and in the UK on the Zero Degrees of Separation tour alongside Bunyan, [[David Byrne]], [[Adem Ilhan|Adem]], [[Juana Molina]], and [[Vetiver (band)|Vetiver]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Earnshaw {{!}} |first=Helen |title=Jo Mango Exclusive Interview |url=https://www.femalefirst.co.uk/music/interviews/Jo+Mango+Interview-264916.html |access-date=2024-02-04 |website=www.femalefirst.co.uk |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=JO MANGO INTERVIEW: “I’M A DR OF MUSICOLOGY” – FM famemagazine.co.uk |url=https://www.famemagazine.co.uk/jo-mango-interview-im-a-dr-of-musicology/ |access-date=2024-02-04 |website=www.famemagazine.co.uk}}</ref><ref name=":1">Nicola Meighan, '[https://nicolameighan.wordpress.com/2012/11/03/interview-jo-mango-2/ Interview: Jo Mango]', ''The Herald'' (2 November 2012).</ref> Other collaborations in the years around 2010 included work with [[Teenage Fanclub]] and [[Admiral Fallow]].<ref name=":2" /> |
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''[[The Scotland Herald]]'' described Scott's 2013 EP ''When We Lived in The Crook of a Tree'' as "[a voice] so hushed and precise, that it sounds as if it were recorded inside your own head".<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts_ents/13135346.Jo_Mango__When_We_Lived_In_The_Crook_Of_A_Tree__Olive_Grove_/ | title=Review of Jo Mango: When We Lived In The Crook Of A Tree (Olive Grove) | work=[[The Herald (Glasgow)]] | date=December 8, 2013 | accessdate=August 2, 2017 | author=Morrison, Alan}}</ref> |
''[[The Scotland Herald]]'' described Scott's 2013 EP ''When We Lived in The Crook of a Tree'' as "[a voice] so hushed and precise, that it sounds as if it were recorded inside your own head".<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts_ents/13135346.Jo_Mango__When_We_Lived_In_The_Crook_Of_A_Tree__Olive_Grove_/ | title=Review of Jo Mango: When We Lived In The Crook Of A Tree (Olive Grove) | work=[[The Herald (Glasgow)]] | date=December 8, 2013 | accessdate=August 2, 2017 | author=Morrison, Alan}}</ref> |
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==Jo Mango band members== |
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At the time of the release of their second album in 2012, the members of the band called Jo Mango were:<ref>Rob Lavender, "Sweet as a Songbird", ''Metro'' [Scotland edition] (2 November 2012), p. 55.</ref> |
At the time of the release of their second album in 2012, the members of the band called Jo Mango were:<ref name=":2">Rob Lavender, "Sweet as a Songbird", ''Metro'' [Scotland edition] (2 November 2012), p. 55.</ref> |
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*Jo Mango: lead vocals, [[rhythm guitar]], [[kalimba]], [[toy piano]], [[concertina]] |
*Jo Mango: lead vocals, [[rhythm guitar]], [[kalimba]], [[toy piano]], [[concertina]] |
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*Jim Mango: [[bass player]], backing vocals |
*Jim Mango: [[bass player]], backing vocals |
Revision as of 10:53, 4 February 2024
Jo Mango is the stage name of a British alternative folk and acoustic singer and songwriter from Glasgow, otherwise known as Jo Collinson Scott, a lecturer at the University of the West of Scotland.[1] Jo Mango is also the name of her band.
Career
Scott grew up in rural north-east Scotland; she first played in a band as a teenager alongside her twin brother, becoming involved in Aberdeen's music scene.[2] In 1999 she moved to Glasgow to study music, also developing her skills via the National Youth Jazz Orchestra and The Old Blind Dogs, a folk band.[3]
2006–7 saw Scott touring internationally as a member of Vashti Bunyan's band, and in the UK on the Zero Degrees of Separation tour alongside Bunyan, David Byrne, Adem, Juana Molina, and Vetiver.[4][2][5] Other collaborations in the years around 2010 included work with Teenage Fanclub and Admiral Fallow.[3]
The Scotland Herald described Scott's 2013 EP When We Lived in The Crook of a Tree as "[a voice] so hushed and precise, that it sounds as if it were recorded inside your own head".[6]
In 2012, Scott completed a PhD in musicology,[2][5] with the thesis "Experiments in schizoanalysis: a new approach to analysis of conceptual music".[7] By 2015, she had become a lecturer in commercial music at the University of the West of Scotland.[8] She has also taught at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.[9]
Jo Mango band members
At the time of the release of their second album in 2012, the members of the band called Jo Mango were:[3]
- Jo Mango: lead vocals, rhythm guitar, kalimba, toy piano, concertina
- Jim Mango: bass player, backing vocals
- Alan Peacock: backing vocals, guitar
- Katherine Waumsley: flute, piano, kalimba and concertina
- Calum Scott: percussion
Discography
EPs
- Antidote (2003)
- Fluffy Brain (2004)
- The Moth and the Moon / Black Sun (2010)
- Wrack Lines (2016 – Jo Mango & Friends)
- System Hold (2019 – Jo Mango & Friends)
Studio albums
- Paperclips and Sand (1999)
- Murmuration (2012)
- Transformuration (2014 - Remixes of Murmuration)
Singles
- "My Lung" (2007 - Download Only)
References
- ^ "Jo Scott". The UWS Academic Portal. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
- ^ a b c "JO MANGO INTERVIEW: "I'M A DR OF MUSICOLOGY" – FM famemagazine.co.uk". www.famemagazine.co.uk. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
- ^ a b c Rob Lavender, "Sweet as a Songbird", Metro [Scotland edition] (2 November 2012), p. 55.
- ^ Earnshaw |, Helen. "Jo Mango Exclusive Interview". www.femalefirst.co.uk. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
- ^ a b Nicola Meighan, 'Interview: Jo Mango', The Herald (2 November 2012).
- ^ Morrison, Alan (8 December 2013). "Review of Jo Mango: When We Lived In The Crook Of A Tree (Olive Grove)". The Herald (Glasgow). Retrieved 2 August 2017.
- ^ Jo Collinson Scott, "Experiments in schizoanalysis: a new approach to analysis of conceptual music" (PhD thesis, University of Glasgow, 2012).
- ^ 'Notes on Contributors', in Writing Creative Non-Fiction: Determining the Form, ed. by Laura Tansley and Micaela and Maftei (Canterbury: Gylphi, 2015), ISBN 9781780240268.
- ^ https://www.rcs.ac.uk/staff/jo-mango/
External links
- The official Jo Mango website (archived 2008)
- Myspace page (archived 2009)
- anotherday.co.uk - Vashti Bunyan Official Site