


Similar praise was heaped on subsequent albums, 2011’s The Deep Field, 2014’s The Classic and perhaps her most rapturously received album to date, 2018’s Damned Devotion. Her second album, To Survive, was chosen in 2008, as one of Q Magazine’s, “Albums of the Year.” Joan's first record, Real Life, earned the band “Best Rock and Pop Album,” at the Independent Music Awards. Joan As Police Woman began touring with Rufus Wainwright for his Want One and Want Two albums, playing in his band and as his opening act. In 2002, Joan As Police Woman was born, an homage to Angie Dickinson’s 1970s cop show. She became a member of Anohni’s ensemble (formerly Antony and the Johnsons) and recorded, I Am A Bird Now. Joan moved to New York in 1994 and began working as a session musician, playing her violin across every genre from pop, Haitian, new classical and R&B.
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She started pushing the boundaries on her violin, and with a head full of wild dark hair with a white streak up the middle, she performed regularly with local punk bands. She went on to study classical violin at university, and was drawn to new compositions written for smaller ensembles. Born in Maine, and raised with her brother in Connecticut by adoptive parents, Joan Wasser began studying violin in elementary school.
