Joy Oladokun | the PROPAGANDA site

Joy Oladokun is a Nashville-based singer-songwriter who started as a folk balladeer working mostly acoustically in the folks style, but has also begun to embrace some of the indie rock features in her music. Her arrangements often involve a band with the basic guitar, bass, drums set up that accompanies her with a soft touch, mostly in the background. Her songs are typically in the low to mid-tempo range, tending to be fairly gentle, personal ones, and she sings them in her sweet voice without any frills. Most of the arrangements are straightforward with respect to instrumentation, and she delivers them with a sense of direct connection with her audience. There is a touch of old-fashioned country in her sound, and occasional passages that suggest hints of gospel and soul influences, but by and large, she operates very much in the folk vein.