Prudence Johnson

Prudence Johnson is an American folk and jazz singer.

Prudence Johnson
Bornca. 1952/53 Moose Lake, Minnesota, U.S.
GenresFolk, jazz
Occupation(s)Singer
InstrumentsVocals
LabelsRed House
Associated actsRio Nido
Websitewww.prudencejohnson.com

Biography

Prudence Johnson grew up in a musical family in Moose Lake, Minnesota. In the early 1970s, Prudence was a co-founder with Tim Sparks of the vocal jazz group Rio Nido. The group recorded three albums and performed extensively, most often in the Minneapolis, Minnesota area.[1][2]

After her time with Rio Nido, she recorded three solo albums for Red House Records: Vocals, Songs of Greg Brown, and Little Dreamer, the latter a collection of children's lullabyes from around the world which earned Johnson a 1992 Grammy Award nomination.[2]

She was awarded a McKnight Fellowship to record Moon Country, a collection of Hoagy Carmichael songs. She collaborated with four Minnesota composers to create A Girl Named Vincent, a presentation of the poetry of Edna St. Vincent Millay set to music.[3]

In 2005, Johnson produced, directed, and performed in a musical production about the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald titled Ten November. The production featured Claudia Schmidt, Ruth McKenzie, Kevin Kling and Peter Ostroushko. She produced the album.[4] The production tells the story of the sinking of the ship from the point of view of crew members, local sailors, and the wives of crew members.

She has been a guest on the radio program A Prairie Home Companion.

Films

Johnson's film credits include Robert Redford's A River Runs Through It in a role as a singer and Robert Altman's A Prairie Home Companion as herself.

Discography

Solo
  • Little Dreamer (Red House, 1984)
  • Vocals (Red House, 1987)
  • Dick King Classic Swing and Prudence Johnson: King Swings, Pru Sings (1998)
  • Songs of Greg Brown (Red House, 1991)
  • Moon Country (Sleeper, 2002)
  • S' Gershwin with Dan Chouinard (Sleeper, 2004)
  • Gales of November (Sleeper, 2005)
  • Peru (Sleeper, 2006)

With Rio Nido
gollark: I don't see why you would want more disease unless:- you value human suffering or some adjacent thing- you think it would reduce total disease over time, which is irrelevant if you just entirely wipe it out with technology™- you value "balance" or something as a goal in itself, which seems bad
gollark: Also vaguely patronising I think, but hard to tell.
gollark: Insisting that people you interact with already know the answer to your questions subconsciously is not actually very helpful.
gollark: I see.
gollark: I'm confused by your sentence. Are you saying that they're aware their worldview doesn't make sense, but that they don't realize that they made that clear?

References
  1. "Matt Peiken journalism website". Archived from the original on 2006-05-22. Retrieved 2008-02-01.
  2. Canter, Andrea (February 2005). "Prudence Johnson and Dan Chouinard: February 3rd at the Dakota". Jazz Police. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
  3. Homestead Community Concerts.
  4. New Music Arts. Archived 2006-12-16 at the Wayback Machine
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