Joan As Police Woman on womanhood, Jeff Buckley and new album 'Damned Devotion'

[@D4n1t0o]

I went to see Krystle Warren play and she was touring with Joan as a Police Woman. I watched Krystle play, she was amazing. Then Krystle came down into the crowd as Joan was beginning her set, so I went over and said hi, told her I'd loved her set and offered to get her a beer. She accepted and me and my friend tried to contain ourselves as we watched Joan, Jeff Buckley's last GF, with Krystle Warren, who was a massive Buckley fan, who was even wearing a Buckley silhouette t-shirt on stage that night. Halfway through the show, Krystle brought two beers over to me and my friend, refused to accept my polite protestations and my friend and I got that touch more tipsy thanks to Krystle Warren's sheer class. After the show, there was a chance to meet Joan and we took it, me trying to figure out the best way to ask about Jeff without getting totally shut down. I didnt have to worry about strategizing as it happened, when we met her my friend blurted out, 'He loves Jeff Buckley!', to which Joan responded, 'So did I'. The way she said it pulled the air from the room. I tried to keep the conversation encircling her performance, even though her music wasn't really my kind of thing and I left there, I think, having been forgiven the discretion of bringing him up (but Joan is not the easiest person to read when you meet her in person). That night, my friend and I also ended up singing for Krystle Warren. She liked both our voices, which was infinitely pleasing and I think she learned a lesson about providing beer to even the politest, sweetest English people - Booze makes us confident, confident enough to request our vocal idols listen to us sing and provide autographs. Lol. What a night.

[@cindymcdaniel1030]

Thank you for sharing your amazing night 💕💕💕

[@kieronjonesanotheredenband8496]

so lets talk about all the close people in your life who have passed away, goodness interviewer!!!!!!!!!!!

[@robmcafe]

yeah i thought that was pretty intense and Joan handles it like a Buddha

[@mydreamquest]

lol, made me laugh because full disclosure, I was probably watching this to get her side of the story.

[@Laura......]

How she got over losing jeff I can not imagine. She's a very strong resilient woman. But jeff wouldn't have been interested in anything less I'm sure .

[@fiercenikkib]

Moi Laura I'm surprised she answered the question because It seems like a touchy subject. I kind of cringed when the interviewer asked the question but Joan didn't seem to mind surprisingly

[@IrakliGogava]

imagine being jeff's lover..... and then loosing him.

[@jeanluc1313]

People lose friends and family - parents, siblings, spouses, CHILDREN - all the time and must go on, but NEVER get over it! Hopefully, you’ve wisened considerably over the past six years.

[@lynette599]

​@@IrakliGogavaHe was about to ask her to marry him...

[@pamelachiara1489]

she is calm, smart, elegant, misteriosa and coooool!!

[@99beatmonster]

it seems incredibly rude to interview an artist and then play music by other artists while leaving the guest sitting there !! surely you could conclude the interview and allow them to leave and then play the other music. Pretty poor behaviour and program planning.

[@kristiemao4275]

As much as I loved Jeff Buckley, I adore Joan As Police Woman and her music.

[@Marley999888]

I know its a terrible thing to say but I wish there was more about Jeff.

[@awkwardomelette7316]

literally same. she barely glossed over it like she didn’t have one of the closest and profound experiences with him

[@kathrynmcnerney6490]

Would be because the pain is too great for her. I read an interview where she said she was going to die after his death without finding her own path. ​@@awkwardomelette7316

[@Kyle-91]

​@@awkwardomelette7316Listen to her interview on the podcast Design Matters with Debbie Millman. She talks about Jeff in depth.

[@enestesia]

⁠​⁠@@awkwardomelette7316just because she had such a close and profound relationship with him doesnt entitle her talk about them. if anything, it gives her full right to be as ambiguous and private about such matters. i cannot imagine just the amount of pain she went through and her decision to not bring up or talk about this hard topic is something you and all of us should respect.

[@charlie9441]

I used to put my daughter to sleep in my arms to “real life” swaying in the middle of her room. One of my many favs from her.

[@urbanfu]

Love her music!

[@Oyuki-Mayonesa]

Ahhh I wanted to know what she learned from the relationship with Jeff Buckly and what he was like to personally know

[@michaelbyrd7883]

You can see she carries an amount of hurt and restraint intensity, her music is average, but if she was seeing Jeff Buckley at the time when he died that's where the real hurt is. His talent and intensity was so huge that anyone that was a part of his life is less after he passed, a lot less. So, many people's success was riding on the back of Jeff Buckley directly or indirectly.

[@SunniestCherries]

Rectification: her music is *so not average

[@stevenswayze]

imagine being on to promote an album and having them sideswipe you with needing to know about a 2 year relationship you had with a partner who died tragically, complete with backdrop of picks. Even if she knew the topics were coming, I would have avoided that.

[@user-gf3wn1ne9n]

I've only heard of Joan Wasser through Jeff Buckley. I remember reading an interview where she thanked the reporter at the end for not bringing him up, which made me sympathize with her for always being asked about him (but of course the reporter included that part in the publication, which I thought was awful of them). But come on now - it's been over 20 years and she could easily politely decline to answer the question, but she doesn't... so it feels like she is exploiting their relationship to try to stay relevant.

[@RufanaDenmark]

I think she's merely being polite. Her facial expression tells me that she's not comfortable talking about the subject. It goes without saying that she wants to be associated with her music, not someone she dated many years ago. Yoko Ono once said that she only lived with John Lennon a short period of her life. She had a long life before and after, but in interviews she's always asked about John Lennon.

[@officialndilhm.x1]

My queen

[@redtaperecorder1]

I knew she was cool when she name dropped Dilla and Madlib.

[@sleslie23]

Geez, this interviewer is too much. Tell us about when your puppy died when you were 9.

[@julianamoreiraleite8298]

I like her

[@suesjoy]

This was the rudest, most incompetent interviewer ever be ever seen! Omg.

[@Audreyreagan.s]

She was jealous about her being Jeff Buckleys Finance

[@furiousthehip-hopsommelier2821]

You two are clowns. Miriam is a fabulous interviewer

[@ptetrah]

Definitely nowhere near the RUDEST.

[@TheBobbymcd]

@@furiousthehip-hopsommelier2821 meet them in the car park then internet tough guy

[@furiousthehip-hopsommelier2821]

@@TheBobbymcd why? If he’s on your time scales I’d be in the car park for years! Lol

[@73trout]

Interviewer made me cringe...

[@themajesticstick5262]

Qwerty123 why did you roll your eyes ?

[@maria.maverick]

That segue was awkward. Mentioned Parker then instantly stuck in Jeff. It was like, "oh boy."

[@furiousthehip-hopsommelier2821]

Cringe away. It'll be the highlight of your lives

[@ktiffy9213]

trailblazer, Joan!

[@emilywalker3352]

❤️

[@elevenart]

ouch

[@IrakliGogava]

+

[@enestesia]

boo! this interview made me sick. the gall of this interviewer...

[@fefferofhossen]

she does not like talking about Jeff

[@touchingthecloth]

terrible 1 dimensional, interviewer... well done Joan

[@sarcasticallyrearranged]

She's still discussing Jeff Buckley? Time to move on!

[@gregoryfrench2227]

She was literally asked about him in a formal interview setting. It's not like she brought it up.

[@sarcasticallyrearranged]

I also meant in her other interviews.

[@JCKay]

Seems to me as though Joan DOESN'T want to always talk about Jeff. Interviewers bring him up, she doesn't. She was engaged to Jeff at the time of his death ... as a woman, I'd find that very hard to "move on from".

[@keshapatel8179]

@@JCKay Maybe she is over Jeff.. She We realized there was a time in her life before Jeff and there is time in our life post Jeff.

[@anonymouse5910]

wondering how you know that it's time to move on?

[@ktiffy9213]

trailblazer, Joan!