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Jarboe is a solo artist. Formerly she was a vocalist and keyboard player for Swans.

Jarboe's recorded and performed projects produce only her unique energy. She draws from a variety of charged sources, from her early exposure to snake-handling revivals in the Mississippi delta, parents who were in the FBI, her participation in a lounge act, experimental performance in gallery & live radio settings,her 14-year critically acclaimed recordings and collaboration with Swans doing worldwide concerts (clubs, theatres, festivals, live radio, TV). Her delivery can be at turns innocent, knowing, seductive, & vitriolic - contained in melodic as well as experimental compositions. In her extensive career as a performer and recording artist, Jarboe has proven herself to be one the world’s most explorative and skillful singers.

A primary objective for Jarboe is to close in on the gap in the audience/performer relationship via complete submission and vicarious experience through her performance. Through visceral vocals, her repertoire includes a variety of voices from the shy schoolgirl to seductress to demon. Jarboe's private agenda over the course of her life has been to fine tune endurance - physical, emotional, and spiritual. Through efforts in such disciplines as weight-lifting, kick boxing, mountainclimbing, running, role-playing, studies in meditation and Buddhism, and her intense work with Swans, she has journeyed her body towards exhaustion specifically with the intent of rebuilding / reinventing identity and exploring the structure of persona.

Jarboe's musical explorations have led to select comparisons to other female musicians with regard for their success in penetrating the otherwise male-dominated "rock" subculture. Her work in and outside of the legendary Swans has received international critical attention. Jarboe is featured in Andrea Juno's groundbreaking book: Angry Women In Rock, and Adele Olivia Gladwell's women's studies/cultural theory: Catamania.

The eclectic roster of Jarboe's musical collaborators includes: Michael Gira, Bill Laswell, Jim Thirlwell, Lustmord, PanSonic, Mark Spybey, Steven Severin, Chris Connelly, Alan Sparhawk, Neurosis (band), Edward Ka-Spel, William Faith, David J, David Torn, Paz Lenchantin, Bill Rieflin, Iva Davies, Blixa Bargeld, Kris Force, Nic Le Ban, Julia Kent, Brian Castillo, and Lary Seven. She has worked with visual artists in film / photography including Richard Kern, / Cedric Victor-DeSouza, Beth B, Laura Levine, and Wim Van De Hulst.

Considered a true independent of the 21st century and "internet pioneer" for music, Jarboe has been panelist on "Artists and the Internet" at the CMJ convention in NYC. Jarboe has released 12 solo albums in addition to working on 20+ Swans albums and 50+ collaborative projects with visual & sound artists all over the world. She has recorded in various countries, including Europe and the Middle East.

In addition to on-going live performances, Jarboe has recently recorded for the metal band, Cobalt, and the surreal band, Byla and soon starts recording for the U.K. band, Jesu and also Guapo, and F&TM's Monica Richards. Jarboe records her new band "The Sweet Meat Love And Holy Cult" summer 2006 with Nic Le Ban, Damon Young, Diana Obscura, Dorian Young, Paul Mercer, Chandler Rentz, Derek Bonner, Brian Castillo, Elizabeth Hummel and others.

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