In 1999 she started her own independent label, Bad Dog, and has since released six more albums. Her 2008 release, The Works, combined previously unheard, unpublished Woody Guthrie lyrics with her own music and arrangements. Recently, she’s co-written songs with Katy Perry and with The Courtyard Hounds. Jonatha has written for three Disney films and several television shows, and has composed the theme song for Joss Whedon’s, Dollhouse.
When Roxy Music released Avalon in 1982, it landed with a sense of arrival rather than conclusion. Polished, restrained, and emotionally elusive, the album crystallized the refined aesthetic Bryan Ferry had been inching toward for a decade. Not long after, Roxy Music quietly disbanded. There was no formal announcement, no farewell tour. Ferry didn’t explain. Instead, he moved forward, fully inhabiting the sound he had helped invent.
The primary songwriter for the Who who sang backup mostly to Roger, turns out to be the better singer over time. Voice survived in the background.
