Jo Harrop | " Everything's Changing"

Jazz vocalist and songwriter Jo Harrop has released her new single ‘Everything’s Changing’, the third release from her hugely anticipated new studio album, The Heart Wants. Recorded in London and produced by Hannah V (who has worked with everyone from JP Cooper to Stormzy), Everything’s Changing was written by Harrop, Hannah V, Sam Watts and Natalie Williams and features Tony Kofi (saxophone), Andy Davies (trumpet) and the Debs White String Quartet.

“’Everything’s Changing’ was written mid-lockdown when confusion and frustration were setting in and people had been cooped up in their homes - some not seeing another soul for months,” says Harrop. “It’s a song that was inspired by that time, but it also transcends it.”

“During lockdown, like most people, I was struggling. I wanted to write a song that gave some sense of hope. Whatever it is you’re going through, no matter how scared you are, reach out and hang in there, because you are not alone. I often write songs about love and relationships, but a song about hope and supporting each other during hard times seemed important.”

Born in Durham and raised on a heady musical diet of Nina Simone, Billie Holiday and Aretha Franklin, Jo Harrop cut her teeth as a session singer, working with a host of iconic artists including Neil Diamond, Rod Stewart and Gloria Gaynor.

After moving to London, she quickly established herself as one of the most unmistakable voices in British jazz. Having signed to London-based jazz label, Lateralize Records, she recently received a raft of rapturous reviews for Weathering The Storm, her debut with guitarist, Jamie McCredie. The Guardian dubbed it “a little gem of an album: simple, modest and perfect,” whilst BBC 6 Music’s Iggy Pop fell in love with her voice, calling her “a very fine jazz singer.”