Joe is now currently based in Oxford where he has just completed the final year of his music degree at Oxford Brookes University.

Whilst University has limited Joe playing live, he has over the last couple of years still managed to have played critically acclaimed gigs all over the UK, Dublin, Amsterdam and a memorable night headlining at the fantastic La Fleche D'or in Paris.

The band currently comprises Joe along Angharad Jenkins & Chrissie Sheaf.

Over the last few few months Joe and Angharad have been joined by the wonderful Chrissie Sheaf on drums which has added a completely new dynamic to the live sound

There's lots of exciting things happening at the moment, much of which we cant talk about yet but there will be lots more live dates being put up over the next few weeks...June & July are quiet as Angharad is in the studio with a folk band she also playes with along with Chrissie being away in Australia. Joe too wants some time out to concentrate on writing more new material.

I will over the next week or so be putting up some video footage of a couple of new songs featuring the full band along with hopefully some audio of another live set in Gloucester, critical acclaim.

If you do get the chance to see them live in the coming months....dont miss it!

Any enquiries please email: joeallenmusic@googlemail.com

some reviews....

A duo — Joe Allen, singer and Angharad Jenkins, violinist— were next to perform. A technical hitch stalled the pair’s entrance just long enough for them to break the silence with the opening bars of ‘Chase’ — a gut-wrenching tale of heartbreak so exquisite it will make your eyes widen and your heart race. Perhaps it was Joe Allen’s tortured vocals or the ferocity with which Jenkins unbelievable strings pushed and pulled until the finish that led the audience to gasp audibly at Chase’s dramatic climax. For many, it was nothing short of breathtaking'- Melanie Roberts, Evening News

review from a Valentines night By Cara Leahy
'Boy and girl take the stage, boy holding a guitar, girl with violin.

What the people say..........

'Tonight’s set opener, ‘Are You Awake?’, bleeds into the epic ‘Please Don’t Just Stare At Me’ and immediately I’m having to rein in the over-excited adjectives appearing on my note pad. Maybe its the way Joe batters his acoustic as he sings, as if Mike Scott and Damien Rice are both wrestling inside him, his tennis shoes pawing at the boards trying to lift him off the ground. Maybe it’s the way Angharad’s violin swoops and glides like seagulls round a Hibernian cliff face, effortlessly catching the thermals of his wonderful voice. ‘Gunpoint’ ratchets this up further as a loop-station turns it into Ed Alleyne Johnson dancing with Thom Yorke. To paraphrase the master; this is so fucking special. Paul Carrera

'the gig room, such as it is, would fit snugly inside your broom cupboard, meaning the lucky punters find themselves pressed face to face with singer Joe Allen and violinist Angharad Jenkins, while the remainder of a large crowd listen through the wall!.. Together the duo take the concept of voice, fiddle and acoustic guitar to unbelievable reaches of rage, tension and release. It's difficult not to get swept out to sea in the tempest these two stars create in songs like 'At Gunpoint' and 'Do You Think That's Enough', while Angharad's bubbly banter with the audience towels us down after the rain, as Joe re-tunes his pummelled guitar between songs, and causes us to take them both to our hearts' -Nightshift magazine
Support came from singer/songwriter Joe Allen. Originating from Worcestershire, troubadour Allen treated the crowd to a selection of Tom Mcrae-like acoustic-based ballads, accompanied by the gorgeous violin playing of Angharad Jenkins. His voice was incredible .The support was also the best I've seen in a long time - check out some of Joe Allen's songs at www.joeallen-online.co.uk . CD times review of supporting Howling Bells

the audience were treated to a stunning 35 minute set from a young singer songwriter with an astounding voice.
His version of the Nina Simone classic ‘feeling good’ which bravely he walked on to the stage and performed largely acapella had the hairs on every part of the body standing to attention.
Having last week supported one a band who are one of NME’s new darlings and a big tip for 2006 – The Howling Bells - he is clearly one to watch and the remainder of the self penned set lived up to that excellent beginni ng. Live at the Artrix, review