Joan La Barbara
American singer and composer · United States · On the map · Musicians · Born 1947 · age 79
Joan Linda Lotz La Barbara is an American vocalist and composer known for her explorations of non-conventional or "extended" vocal techniques.
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Considered to be a vocal virtuoso in the field of contemporary music, she is credited with advancing a new vocabulary of vocal sounds including trills, whispers, cries, sighs, inhaled tones, and multiphonics.

