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Jo Quail
3 days ago
Jo Quail

I’m honoured to be returning to ArcTanGent Festival this year!

I’ve been invited to present a very special one-off concert: Notan, newly arranged and performed by me, with the Crossbones Trombones Ensemble and Tom Atherton on percussion.

Those of you who were at Roadburn Festival back in April 2022 may remember Crossbones (and Tom) performing The Cartographer with me - it’s a real joy to be collaborating again in this new way.

Tom also joined me for my Wilminktheater concert last November; his brilliant hybrid approach to percussion makes him an absolute pleasure to play with, so it’s a privilege to be working together again here.

I love this festival so much - I’ve been lucky enough to play a few times now, and it’s always a prestigious gathering. Very excited for this 🔥 ... See MoreSee Less

I’m honoured to be returning to ArcTanGent Festival this year! I’ve been invited to present a very special one-off concert: Notan, newly arranged and performed by me, with the Crossbones Trombones Ensemble and Tom Atherton on percussion. Those of you who were at Roadburn Festival back in April 2022 may remember Crossbones (and Tom) performing The Cartographer with me - it’s a real joy to be collaborating again in this new way. Tom also joined me for my Wilminktheater concert last November; his brilliant hybrid approach to percussion makes him an absolute pleasure to play with, so it’s a privilege to be working together again here. I love this festival so much - I’ve been lucky enough to play a few times now, and it’s always a prestigious gathering. Very excited for this 🔥Image attachment
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I can’t reply to all your comments because the button keeps not working but just to say I’ve read them all and thank you for such a warm response to this post! We are all looking forward so much to playing for you at ATG xxx

Looking forward to seeing you there Jo. Love the idea of what you'll be preparing for us all

Very nice Jo.

Proper hugs this year!

Looking forward to this amazing concert together with you Jo Quail

Lovely to be able to see you again ❤️

First came across your music at 2018 ATG and immediately fell in love with it. Seen you many times since.

Awesome!

Jo Quail 👏👏🔥🔥Fantastic concert with Notan and line up to look forward to this August

woohoo, what a line up

I'm so excited for this, my first ever festival and I get to see this! Gurt Lush.

Enjoy. Jo ❤️

Complimenti e un caro saluto da Verona.. italy cara Jo

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Jo Quail
5 days ago
Jo Quail

"Beautiful and timeless as the flourishes of classical grandeur in Butterfly Dance and White Salt Stag are, it’s those compositions’ white-knuckle tension and distorted unease that mark Jo as perhaps UK alternative’s most singular performer."

Lovely words in Kerrang!'s live review of Core. Festival in Glasgow during the 'Notan' UK tour 🥰 Looking forward to doing it again in Europe 💓💓💓 ... See MoreSee Less

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You’re the best ❤️❤️❤️

I love everything on Notan, and the story of the Butterfly Dance is really quite special. “A leaf and then a key” is old, old magic though and does unexplainable things to me, I wonder if I will ever truly glimpse its core.

Fantastic show in Leicester

Brilliant Jo!! ♥️🎶♥️

Greetings from Verona..italy dear Jo

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Jo Quail
1 week ago
Jo Quail

Beyond honoured that 'Notan' has been included in Prog's Top 50 albums of 2025 🤩🙏🥰

A huge thank you to the Prog team for all of your support over the years xxx

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Beyond honoured that Notan has been included in Progs Top 50 albums of 2025 🤩🙏🥰 A huge thank you to the Prog team for all of your support over the years xxx #albumoftheyear #aoty2025 #progImage attachmentImage attachment+1Image attachment
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Well deserved!!!

Very cool Jo.

And rightly so I say!!💜

Well deserved. What a great album it is.

👏👏👏

Nice one. I will get you played on Planet Rock one day, i keep sending requests but no luck so far.

Awesome Jo 😎 xx

♥️🙏

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Jo Quail
2 weeks ago
Jo Quail

“Music is our first language. Babies don’t talk – they hum, they respond to rhythm, to melody. It’s how we connect. It also teaches imagination, which is in danger of disappearing. When I was a kid, boredom led us to create things like bands, stories and experiments. Music nurtures that. We need to protect it like a rare animal.”

A huge thank you to Julian Marszalek for this beautiful article, interview, and analysis of 'Notan' in Prog 🙏🥰❤️‍🔥 ... See MoreSee Less

“Music is our first language. Babies don’t talk – they hum, they respond to rhythm, to melody. It’s how we connect. It also teaches imagination, which is in danger of disappearing. When I was a kid, boredom led us to create things like bands, stories and experiments. Music nurtures that. We need to protect it like a rare animal.” A huge thank you to Julian Marszalek for this beautiful article, interview, and analysis of Notan in Prog 🙏🥰❤️‍🔥
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Thankz for all the awesomse music Jo. Here's hoping I don't need to travel so far to see you next😉 Happy New Year from Aus.

So true

A wonderful article and round up of Jo Quail’s latest magical music…certainly struck some spellbinding chords with me! 🎶🔥👏

Thank you dear Jo.

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Jo Quail
3 weeks ago
Jo Quail

New release for the season - Magi Veniunt Ab Oriente
joquail.bandcamp.com/track/magi-veniunt-ab-oriente-c-1500-christmas-motet

I arranged, performed and produced this piece that was originally composed by Clemens non Papa c.1500.

This is the full motet by Clemens non Papa from which I took 2 bars from the tenor line for my Gold/Magi mix.

I recorded 3 cello takes per part, each in one take, with no editing other than placement because I wanted to create something as real as possible given it's just me playing - another experimentation.

Thank you for listening, Jo xxx

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New release for the season - Magi Veniunt Ab Oriente https://joquail.bandcamp.com/track/magi-veniunt-ab-oriente-c-1500-christmas-motet I arranged, performed and produced this piece that was originally composed by Clemens non Papa c.1500. This is the full motet by Clemens non Papa from which I took 2 bars from the tenor line for my Gold/Magi mix. I recorded 3 cello takes per part, each in one take, with no editing other than placement because I wanted to create something as real as possible given its just me playing - another experimentation. Thank you for listening, Jo xxx Photography by Simon Kallas
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Thank you for this beautiful piece at this time of the year!😘🎼🎼😘😘

It's beautiful, thank you Jo.

Jo Quail Simply beautiful..blast from the past! 😍👏♥️

Thank you for sharing.

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