Joan As Police Woman

Joan As Police Woman
Joan Wasser performing at the Summer Sundae festival, 2006
Background information
Birth nameJoan Wasser
Born (1970-07-26) July 26, 1970
Biddeford, Maine, U.S.
OriginNorwalk, Connecticut, U.S.
Genres
Occupations
  • Musician
  • songwriter
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • guitar
Years active1991–present
Labels
Formerly of
Websitejoanaspolicewoman.com

Joan Wasser (born July 26, 1970) is an American musician, singer-songwriter and producer who releases music as Joan As Police Woman. She began her career playing violin with the Dambuilders and played with Black Beetle, Anohni and the Johnsons, and Those Bastard Souls. Since 2004 she has released her solo material as Joan As Police Woman. She has released five regular studio albums, one extended play (EP), a number of singles and two albums of cover songs. Throughout her career, she has regularly collaborated with other artists as a writer, performer and arranger.