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ALBUMS

Safe in sound - the remixes, 2018

Remixes by DJ Taz Rashid. Out 12/21/18
Listen here.

Language of the light, 2017

"Her music explores the interconnectedness of humanity, and evokes a spiritual energy of both searching and grounding. Her most recent album, Language of Light, is specifically inspired by the yoga practice."
- Jillian Billard, Wanderlust

"From a listener’s perspective, It feels like an offering—an invitation to join her in celebration of our connection to the earth and each other. She expresses that light is what binds us together, and it cannot be put out."
- Jillian Billard, Wanderlust

HUM, 2017

"Almost gospel in its purity and delivered with Nashville flair, it captures all the ingredients. Ida Jo’s voice is strong but yet breathy, with a somberness and that sense of searching that’s so central to her music."
- Rick Tvedt, Local Sounds Magazine

"Her music is a gift, a present to those hoping to find clarity in their own lived experience."
- Wanderlust.com

guardian of being, 2015

"Ida Jo has been thriving with a violin in her hand, from the day she got it." - Local Sounds Magazine

The CURRENT, 2014

"What makes [The Current] so compelling, like most all of Ida Jo's music, is the starkly plaintive emotion she brings to the vocals."
- Channel3000.com

"But Ida's music isn't just about her trusty fiddle: She can do something that singer and fiddler extraordinaire Alison Krauss doesn't even attempt. She sings while playing her instrument. And this isn't just a bit of humming or a quick la-la-la." - Isthmus

FOR BETTER FOR WORSE, 2013

"For Better for Worse is a true solo performance and production effort...The songs grapple with the quest for self-discovery and the struggles with being an artist and its subsequent ups and downs." - Rick Tvedt, Madison Magazine

UNCHARTED, 2012

"There's something refreshing about the record, which doesn't dwell on stormy breakups or brushes with fame." - Jessica Steinhoff, Isthmus

"Ida Jo has established herself as one of the most consistent and prolific artists in Madison."
- Local Sounds Magazine

singer in the band, 2011

"She's gifted, she's accomplished...For fairly straight-ahead singer-songwriter material, it is an unusual twist. Most musicians, even very brilliant instrumentalists, don't feel that at home outside of 4/4 or 3/4 time."
- Duluth News-Tribune

"Only a year after her 2010 debut, Providence, singer-violinist Ida Jo returned with her newest album, Singer In The Band, which continues to expand on her innovative violin work and her soulful vocals." - AV Club

"It's likely you've never heard of Ida Jo, but she's been quietly amassing a solid following and resume." - Madison Magazine

providence, 2010

"Ida Jo's 2010 debut CD, Providence, was notable for its particular use of the violin in a pop context. Typically, pop artists use string sections, often sampled, to make their songs cinematic. Not Ida Jo." - Rich Albertoni, The Isthmus

Providence, her first recording, is very different and refreshingly so. Ida Jo combines soulful, rhythm and blues with a folk sensibility and jazz elements to create something uniquely her own." - Rick Tvedt, Local Sounds Magazine

SONGS

A Right by Ida Jo (Uncharted)
All I Need by Bello (Bello Blue)
Almost Home by Bello (Bello Blue)
Any Day Now by Ida Jo (The Current)
Ashes In the Sea by Ida Jo & the Movement (Language of the Light)
Baby Lay Down by Ida Jo & the Movement (HUM)
Beyond Time by Ida Jo (Guardian of Being)
Birth of Rhythm by Ida Jo & the Movement (Language of the Light)
Boom Tick by Ida Jo & the Movement (Language of the Light)
Catch A Song by Ida Jo (Guardian of Being)
Cave by Ida Jo (Guardian of Being)
City That Dreams by Ida Jo (For Better For Worse)
Cleveland by Ida Jo (Guardian of Being)
Coldest, Darkest Time by Ida Jo & the Movement (HUM)
Colors by Ida Jo (Providence)
Courage by Ida Jo (Providence)
Desolate Place by Ida Jo (Guardian of Being)
Diamonds and Gold by Ida Jo & Scott Lamps (Singer In the Band)
Disappear by Bello (Bello)
Don't Tell Me You Love Me by Bello (Bello)
Drift On By by Ida Jo (Uncharted)
Earth As Our Witness by Ida Jo & the Movement (Language of the Light)
Eileen by Ida Jo (Providence)
First Time by Ida Jo (Guardian of Being)
Flame by Ida Jo (For Better For Worse)
For the Joy of It by Ida Jo (Singer In the Band)
Freedom by Ida Jo & the Movement (Language of the Light)
Gimme Your Sugar by Ida Jo & the Movement (HUM)
Give It Your Soul by Ida Jo & the Movement (HUM)
Glory by Ida Jo (For Better For Worse)
Goin to the Mountain by Ida Jo & the Movement (HUM)
Goodbye by Ida Jo (Uncharted)
Guardian of Being by Ida Jo (Guardian of Being)
Heart Of This by Bello (Bello Blue)
How To Let Go by Ida Jo (For Better For Worse)
I Don't Want It by Bello (Bello)
I Have A Love by Ida Jo (Guardian of Being)
I Live For the Moments by Ida Jo (Guardian of Being)
I'll Find A River by Ida Jo & the Movement (HUM)
Into Tomorrow by Bello (Bello Blue)
Judgment by Ida Jo (Singer In the Band)
Juggling by Ida Jo (For Better For Worse)
Just Beginning by Bello (Bello Blue)
Lift You Up by Bello (Bello)
Loan by Ida Jo (Uncharted)
Long Way Home by Bello (Bello)
Looking For You by Ida Jo & the Movement (Language of the Light)
Love Love by Bello (Bello Blue)
Machine by Ida Jo (Uncharted)
More Than That To Me by Bello (Bello)
New Day by Ida Jo (The Current)
No (We Won't Take It) by Ida Jo (Singer In the Band)
No Stopping Us by Bello (Bello Blue)
Nothing To Give by Ida Jo (Providence)
Now Here This by Ida Jo & the Movement (Language of the Light)
Once Before by Ida Jo (For Better For Worse)
Other Side of Easy by Ida Jo (Singer In the Band)
Our Love (For Karen & Elizabeth) by Ida Jo (unreleased)
Out Loud by Bello (Bello)
Out of Phase by Ida Jo & the Movement (Language of the Light)
Pain by Ida Jo (The Current)
Passing Through by Ida Jo (The Current)
Pit by Ida Jo (Uncharted)
Product of the Sky by Ida Jo & the Movement (Language of the Light)
Providence by Ida Jo (Providence)
Pushing Forward by Ida Jo (The Current)
Quick Dance by Ida Jo (Singer In the Band)
Radio by Ida Jo (Providence)
Safe by Ida Jo (For Better For Worse)
Safe In Sound by Ida Jo & the Movement (Language of the Light)
Show Me The Way by Bello (Bello)
Sing With Me by Ida Jo & the Movement (HUM
Singer In the Band by Ida Jo (Singer In the Band)
So Can I by Ida Jo (Singer In the Band)
Something Happened That Day by Ida Jo (Guardian of Being)
Speak In Silence by Ida Jo (The Current)
Steel Wool by Bello (Bello)
Sun Rises by Bello (Bello Blue)
Surrender by Ida Jo (The Current)
Sweet Innocent Child by Ida Jo (For Better For Worse)
The Current by Ida Jo (The Current)
The Rising by Ida Jo (Singer In the Band)
These Days by Ida Jo (Providence)
Uncharted by Ida Jo (Uncharted)
Wham by Ida Jo (Uncharted)
War/Peace by Ida Jo (For Better For Worse)
What Good Is Happiness by Ida Jo (The Current)
What It's Worth by Ida Jo (Uncharted)
What I've Had To Do by Ida Jo (Providence)
What They Say by Ida Jo (The Current)
We're All Alone by Ida Jo (Uncharted)
When It Rains by Ida Jo (Providence)
Where I'll Go by Ida Jo (The Current)
Where Would You Be by Bello (Bello)
Whirlwind by Ida Jo (Uncharted)
Who You Are by Ida Jo (Uncharted)
Wide Open by Ida Jo (Guardian of Being)

BELLO DISCOGRAPHY

Bello is a songwriting and recording project with Mike Droho and Scott Lamps.