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3 unusual facts about Joan Osborne


Joan Osborne

In September 2012, Osborne was featured in a campaign called ″30 Songs / 30 Days″ to support Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide, a multi-platform media project inspired by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn’s book.

Sasha Allen

Her first single, "Let's Fly Away", was released on July 4, 2008, and the follow-up, a cover of Joan Osborne's "One Of Us", was released in September 2008.

The Aquanettas

Debby was signed to Womanly Hips, Joan Osborne's Label and recorded "Wrongs of Passage", her 1998 major-label release.


Charlie Quintana

He was a member of 1970s punk band The Plugz (which became a popular roots band in the 1980s), Cruzados, Havalinas, Izzy Stradlin & the Ju Ju Hounds, and has toured and/or recorded with Joan Osborne, John Doe, Cracker, Bob Dylan, Jimmy and the Mustangs, 47C and many others.

David Uosikkinen

When Uosikkinen has not worked with The Hooters, he has performed in music videos, recordings and live shows with numerous artists, including Patty Smyth, Cyndi Lauper, Rod Stewart, Alice Cooper, Largo (Taj Mahal, Joan Osborne, David Forman, Garth Hudson, Bill Wittman), The Soul Kitchen, Tahir Wilson, Pretty Poison, Damian Hagger, Happy Hatters and 7A3.

John Leventhal

John Leventhal (born December 18, 1952) is a Grammy Award-winning musician, producer, songwriter, and recording engineer who has produced albums for Michelle Branch, Rosanne Cash, Marc Cohn, Shawn Colvin, Rodney Crowell, Jim Lauderdale, Joan Osborne, Loudon Wainwright III, The Wreckers and many others.

On Raglan Road

The song, often known simply as "Raglan Road", has since been sung by The Dubliners, the Young Dubliners, Van Morrison, Sinéad O'Connor, Mark Knopfler, Billy Bragg, Roger Daltrey, Dick Gaughan, Loreena McKennitt, Joan Osborne, Orla Fallon, Ian Tamblyn, Tommy Fleming and Nyle Wolfe among others.

Sabrina Artel's Trailer Talk

In addition to many local townspeople, a number of famous personalities have been guests around the kitchen table in Sabrina Artel's trailer: singer Joan Osborne, television show host Rosie O'Donnell, activist historian, Allan Berube, John Adams, founder of the Natural Resources Defense Council, Arianna Huffington, choreographer Elizabeth Streb, and Laura Flanders, author of Bushwomen.

Why Can't We Live Together

Later, the song has been covered by many artists, including Mike Anthony (1982), Joan Osborne, Steve Winwood (2003) and Maria Muldaur (2009).

WKQI

Following Purtan's departure, WKQI became "Q95-5, Detroit's Continuous Hit Music Station," hired former Partridge Family star Danny Bonaduce as the morning show host, and shifted back to an Adult CHR presentation, adding alternative-pop artists such as Alanis Morissette, Sarah McLachlan, Joan Osborne, Live, and BoDeans which the station had not played previously.


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