Josephine is a singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and shapeshifting yenta from New York.
Josephine Network is her queer ultralounge power-pop band. This 8-piece ensemble features Toni Lynn (Apache), Saara Untracht-Oakner (SUO, Boytoy), Nat Brower (Brower, Nancy), Keith Cayea (Brooklyn Bluebirds), Dorian Deangelo (Darien Rectangle), Max Hiersteiner (Dirty Fences, Hershguy) and Jay Pluck (EKP).
“Music is Easy” (Dig!) is their debut solo album of original songs in glittering “soul-gum” style. Her songs are sincere, soulful and sometimes sly.
In 2019, her performance at OK, LQQK was written up in The Forward (“It’s Not Your Bubbe’s Drag Show”) . In 2020, she was a GiantFest Best Music Artist nominee. In 2021, “Music Is Easy” was featured on a special mixtape episode of NPR’s This American Life (“746: This is Just Some Songs”).
In early 2021, she produced a Yiddish-infused glam-punk collab album with Hershguy titled “Stocky Tunes”. Maximum RocknRoll called the album “refreshingly hard to put your finger on, but so good”.
In summer of 2021, Josephine self-produced a dance cassingle, “I Feel Like Rain” on Paris Tapes. The Deli Magazine called it a “groovy, vibey-yet-upbeat, danceable-yet-introspective, life-affirming tune.”
In mid-2021, Josephine Network went electric and enjoyed opening for legendary rock acts Seth Bogart (Hunx & His Punx), and Shannon and the Clams, who then invited them as support for their Spring 2022 US tour.