Joan Shelley is a songwriter and singer from Louisville, KY. She draws inspiration from traditional and traditionally-minded performers from her native Kentucky, as well as those from Ireland, Scotland, and England, but she’s not a folksinger. Her disposition aligns more closely with that of, say, Roger Miller, Dolly Parton, or her fellow Kentuckian Tom T. Hall, who once explained—simply, succinctly, in a song—“I Witness Life.”

Her perspective and performances both have been descri...

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The Spur

Album

Live at The Bomhard

Album

Like The River Loves The Sea

Album

Joan Shelley

Album

Over and Even

Album

Electric Ursa

Album

Ginko

Album

The Orchard

Single

Everybody

Single

Mood Ring

Single

Mood Ring

Single

Hush, The Waves Are Rolling In

Single

Home

Single

Amberlit Morning

Single

The Spur

Single

Bed In The River

Single

The Fading

Single

Cycle

Single

Coming Down For You

Single

Rivers and Vessels

Single

Where I’ll Find You

Single

Wild Indifference

Single

Cost of the Cold b/w Here and Whole

Single

“First of August” / “River Low”

Single

Upcoming Joan Shelley gigs

18 October 2025 Joan Shelley  Parlor Room Springfield US
19 October 2025 Joan Shelley  NOVA ARTS Manchester US
21 October 2025 Joan Shelley  Club Passim Boston / Cambridge US
22 October 2025 Joan Shelley  Public Records New York (NYC) US
23 October 2025 Joan Shelley  Harmonie Hall Philadelphia US
21 November 2025 Joan Shelley  Constellation Chicago US
23 November 2025 Joan Shelley  The Whirling Tiger Louisville US