Murphy was a session man who worked with many artists, including Nick Heyward, Long John Baldry, Joan Armatrading, Mike + the Mechanics, Amii Stewart, Andrew Caine, Eikichi Yazawa, Scritti Politti, So and Miquel Brown.
Jones has worked with jazz recording artists who include Herbie Hancock's Headhunters, Mike Stern, John Scofield, and Steps Ahead, as well as touring pop and rock artists Cher, Sting, Peter Gabriel, Madonna, Eric Clapton and Joan Armatrading.
The word "mahout" also features in the lyrics of the song "Drop the Pilot", by Joan Armatrading.
In addition to Simple Minds, he has played alongside other acts such as: Sir Elton John, Lou Reed, Tina Turner, Meat Loaf, Samson, The Associates, Orange Juice, Peter Gabriel, The Pretenders, Prljavo kazalište, Gary Moore, Jackson Browne, Little Steven, Brian May, The Nolans, Goldie, Robert Palmer and Joan Armatrading.
She performed a duet with Jimmy Nail on his chart-topping single "Ain't No Doubt" in 1992, and appeared as a backing vocalist on the 1992 Joan Armatrading album Square the Circle, along with Linda Lewis and her sister Shirley Lewis.
Joan of Arc | Joan Baez | Joan Rivers | Joan Miró | Joan Crawford | Joan Jett | Joan Collins | Joan Sutherland | Joan Bennett | Joan Armatrading | Joan Littlewood | Joan Chen | Melissa Joan Hart | Joan Osborne | Joan Didion | Joan Berger | Joan Manuel Serrat | Joan | Joan Allen | Joan of Arcadia | Joan Robinson | Joan Fontaine | Joan Mitchell | The Passion of Joan of Arc | Sant Joan d'Alacant | Joan Blaeu | Saint Joan | Joan of Navarre, Queen of England | Joan Hartigan | Joan Blondell |
The album comprises covers of songs written by other female artists including Aimee Mann, Joan Armatrading, Sinéad O'Connor, Rosanne Cash, Dolly Parton and Fiona Apple, whose song "Sleep to Dream" (1997) contains the album's title within its lyrics.
Owing to changes of personnel at Columbia, Polland's follow-up album, "Have You Heard The One About The Gas Station Attendant?" (1973), recorded in London with producer Gus Dudgeon and featuring guest appearances from Joan Armatrading, as well as several members of Elton John‘s band and renowned arranger Paul Buckmaster, was shelved.
It also features guitar-based tunes like "Janine", "Moon Sammy", and "Supra Genius" and jazzy, upright-bass-fueled songs that often slyly quoted other material—the theme from Courageous Cat on "Is Chicago, Is Not Chicago", Thelonious Monk's "Misterioso" on "Casiotone Nation", and Bobby McFerrin's cover of Joan Armatrading's "Opportunity" on "Uh, Zoom Zip".
Firth has previously played with The Spice Girls on their Return of the Spice Girls Tour, as well as Melanie C, Joan Armatrading, Morcheeba, Steve Winwood, John Martyn, Little Axe, Ruby, Toni Braxton, Elvis Costello, Mari Wilson, Julia Fordham and Sarah Jane Morris