Jo Quail
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“Before I wrote The Cartographer, I would’ve avoided using anything except strings – because I didn’t understand and had no cause to”: Jo Quail learned to write for trombone just in time to add energy to her EP set Invocation/Supplication
By Dom Lawson published
Experimental cellist explains how she took two very different musical approaches and blended them with the very different voices of Maria Franz and Lorenzo Esposito Fornasari

Enslaved announce Jo Quail will perform Congelia with them at London's opening night of their latest tour
By Jerry Ewing published
Prog cellist Jo Quail will join Norwegian prog metallers Enslaved at their Islington Assembly Hall show on March 6

“However high-falutin’ the intention, you’re still onstage as an entertainer, so make a performance out of it!” Jo Quail claims it’s easy to write orchestral prog metal - and to be fair, she does make it sound easy
By Dom Lawson published
Electric cellist’s classical-stroke-metal masterpiece The Cartographer makes maximum impact from one basic concept, but the real magic is in the delivery

Enslaved and Jo Quail hook up for alternative version of Forest Dweller
By Jerry Ewing published
Norwegian prog metal quintet Enslaved will release an expanded Heimdal (Deluxe) digitally on March 1

Jo Quail and Jon Gomm announce joint UK tour for December and January
By Jerry Ewing published
Cellist Jo Quail and acoustic guitarist Jon Gomm take their Parallel Worlds tour in the road late this year

Jo Quail announces first ever headline tour
By Jerry Ewing published
Prog cellist and composer Jo Quail will undertake her first ever UK headline tour in May

The 50 best metal albums of 2022
By Rich Hobson published
From Ghost and Slipknot to Zeal & Ardor and Ithaca, these are the best albums of the last 12 months
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