Joan's BIO

What better way to describe her: Joan Faulkner is, quite simply the Voice. Taught to sing gospel music as a small child, she has since never looked back. Her repertoire today includes jazz, blues, soul, pop - even a techno smash single in Austria and Belgium. She's come a long way for the daughter of a preacher man, and she will certainly go much much further given her professionalism and stunning stage presence.
The Voice is behind some of Germany's best-selling musical exports. Star producer Frank Farian noticed her brilliance, calling Joan "the best voice in Germany." Soon she was bringing zest to Boney M. and full sound to Milli Vanilli, both produced by Farian. Insiders immediately noticed it was Joan's voice powering the latter group's hit single "Blame It On The Rain." It is safe to say that Joan Faulkner is one of the best American voices on the Continent.
For Joan, there is only one way to sing, namely live. What else can be expected given her roots playing smaller jazz and blues clubs. This is something you feel in her superb sense of timing and stage presence. Only without mike or amplifier, so she believes, can one really convey the spirituality innate in every song. Songs come from the heart and not just the lungs. It is this aura that has inspired audiences in renowned venues such as "Tigerpalast", the prime European variety theater, and captivated the masses at Dortmund's huge "Westfalenhalle". For Joan,this quality communication with the listeners is the essence of her job - and her mission. "I know what I'm on earth to do." Hardly surprising, both Ray Charles and Percy Sledge chose Joan to open for them in Germany...
"Singing is all I have to say," Joan Faulkner confesses modestly.But it's plenty, as evidenced by her 1989 German "Artist of the Year" award and her NAACP award
. Singing truly is food for her soul. Joan reaches out to all who come to listen. Be it from classic big stages as Frankfurt's Alte Oper, where she sang with Georg Dalaris' esteemed orchestra, or countless gala shows where she has topped the bill. Joan is fully at home out in front of a big band, or with European jazz greats such as Bill Ramsey, Horst Jankowski, Peter Herbolzheimer, Hugo Strasser, and Thilo Wolf. Let's not forget that versatile German chansonnier, South African Howard Carpendale, with whom she sung 21 nights in a row at Berlin's luxurious Friedrichstadtpalast. The big names in German popular music such as Roberto Blanco and Jennifer Rush. Or giants of the American scene playing Europe, such as the Weather Girls, Al Martino and Mary Wilson.
In the digital age, it may seem old-fashioned to sing soulfully from the heart. But that is what people want to hear. Small wonder that Joan is in such demand for charity galas and shows. She has, for example, worked on German TV with La Bouche singing "Candle in the Wind" with the group at a benefit for Mother Teresa. Joan recently expanded her engagement with television, not just singing in countless shows, but as an actress. In the prime-time TV series, "Klinik unter Palmen," featuring star actors such as Klausjürgen Wussow and Harald Juhnke, (who has the enviable role of her boss), Joan played the part of friendly, heart-rent nurse Ella. She contributed the tunes "Groove Me" and "Together" as the series' signature music. Director Otto Retzer said: "Joan is an absolute, natural-born actress." That assessment is all the more impressive in that Joan has managed the transition to acting in a language which is not her mother tongue. Joan Faulkner: The Voice of the New World in the Old World.

Joan's Music

A sampling of Joan Faulkner, "The Voice" Click on the links to play on your MP3 player. MP3 player required!

1. Groove Me     Pop -  32 second clip, 623KB

2. Everyday I Got the Blues     Blues - 36 second clip, 720KB

2. Everyday Is Like A Holiday   Rythm & Blues-37second clip, 739KB

4. Together     Gospel  -  35 second clip, 689KB

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