Group
Joy Kills Sorrow
- From
- Boston, United States
- Active
- 2005–2014
- Rating
- ★ 4
- Releases
- 4
- folk
About
Joy Kills Sorrow was a Boston-based indie pop, American roots stringband formed in 2005. The band at its last concert in May 2014 consisted of founding member and award-winning flatpicking guitarist Matthew Arcara, vocalist Emma Beaton, Wes Corbett on banjo, Jacob Jolliff on mandolin and Zoe Guigueno on bass.
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The band's name is a play on the call letters of WJKS, the Indiana radio station that broadcast the Monroe Brothers in the 1930s.
Members
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Bridget Kearney double bass
Discography
Albums
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Official
Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
- aecfaa44-c46a-4ee5-96eb-525253e75c2d
- ISNI
- 0000000121671696
Data from MusicBrainz, saved 10 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.