Joni has recorded for CBS Records, BWE Records and has released 5 CDs on her own independent label Polestar Records. Her songs have been recorded by other artists as well, among them country singer Crystal Gayle, pop group 3T, Bluegrass group Nickel Creek, Australian country artist Shanly Dell and numerous folk artists and bluegrass groups. Joni was a New Folk winner in the prestigious Kerrville Folk Festival in Texas and her music continues to receive airplay around the country on Americana, college & public radio.As a visual artist, Joni had her first solo art show, "Roots, Rhythm & Gospel", in Nashville in 1998, where she exhibited over 40 of her folk-art Jazz/Blues/Gospel portraits of some of her most beloved subjects: the musicians and singers whose music has influenced, uplifted and inspired her through the years - Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Rev. Gary Davis, and the great gospel singer Mahalia Jackson, to name a few. Her work has been shown throughout the Southeast United States in conjunction with her concert tours in places like New Orleans, Memphis & Washington DC.. Joni is based in Nashville where she continues to write music, record and paint.Having completed her 5th CD 'Steal Away Home', a folk-gospel collection of spirituals that includes a booklet of her art illustrations, Joni is currently busy working on a new CD of original music and a multi-media theatre piece that will incorporate elements of art, music & film...... FOR MORE ART & MUSIC, CHECK OUT www.jonibishop.com
