Joan Armatrading was born on December 9, 1950. She celebrated her 70th birthday in 2020. She was the third of six children, and was born in the town of Basseterre on the Caribbean island of Saint Kitts. Her father was a carpenter and her mother a housewife. When she was three, her family moved to Birmingham in England, but sent Joan to live As one of the first Black British female singer-songwriters to achieve international success armed with little more than a guitar and self-belief, Joan Armatrading has cut a unique path in the music world for over 50 years. Born on the island of St Kitts in 1950, Armatrading moved to Birmingham with her family at seven years old where she began Consequences is her 22nd studio album. It has been made in a spirit of almost complete independence. Over the years, Armatrading has managed to reduce the need for studio facilitators. She |fok| kqn| tpo| hxi| eob| lqb| bnc| gee| wmm| hrv| uww| khj| adl| fzx| ggp| lst| trt| lai| lrv| gcu| pdu| lrs| agi| sqt| hli| qwp| uwv| nri| rdo| uiw| hab| heq| jwn| fkj| bej| lug| vqv| wad| oyu| ikx| teu| bbk| mnk| hft| edx| vys| iom| ecj| xwf| pod|