Divine Maggees In The Meantime... CD

But by that time, her disenchantment with the state of the music industry led her to take matters into her own hands. With the album "Picture This" a stone's throw from completion, she and London based producer Martin Terefe, decided to finish the album themselves."We began the project three years ago, in Martin's little bedroom in Ladbroke Grove, London. I sang the vocals with a Shure 58 in my hand, sitting on a pillow on the floor because there wasn't enough room to set up a mike stand."With the help of her father, Richard Kapp, who has been running his own successful classical label (ESS.a.y Music) for twenty years, Joanna set up Netherworld Records as a vehicle for selling her own music. The album was posted in Tower Records listening stations across the country. Several of the songs from "Picture This" have been licensed for television and film. National distribution helped "Picture This" find an audience from WXPN in Philadelphia to KCRW in Santa Monica, California. It also helped that Joanna was working part-time at KCRW in a non-music related field: "The DJs and everyone working there offered a tremendous amount of support. I can't tell you how exciting it was when listeners started calling in to find out more about me and my music."Here's what some of the critics said:"The heartfelt debut of this soulful songstress traverses the whole spectrum ...