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, before moving to Glasgow and developing her musical activities there.[2]
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.[3][4][5]
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,[7][8] with the thesis "Experiments in schizoanalysis: a new approach to analysis of conceptual music".[9] By 2015, she had become a lecturer in commercial music at the University of the West of Scotland.[10] She has also taught at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.[11]
Jo Mango band members
Members of the bank called Jo Mango have included:[citation needed]
- Jo Mango: lead vocals, rhythm guitar, kalimba, toy piano, concertina
- Jim Mango: bass player, backing vocals
- Alan Peacock: backing vocals, guitar
- Katherine Waumsllaying: flute, piano, kalimba and concertina.
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.
- ^ https://www.famemagazine.co.uk/jo-mango-interview-im-a-dr-of-musicology/
- ^ Earnshaw |, Helen. "Jo Mango Exclusive Interview". www.femalefirst.co.uk. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
- ^ "JO MANGO INTERVIEW: "I'M A DR OF MUSICOLOGY" – FM famemagazine.co.uk". www.famemagazine.co.uk. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ https://www.famemagazine.co.uk/jo-mango-interview-im-a-dr-of-musicology/
- ^ https://nicolameighan.wordpress.com/2012/11/03/interview-jo-mango-2/
- ^ 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