The Independent Music Show
I’d like to say a very big thank you to Tom Lambert at The Independent Music Show for naming me their featured artist for the 13th – 19th March! I’m very appreciative of the kind words and for sharing my music with their listeners. Thank you too, to JJ at Caravan Promotions for her continued hard work!
An excerpt from Tom Lambert’s article at The Independent Music Show: 
The journey from a deeply held dream to its realization is never easy, seldom rapid. After spending the last couple of years writing, producing & recording the music that is so very much a part of her genetic inheritance, singer /songwriter Joy Mover is taking her first giant step toward actualizing her own lifelong dream with the 2012 release of herself-titled debut, Joy Mover.
To say that Joy’s roots are steeped in music is an understatement of considerable magnitude. Beginning with her great grandfather, through her maternal and paternal grandparents and uncles, on to her parents, brother and cousin, Joy’s family has long been peopled with professional musicians and singers. Her father, Jimmy, like his father Sam before him, is a trumpeter. He played with several big band names including Tommy Dorsey, Charlie Spivak, Horace Heidt, Ina Ray Hutton and Jerry Wald, and has appeared on national television playing his Theremin on “The Tonight Show,” “Ernie Kovaks Show,” “The Daily Show” with John Stewart and many others. He also played the background music for the “Lights Out” radio program hosted by Robert Stack. Joy’s mother, Barbara, also an actress, was singing with Al Donahue’s big band when her parents first met. Joy’s older brother, Bob, a widely acclaimed saxophonist who has performed with such jazz luminaries as Chet Baker, Charles Mingus, Jaki Bayard, Art Farmer, Kenny Barron and recently with Esperanza Spaulding, has maintained a highly successful career as a solo performing artists and bandleader in his own right as well. Bob’s daughter, Emilie, is a songwriter whose music has been featured on such popular TV shows as Grey’s Anatomy, Ugly Betty and Ghost Whisperer, and Joy’s cousin, drummer Jonathan, has toured and recorded with such renowned artists as Joe Satriani, Alice Cooper, Aretha Franklin, Steve Howe, and Sting.
Joy’s decision to combine her own striking original songs with distinctively unique interpretations of familiar material, and to surround herself with an assortment of players that both challenge and support her prodigious vocal talents is proof that while this eponymous CD may be her recording debut, she is an artist with a boundless career ahead of her.
