“It’s not just improvisation in a careless way, it’s a vocabulary that I tap into,” declares Glasgow based artist Joanne Robertson about her prolific practice as a singer, songwriter, guitarist and painter during her interview with Claire Biddles in The Wire 457. “And when I collaborate, that’s when the vocabulary expands.”

Robertson has worked with artists Dean Blunt, Mica Levi, Oliver Coates and others. Most recently she's released music with London based artist Sidsel Meineche Hansen – their collaborative concept album Alien Baby 0 Rules For Life being an exploration of a “reciprocal sense of humour around being a woman”.

Here Robertson compiles tracks from her various projects into a career-spanning playlist featuring releases on Textile, Dean Blunt's World Music and Feeding Tube. Read more about the musician's practice and art-centred approach to songwriting inside The Wire 457. Subscribers can also read the article via the digital archive.

Full tracklist

Joanne Robertson
“Grasscat”
From The Lighter
(Textile) 2007

Joanne Robertson
“Black Moon Days”
From Black Moon Days
(Feeding Tube) 2015

Joanne Robertson & Oliver Coates
“Doubt”
From Escho 15 år: Burgers For My New Life
(Escho) 2020

Joanne Robertson & Dean Blunt
“Had My Back Up 2 U (Since '92)”
From Wahalla
(World Music) 2020

Joanne Robertson
“Hi Watt” (produced by Dean Blunt)
From Black Moon Days
(Feeding Tube) 2015

Joanne Robertson
“High Noon”
From Painting Stupid Girls
(World Music) 2020

Joanne Robertson & Sidsel Meineche Hansen
“Kitchen Floor”
From Alien Baby 0 Rules For Life
(Tenderbooks) 2021

Joanne Robertson featuring Kool Music
“Late At Night”
From Wildflower
(Escho) 2016

Mica Levi & Joanne Robertson
“Pull”
From MUSIC
(MUSIC) 2021

Joanne Robertson & Dean Blunt
“Pusher”
From Wahalla
(World Music) 2020

Joanne Robertson
“Rest”
From Wildflower
(Escho) 2016