Joan Armatrading: celebrating fifty years as a performer". Robert Elms London Daily. 15 November 2022. BBC Radio London . Retrieved 16 April 2023. A younger brother, Tony Armatrading, was a stage, film, and television actor who lived in Los Angeles. He died of cancer on 10 May 2021, at the age of 59. [67] [68] In 2022, she composed her first classical work, Symphony No. 1; it was premiered by the Chineke! Orchestra at Southbank Centre in London on 24 November 2023. It is to be recorded for Decca Records. [41] [42] Appearances and other media [ edit ]

The world doesn’t need to know what colour my bedroom walls are,” she famously told one reporter. But people do. Her songs are almost exclusively about matters of the heart, lovers and love. You would figure out something personal from all that. Great acts lined up for the Acoustic Festival of Britain". Safeconcerts. 9 April 2012 . Retrieved 5 October 2012. Anderson-Minshall, Diane (26 February 2013). "Joan Armatrading Still Sings of 'Love and Affection' ". The Advocate . Retrieved 9 December 2020.Joan Armatrading Supports Local Talent on her September to November 2012 UK and Ireland tour". LocalTalent. Retrieved 8 November 2012.

In addition to her music career, in 2001, after five years of studying, Armatrading earned a BA degree in history from the Open University, of which she is now a trustee. [15] Between 2005 and 2010, Armatrading served as president of the Women of the Year Lunches. [58] She has been a trustee of The Prince's Trust since 2020 and an ambassador since 1983. [59] [60] Armatrading performed as a cameo vocalist for the song "Don't Lose Your Head" on the 1986 Queen album A Kind of Magic.

In 2003, no longer attached to a major label, she released the album Lovers Speak. Though it was her first album in eight years, it met with little commercial success. In 2004, she released a live album, Live: All the Way from America, which was a recording of a concert from her Lovers Speak tour.

In 2014 and 2015, Armatrading embarked on her last major tour, the Me Myself I Tour, the first to feature her solo on stage. An accompanying CD/DVD album, entitled Me Myself I World Tour, was released in 2016. [33] [34]Winter graduation celebrations in St Andrews". University of St Andrews. 29 November 2022 . Retrieved 30 November 2022.

UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017). "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)". MeasuringWorth . Retrieved 11 June 2022. In 1986, actress and singer Karla DeVito covered the song for her second album Wake 'Em Up in Tokyo. Birch, Helen (4 November 2005). "Joan Armatrading: 'I prefer birdsong to chatter' ". The Guardian. London . Retrieved 6 May 2015. Lewis, Isobel (10 May 2021). "Tony Armatrading: Colour Blind and Notting Hill actor dies aged 59 of cancer". The Independent. Archived from the original on 9 June 2022 . Retrieved 11 May 2021.The celebrities attending the King's Coronation and their relation to the Royal Family". MyLondon. 6 May 2023 . Retrieved 19 July 2023. In a recording career spanning nearly 50 years, Armatrading has released 20 studio albums, as well as several live albums and compilations. Monroe, Jazz (5 May 2021). "Joan Armatrading Announces New Album Consequences". Pitchfork . Retrieved 6 May 2021. Armatrading presented a five-part series on BBC Radio 4 called Joan Armatrading's Favourite Guitarists which was broadcast in July 2009, in which she talked to guitarists about their music and their technique. [44] She followed this up with another five-part series called Joan Armatrading: More Guitar Favourites, which was broadcast in November and December 2011. [45] Pareles, Jon (26 August 1988). "Review/Pop; Armatrading at Pier 84". The New York Times . Retrieved 26 July 2012.