Josephine Foster

Josephine Foster is an American singer, songwriter, and musician from Colorado. She is known for her anachronistic voice and work that weaves older styles with the modern, escaping simple classification. As a teenager, Foster worked as a church singer and aspired to become an opera singer. She moved to Chicago in 1998 to further her opera studies, and began home-recording her songs, resulting in the albums There Are Eyes Above, influenced by Tin Pan Alley, and an album of children's songs, Little Life. She then released collaborative albums with local folk bands The Children's Hour (SOS JFK), Born Heller (S/T), as well as All the Leaves Are Gone, a psychedelic rock album with backing band The Supposed. A number of solo records followed, including the all acoustic Hazel Eyes, I Will Lead You, an unorthodox collection of 19th century German Lieder titled A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing, and This Coming Gladness, a psychedelic folk-rock album. Foster released most of her recordings the following decade with Fire Records, including Graphic as a Star, her settings of 27 Emily Dickinson poems. Thereafter she began to record frequently with engineer Andrija Tokic, who co-produced with Foster her solo albums Blood Rushing, I'm A Dreamer, and Faithful Fairy Harmony; also More Amor, a psych-folk album by her new band Mendrugo formed with Victor Herrero. The latter was Foster's first foray into writing lyrics in Spanish. The title song from I'm A Dreamer was featured in Season 2, episode 7 of the British television show The End of the F***ing World. Foster also lent her voice to the soundtrack for the 2020 film, The World to Come, and sung (as well as co-wrote) the titular song over the end credits.

Untitled II - 2025-02-26T00:00:00.000000Z

Domestic Sphere - 2023-04-07T00:00:00.000000Z

Godmother - 2022-01-28T00:00:00.000000Z

The World to Come (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - 2021-02-10T00:00:00.000000Z

No Harm Done - 2020-08-27T00:00:00.000000Z

Perry Mason: Season 1 (Music From The HBO Series) - 2020-08-09T00:00:00.000000Z

Faithful Fairy Harmony - 2018-11-16T00:00:00.000000Z

Art and Life - 2017-10-27T00:00:00.000000Z

No More Lamps in the Morning - 2016-02-05T00:00:00.000000Z

Night Flowers - 2015-10-15T00:00:00.000000Z

Remembering Mountains : Unheard Songs By Karen Dalton - 2015-05-26T00:00:00.000000Z

Shirley Inspired - 2015-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

I'm a Dreamer - 2013-11-11T00:00:00.000000Z

Blood Rushing - 2012-09-17T00:00:00.000000Z

Perlas - 2012-05-07T00:00:00.000000Z

Anda Jaleo - 2010-09-06T00:00:00.000000Z

Graphic as a Star - 2009-11-30T00:00:00.000000Z

Loving Takes This Course - a Tribute to the Songs of Kath Bloom - 2009-06-06T00:00:00.000000Z

This Coming Gladness - 2008-07-21T00:00:00.000000Z

Hazel Eyes I Will Lead You - 2005-04-19T00:00:00.000000Z

A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing - 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

All the Leaves Are Gone - 2004-10-05T00:00:00.000000Z

Little Life - 2001-03-26T00:00:00.000000Z

There Are Eyes Above - 2000-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Haunted House - 2023-03-01T00:00:00.000000Z

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