Jo Quail
@joquailcello.bsky.social
Cellist, composer, mum, crochet fanatic
"...both another thrilling stage on Quail’s travels for long-term admirers and a perfect jumping-on point for the newly-curious."
Thank you so much for including 'Notan' in this great list @adrianspecs.bsky.social ❤️❤️❤️
#albumoftheyear #bestof2025
Thank you so much for including 'Notan' in this great list @adrianspecs.bsky.social ❤️❤️❤️
#albumoftheyear #bestof2025
January 28, 2026 at 4:23 PM
"...both another thrilling stage on Quail’s travels for long-term admirers and a perfect jumping-on point for the newly-curious."
Thank you so much for including 'Notan' in this great list @adrianspecs.bsky.social ❤️❤️❤️
#albumoftheyear #bestof2025
Thank you so much for including 'Notan' in this great list @adrianspecs.bsky.social ❤️❤️❤️
#albumoftheyear #bestof2025
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going to see @joquailcello.bsky.social in the Paradox in Tilburg , in March ... , can't wait for that. 👍
January 23, 2026 at 9:41 PM
going to see @joquailcello.bsky.social in the Paradox in Tilburg , in March ... , can't wait for that. 👍
"Beautiful and timeless as the flourishes of classical grandeur in Butterfly Dance and White Salt Stag are, it’s those compositions’ white-knuckle tension and distorted unease that mark Jo as perhaps UK alternative’s most singular performer."
www.kerrang.com/live-review-...
🙏🥰 @kerrang.com
www.kerrang.com/live-review-...
🙏🥰 @kerrang.com
Live review: core. Festival 2025
Glasgow chef’s kiss! Cave In, Defeater, Torche, Agriculture, Jo Quail and a shedload of alternative music’s weirdest and most wonderful get loud in…
www.kerrang.com
January 9, 2026 at 5:55 PM
"Beautiful and timeless as the flourishes of classical grandeur in Butterfly Dance and White Salt Stag are, it’s those compositions’ white-knuckle tension and distorted unease that mark Jo as perhaps UK alternative’s most singular performer."
www.kerrang.com/live-review-...
🙏🥰 @kerrang.com
www.kerrang.com/live-review-...
🙏🥰 @kerrang.com
Beyond honoured that 'Notan' has been included in Prog Magazine's Top 50 albums of 2025 🤩🙏🥰
A huge thank you to the Prog team for all of your support over the years xxx
#albumoftheyear #aoty2025 #prog @loudersound.com.web.brid.gy
A huge thank you to the Prog team for all of your support over the years xxx
#albumoftheyear #aoty2025 #prog @loudersound.com.web.brid.gy
January 5, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Beyond honoured that 'Notan' has been included in Prog Magazine's Top 50 albums of 2025 🤩🙏🥰
A huge thank you to the Prog team for all of your support over the years xxx
#albumoftheyear #aoty2025 #prog @loudersound.com.web.brid.gy
A huge thank you to the Prog team for all of your support over the years xxx
#albumoftheyear #aoty2025 #prog @loudersound.com.web.brid.gy
New release: Magi Veniunt Ab Oriente
joquail.bandcamp.com/track/magi-v...
I arranged, performed & produced this motet composed by Clemens non Papa c.1500
I recorded 3 cello takes per part, each in one take, with no editing other than placement to create something as real as possible
#experimental
joquail.bandcamp.com/track/magi-v...
I arranged, performed & produced this motet composed by Clemens non Papa c.1500
I recorded 3 cello takes per part, each in one take, with no editing other than placement to create something as real as possible
#experimental
Magi Veniunt Ab Oriente - c.1500 Christmas Motet, by Jo Quail
track by Jo Quail
joquail.bandcamp.com
December 23, 2025 at 6:45 PM
New release: Magi Veniunt Ab Oriente
joquail.bandcamp.com/track/magi-v...
I arranged, performed & produced this motet composed by Clemens non Papa c.1500
I recorded 3 cello takes per part, each in one take, with no editing other than placement to create something as real as possible
#experimental
joquail.bandcamp.com/track/magi-v...
I arranged, performed & produced this motet composed by Clemens non Papa c.1500
I recorded 3 cello takes per part, each in one take, with no editing other than placement to create something as real as possible
#experimental
I'm live on the a
Hello Goodbye Show @resonancefm.bsky.social!
You can listen in here: player.resonancefm.com
#radio #livemusic #cello #livelooping #composer #interview #newmusic
Hello Goodbye Show @resonancefm.bsky.social!
You can listen in here: player.resonancefm.com
#radio #livemusic #cello #livelooping #composer #interview #newmusic
December 20, 2025 at 12:03 PM
I'm live on the a
Hello Goodbye Show @resonancefm.bsky.social!
You can listen in here: player.resonancefm.com
#radio #livemusic #cello #livelooping #composer #interview #newmusic
Hello Goodbye Show @resonancefm.bsky.social!
You can listen in here: player.resonancefm.com
#radio #livemusic #cello #livelooping #composer #interview #newmusic
Jestem na żywo @pawarota.bsky.social!
Dołącz do nas tutaj: pawarotaradio.pl
#radio #muzykanażywo #polskieradio #muzykaalternatywna #nowamuzyka #wiolonczela #pętlanażywo #odkryjmuzykę #wiolonczelistka #kobietywmuzyce
Dołącz do nas tutaj: pawarotaradio.pl
#radio #muzykanażywo #polskieradio #muzykaalternatywna #nowamuzyka #wiolonczela #pętlanażywo #odkryjmuzykę #wiolonczelistka #kobietywmuzyce
December 20, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Jestem na żywo @pawarota.bsky.social!
Dołącz do nas tutaj: pawarotaradio.pl
#radio #muzykanażywo #polskieradio #muzykaalternatywna #nowamuzyka #wiolonczela #pętlanażywo #odkryjmuzykę #wiolonczelistka #kobietywmuzyce
Dołącz do nas tutaj: pawarotaradio.pl
#radio #muzykanażywo #polskieradio #muzykaalternatywna #nowamuzyka #wiolonczela #pętlanażywo #odkryjmuzykę #wiolonczelistka #kobietywmuzyce
"Notan is a technical and creative marvel of an album. Packed with Jo Quail’s instrumental proficiency and distinct artistry, this album radiates profundity and substance"
Thank you @loudwomen.org 🙏
loudwomen.org/2025/09/12/c...
#womeninmusic #experimentalmusic
Thank you @loudwomen.org 🙏
loudwomen.org/2025/09/12/c...
#womeninmusic #experimentalmusic
Cellist & composer Jo Quail releases atmospheric album, Notan
London-based composer and sound designer, Jo Quail, has officially unveiled her radiantly atmospheric seventh album, Notan, via her own label, AdderStone Records.
loudwomen.org
December 17, 2025 at 7:16 PM
"Notan is a technical and creative marvel of an album. Packed with Jo Quail’s instrumental proficiency and distinct artistry, this album radiates profundity and substance"
Thank you @loudwomen.org 🙏
loudwomen.org/2025/09/12/c...
#womeninmusic #experimentalmusic
Thank you @loudwomen.org 🙏
loudwomen.org/2025/09/12/c...
#womeninmusic #experimentalmusic
Last Saturday's concert & workshop at Woodford Village Hall was an absolutely magical experience 💖
Thanks to the many beautiful people there for warm emotions & heartfelt responses. @lauraredwitch.bsky.social gave us a fabulous, hypnotic performance with James' subtle accompaniment ❤️🔥
📷: Chris Down
Thanks to the many beautiful people there for warm emotions & heartfelt responses. @lauraredwitch.bsky.social gave us a fabulous, hypnotic performance with James' subtle accompaniment ❤️🔥
📷: Chris Down
December 16, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Last Saturday's concert & workshop at Woodford Village Hall was an absolutely magical experience 💖
Thanks to the many beautiful people there for warm emotions & heartfelt responses. @lauraredwitch.bsky.social gave us a fabulous, hypnotic performance with James' subtle accompaniment ❤️🔥
📷: Chris Down
Thanks to the many beautiful people there for warm emotions & heartfelt responses. @lauraredwitch.bsky.social gave us a fabulous, hypnotic performance with James' subtle accompaniment ❤️🔥
📷: Chris Down
Last few tickets for tomorrow's event available at www.ticketsource.co.uk/woodford-vil...
Looking forward to this intimate concert, live demo & loop workshop in Woodford Village Hall
The evening will be made more special by @lauraredwitch.bsky.social ❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
📷 @nickhodgsonphoto.bsky.social
Looking forward to this intimate concert, live demo & loop workshop in Woodford Village Hall
The evening will be made more special by @lauraredwitch.bsky.social ❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
📷 @nickhodgsonphoto.bsky.social
December 12, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Last few tickets for tomorrow's event available at www.ticketsource.co.uk/woodford-vil...
Looking forward to this intimate concert, live demo & loop workshop in Woodford Village Hall
The evening will be made more special by @lauraredwitch.bsky.social ❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
📷 @nickhodgsonphoto.bsky.social
Looking forward to this intimate concert, live demo & loop workshop in Woodford Village Hall
The evening will be made more special by @lauraredwitch.bsky.social ❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
📷 @nickhodgsonphoto.bsky.social
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🖼️🤔👓 My latest piece for ArtMuseLondon looks at the work of @joquailcello.bsky.social, & in particular her recent orchestral concert in Enschede, Netherlands: one of the most purely uplifting experiences of my listening life. More enthusiasm here:
artmuselondon.com/2025/12/08/i...
artmuselondon.com/2025/12/08/i...
International anthem: Jo Quail and Friends, Enschede, Netherlands
When I first heard cellist-composer Jo Quail perform – back in 2013, in a solo support slot – it was immediately clear that she occupied a genre all her own. A kindred spirit, for sure,…
artmuselondon.com
December 9, 2025 at 9:03 AM
🖼️🤔👓 My latest piece for ArtMuseLondon looks at the work of @joquailcello.bsky.social, & in particular her recent orchestral concert in Enschede, Netherlands: one of the most purely uplifting experiences of my listening life. More enthusiasm here:
artmuselondon.com/2025/12/08/i...
artmuselondon.com/2025/12/08/i...
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Review | @joquailcello.bsky.social - Notan by @zmnathanson.bsky.social
"Tense, chill factors, and electronic-orchestrations, Jo’s new album is set with a mesmerising set of unknown worlds that she has unfolded to bring 2025 to a standstill."
echoesanddust.com/2025/12/jo-q...
"Tense, chill factors, and electronic-orchestrations, Jo’s new album is set with a mesmerising set of unknown worlds that she has unfolded to bring 2025 to a standstill."
echoesanddust.com/2025/12/jo-q...
December 10, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Review | @joquailcello.bsky.social - Notan by @zmnathanson.bsky.social
"Tense, chill factors, and electronic-orchestrations, Jo’s new album is set with a mesmerising set of unknown worlds that she has unfolded to bring 2025 to a standstill."
echoesanddust.com/2025/12/jo-q...
"Tense, chill factors, and electronic-orchestrations, Jo’s new album is set with a mesmerising set of unknown worlds that she has unfolded to bring 2025 to a standstill."
echoesanddust.com/2025/12/jo-q...
"Would writing for and performing with orchestras always be the preference if money and logistics were no object?"
distortedsoundmag.com/interview-jo...
Chris Hart wrote this very nice feature for Distorted Sound Magazine. Very lovely to read! 🙏🥰
#contemporarymusic #experimentalmusic #composer
distortedsoundmag.com/interview-jo...
Chris Hart wrote this very nice feature for Distorted Sound Magazine. Very lovely to read! 🙏🥰
#contemporarymusic #experimentalmusic #composer
Jo Quail: Orchestrated Heaviness - Distorted Sound Magazine
Chris Hart speaks with acclaimed cellist Jo Quail to talk about her new album 'Notan'! Read our interview here on Distorted Sound!
distortedsoundmag.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:51 PM
"Would writing for and performing with orchestras always be the preference if money and logistics were no object?"
distortedsoundmag.com/interview-jo...
Chris Hart wrote this very nice feature for Distorted Sound Magazine. Very lovely to read! 🙏🥰
#contemporarymusic #experimentalmusic #composer
distortedsoundmag.com/interview-jo...
Chris Hart wrote this very nice feature for Distorted Sound Magazine. Very lovely to read! 🙏🥰
#contemporarymusic #experimentalmusic #composer
I'm extremely happy that I still have an opportunity to give this intimate performance & loop workshop this weekend in Salisbury 🥰
Tickets: www.ticketsource.co.uk/woodford-vil...
We'll be joined by stunning musician & fire witch @lauraredwitch.bsky.social in the gorgeous Woodford Village Hall ❤️🔥
Tickets: www.ticketsource.co.uk/woodford-vil...
We'll be joined by stunning musician & fire witch @lauraredwitch.bsky.social in the gorgeous Woodford Village Hall ❤️🔥
December 8, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I'm extremely happy that I still have an opportunity to give this intimate performance & loop workshop this weekend in Salisbury 🥰
Tickets: www.ticketsource.co.uk/woodford-vil...
We'll be joined by stunning musician & fire witch @lauraredwitch.bsky.social in the gorgeous Woodford Village Hall ❤️🔥
Tickets: www.ticketsource.co.uk/woodford-vil...
We'll be joined by stunning musician & fire witch @lauraredwitch.bsky.social in the gorgeous Woodford Village Hall ❤️🔥
An incredibly rare experience approaches on 29th! I hope you can join me, 100 orchestral musicians (and an organist!) and my friends below at Wilminktheater in Enschede
Maria Franz (Heilung)
Lorenzo Esposito Fornasari (Obake, O_R_k)
Tom Atherton (Thing)
Lucie Dehli (Elephant Leaf, Vicious Circle)
Maria Franz (Heilung)
Lorenzo Esposito Fornasari (Obake, O_R_k)
Tom Atherton (Thing)
Lucie Dehli (Elephant Leaf, Vicious Circle)
November 13, 2025 at 7:33 PM
An incredibly rare experience approaches on 29th! I hope you can join me, 100 orchestral musicians (and an organist!) and my friends below at Wilminktheater in Enschede
Maria Franz (Heilung)
Lorenzo Esposito Fornasari (Obake, O_R_k)
Tom Atherton (Thing)
Lucie Dehli (Elephant Leaf, Vicious Circle)
Maria Franz (Heilung)
Lorenzo Esposito Fornasari (Obake, O_R_k)
Tom Atherton (Thing)
Lucie Dehli (Elephant Leaf, Vicious Circle)
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In Photos | Core Festival 2025 – Sunday📷Alan Swan Media
Bands include: @ashenspire-brut.bsky.social, @joquailcello.bsky.social, Frontierer and Agriculture (pictured) bit.ly/CorePhotoSun
Bands include: @ashenspire-brut.bsky.social, @joquailcello.bsky.social, Frontierer and Agriculture (pictured) bit.ly/CorePhotoSun
October 17, 2025 at 11:05 AM
In Photos | Core Festival 2025 – Sunday📷Alan Swan Media
Bands include: @ashenspire-brut.bsky.social, @joquailcello.bsky.social, Frontierer and Agriculture (pictured) bit.ly/CorePhotoSun
Bands include: @ashenspire-brut.bsky.social, @joquailcello.bsky.social, Frontierer and Agriculture (pictured) bit.ly/CorePhotoSun
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Such a great concert last night with @giaaband.bsky.social and @joquailcello.bsky.social. We were right in front. Thanks for the lovely music.
October 19, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Such a great concert last night with @giaaband.bsky.social and @joquailcello.bsky.social. We were right in front. Thanks for the lovely music.
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#NowPlaying: @joquailcello.bsky.social : Invocation/Supplication: 2024. I bought this double e.p. after seeing Jo live earlier this year, highly recommended.
Invocation / Supplication, by Jo Quail
6 track album
joquail.bandcamp.com
September 27, 2025 at 3:53 PM
#NowPlaying: @joquailcello.bsky.social : Invocation/Supplication: 2024. I bought this double e.p. after seeing Jo live earlier this year, highly recommended.
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#NowPlaying: @joquailcello.bsky.social : ... For Dappled Things: 2022, another short set from Jo, this one is PWYW.
...For Dappled Things, by Jo Quail
4 track album
joquail.bandcamp.com
September 27, 2025 at 4:29 PM
#NowPlaying: @joquailcello.bsky.social : ... For Dappled Things: 2022, another short set from Jo, this one is PWYW.
🥰🥹🥰
There will be more times Maggie! Thank you for your support, I hope you enjoy Notan xxx
There will be more times Maggie! Thank you for your support, I hope you enjoy Notan xxx
The postie brought me this earlier. I only found @joquailcello.bsky.social on Bandcamp a few weeks ago while searching for all things cello.
I was too late finding out she was playing in Glasgow & Edinburgh - next time hopefully.
Music that reaches deep inside you ❤️
I was too late finding out she was playing in Glasgow & Edinburgh - next time hopefully.
Music that reaches deep inside you ❤️
September 25, 2025 at 12:00 PM
🥰🥹🥰
There will be more times Maggie! Thank you for your support, I hope you enjoy Notan xxx
There will be more times Maggie! Thank you for your support, I hope you enjoy Notan xxx
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Some photos from last Saturday's Omeara gig in London, supporting the amazing @joquailcello.bsky.social 💚
Lovely audience and great venue.
📸 Leon Barker
#violin
@dhpfamilylive
Lovely audience and great venue.
📸 Leon Barker
#violin
@dhpfamilylive
September 24, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Some photos from last Saturday's Omeara gig in London, supporting the amazing @joquailcello.bsky.social 💚
Lovely audience and great venue.
📸 Leon Barker
#violin
@dhpfamilylive
Lovely audience and great venue.
📸 Leon Barker
#violin
@dhpfamilylive
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I have @joquailcello.bsky.social & #TheSwitch
@spikeno10.bsky.social takes #Korp & #ConditionCritical
musipediaofmetal.blogspot.com/2025/09/revi...
@forthelost.bsky.social @imperativepr.bsky.social @clawhammerpr.bsky.social
@spikeno10.bsky.social takes #Korp & #ConditionCritical
musipediaofmetal.blogspot.com/2025/09/revi...
@forthelost.bsky.social @imperativepr.bsky.social @clawhammerpr.bsky.social
September 19, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Yesterday we arrived at Core Festival to see @ashenspire-brut.bsky.social being brilliant 🖤 @caveinboston.bsky.social were huge 🔥
A great day of music & treasured friends 🥰
See you tonight in Edinburgh with the fantastic @mrsfrighthouse.bsky.social
🎫
corepresents.seetickets.com/event/core-p...
🎶
A great day of music & treasured friends 🥰
See you tonight in Edinburgh with the fantastic @mrsfrighthouse.bsky.social
🎫
corepresents.seetickets.com/event/core-p...
🎶
September 15, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Yesterday we arrived at Core Festival to see @ashenspire-brut.bsky.social being brilliant 🖤 @caveinboston.bsky.social were huge 🔥
A great day of music & treasured friends 🥰
See you tonight in Edinburgh with the fantastic @mrsfrighthouse.bsky.social
🎫
corepresents.seetickets.com/event/core-p...
🎶
A great day of music & treasured friends 🥰
See you tonight in Edinburgh with the fantastic @mrsfrighthouse.bsky.social
🎫
corepresents.seetickets.com/event/core-p...
🎶
Tonight in Edinburgh! 🖤🖤🖤
corepresents.seetickets.com/event/core-p...
#industrialmusic #heavymusic #ambientmusic #metal #concerts
corepresents.seetickets.com/event/core-p...
#industrialmusic #heavymusic #ambientmusic #metal #concerts
We can’t wait to join @joquailcello.bsky.social in Edinburgh on Monday!! We’re also both at Core. in Glasgow on Sunday 🖤 Xxx
My new album Notan is now fully available!
joquail.bandcamp.com/album/notan
I'm so excited to share it with you on my UK tour, alongside amazing musicians
www.joquail.co.uk/concerts
@elliewilsonuk.bsky.social @mrsfrighthouse.bsky.social @gwfaa.bsky.social @weikiemon.bsky.social @robotneedshome.com
joquail.bandcamp.com/album/notan
I'm so excited to share it with you on my UK tour, alongside amazing musicians
www.joquail.co.uk/concerts
@elliewilsonuk.bsky.social @mrsfrighthouse.bsky.social @gwfaa.bsky.social @weikiemon.bsky.social @robotneedshome.com
September 15, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Tonight in Edinburgh! 🖤🖤🖤
corepresents.seetickets.com/event/core-p...
#industrialmusic #heavymusic #ambientmusic #metal #concerts
corepresents.seetickets.com/event/core-p...
#industrialmusic #heavymusic #ambientmusic #metal #concerts
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#AboutLastNight
Of not knowing of @joquailcello.bsky.social before, within 48hrs of seeing gig as then quickly listening to some of her music, I was lucky enough to secure a photo pass to witness a most stunning gig at Cluny Newcastle with thanks to 432 Presents/f54 Live.
More photos coming 📷
Of not knowing of @joquailcello.bsky.social before, within 48hrs of seeing gig as then quickly listening to some of her music, I was lucky enough to secure a photo pass to witness a most stunning gig at Cluny Newcastle with thanks to 432 Presents/f54 Live.
More photos coming 📷
September 14, 2025 at 11:08 AM
#AboutLastNight
Of not knowing of @joquailcello.bsky.social before, within 48hrs of seeing gig as then quickly listening to some of her music, I was lucky enough to secure a photo pass to witness a most stunning gig at Cluny Newcastle with thanks to 432 Presents/f54 Live.
More photos coming 📷
Of not knowing of @joquailcello.bsky.social before, within 48hrs of seeing gig as then quickly listening to some of her music, I was lucky enough to secure a photo pass to witness a most stunning gig at Cluny Newcastle with thanks to 432 Presents/f54 Live.
More photos coming 📷