Nomadic singer/songwriter Stacey Joy has traveled the world with her young family and guitar in hand — she's toured the highways and backroads of USA, Canada, Mexico, Ecuador, Peru and Argentina, Brazil, Fiji and New Zealand.
I was lucky to catch one of her enchanting performances at a private concert in a Petaluma friends' home, last year. Now she's back, caravan in tow and playing our favorite Aqus Cafe on Thursday, May 11th from 7-9pm.
Stacey Joy’s heritage, like her music, is a ‘mix of almost everything’.
Born in the foothills of Northern California, she taught herself piano at the age of five and has been playing with melodies ever since. At nineteen she left home and went to live in Mendoza, Argentina, where, inspired by the down-to-earth music of the gauchos, she picked up the guitar and began experimenting with songs.
Stacey worked her way around the world, seeking out the music that reflected the stories, souls, hopes and fears of everyday people - from the searing rhythms of Brazil to the haunting ballads of the high Andes and celtic traditions to the rich folk, blues, swing and native songs of her homeland.
Her own sound was fused along the way. She is a musical nomad whose uncompromising gypsy soul can be felt in the real and raw vibrancy of her songs.
‘My home is the road. I love the flow of it," says Stacey. I meet members of my tribe every day. In every town, city, state, country, island. My people are everywhere, and we’re growing. There’s a soulful revolution happening right now. I see it, I feel it and I’m grateful to be a part of it.”
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