“Lee has a mischievous twinkle in her eye and a marvellous spontaneity” – Now Toronto

“An iron fist in a slowly-removed velvet glove.” – Mooney on Theatre

Janice Jo Lee (she/they) is a dynamic soul-folk singer-songwriter and spoken word poet of Korean settler ancestry. Her new record Ancestor Song is epic folk music, powerful and cathartic. The songs deliver tumbling jazzy melodies, waves of harmonies and social justice anthems for the people. On stage she creates looping landscapes with her voice, guitar, trumpet and Korean janggu drum. Lee is a hard femme queer radical and is known for being disarmingly hilarious, off-the-cuff and fearlessly honest. Janice Jo Lee also works as an actor, theatre maker, sound designer, arts facilitator and anti-oppression educator.