"I want them to be like ... this is the music she makes. And she just happens to be gay and happens to love soul music and happens to love folk,... Joy Oladokun and Mercy Bell grew up trying to exist ...

Joy Oladokun wants her music to be a real portrait of life. On Friday, with the release of her soft single “Changes,” the songstress revealed that she will be releasing her project Proof of Life on ...

A Nashville tour date on March 27, 2025, at the Ryman Auditorium, will accompany Oct. 18, 2024's release of Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Joy Oladokun's latest album "Observations From a Crowded ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Joy Oladokun likes to call herself “a researcher of the human experience.” And rest assured she likes to go deep -- as you’d expect from someone who called one of her albums “In ...

Singer-songwriter Joy Oladokun went to Nashville on a songwriting trip more than four years ago and she immediately took to it, moving in and carving out a space in Music City. She says it feels as ...

Appraisals of popular output from Nashville, where convention holds sway in the shadow of the country music industry, tend to interpret a performer's stance either as conformist or rebellious. Joy ...

On June 11, 1988, a baby-faced Tracy Chapman, guitar in hand, stepped to the mic at the 70th birthday concert held in celebration of the then-imprisoned anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela. Gently ...

Joy Oladokun draws on a range of influences, but trying to pin her down with labels is mostly a waste of time. Better simply to acknowledge her as one of the most appealing artists working in the ...

Breakout singer, songwriter and musician Joy Oladokun has announced the first headlining tour of her career. This coming spring, she'll travel to 25 cities across the country in support of her ...

Joy Oladokun makes no promises that you’ll bang your head when she plays the Wonder Ballroom, but the singer, songwriter and producer known for her soul-baring, emotional songs drops one hint: “I ...