Joanne Griffith sang more than 10 years with the famous Montreal Jubilation Gospel Choir and started her solo career in 1999, developping a world fusion approach based on the use of acoustic instruments and on themes that matter everywhere on the planet. She is currently preparing a second CD and giving shows in the Montreal area.
Jean-François Garneau has produced YôYê, Joanne Griffith's first CD. As a composer and songwriter, he writes lyrics and music, or translates lyrics from French, Spanish and Portuguese. He recently adapted in Portuguese Broadjam member Regina Smoler's bossa, Once Upon an April Snow, and arranged it with Brazilian singer-composer Paulo Ramos: www.broadjam.com/reginasmoler. Jean-François sings, plays guitar and bass, and started using Protools in 1997 while completing a Masters degree in multimedia communication.
broadjam URL: http://www.broadjam.com/joannegriffith