Joy Damiani (they/she) is a writer, podcaster, and musician (latest album, “Folk **it Up”) whose songs skip around the sonic spectrum between snarky and sweet, with lyrics straddling the smudged line dividing comedy and tragedy. Joy was recruited as a teenager into the U.S. Army from hometown Syracuse, N.Y., just months after 9/11, and spent six years as an enlisted public affairs specialist, emerging after two deployments to Iraq with an altered sense of patriotism, a darkened sense of humor, and a soon-to-be-discovered love of songwriting.
Joy learned to play the ukulele in 2011 and wrote/released debut album I’ve Got Your Folk Songs Right Here (2012)* followed by Folk In Your Face (2014), under a former name. While planning a third album, a traumatic divorce led Joy to adopt a new name and channel their healing process into self-producing Notes to Self and Others (2020). Joy has toured the U.S. extensively and is currently based in Portland, Ore.
For booking inquiries, contact booking@joydamiani.com.
From 2020-2022 Joy co-hosted a biweekly podcast, What the Folk, with writer Sarah Baranauskas, which featured independent music and conversations with creatives, educators, and visionaries doing the best they can to make the apocalypse a better place. Episodes are still streaming everywhere you pod!
Joy has published various articles, essays, and poems, and a book inspired by their military experiences.
For updates from Joy, get on the email list! You’ll find out first about new music and writing, and you’ll be personally invited to upcoming shows.
For sync and track placement, contact Joy here.