SPOTLIGHT: With Debut ‘Tell It to the Wind,’ Joy Clark Is Finally Having a Moment

Oct 3, 2024

Contradictions form the foundation of Joy Clark’s musical life: was bandleader at the church her family ran while still a closeted teenager. She made her mark as a singer-songwriter in New Orleans, a town best known for funk and jazz. Now she’s crafting songs in a genre that provides too few opportunities for Black artists – particularly Black women. And while Clark has worked in music throughout her adult life, her new release on Righteous Babe Records, Tell It the Wind, is her long-awaited debut full-length.