Joker’s Daughter

The atmospheric folk-pop outfit Joker’s Daughter is a collaboration between English-by-way-of Greece singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Helena Costas and genre-bending hip-hop artist/producer Danger Mouse (Gnarls Barkley, Danger Doom, DM & Jemini). Costas, who started her musical profession on violin, crafts elegant pop tracks that attract on from mythology to meals to past due-’60s/early-’70s English folk -rock and roll. Her correspondence with Risk Mouse started in 2003 with home-recorded demos, which he’d then paint along with his personal eclectic color and instrumentation. The group’s debut recording, Last Laugh, found its way to 2009, offering brass from Natural Dairy Hotel’s Scott Spillane as well as the string preparations of Daniele Luppi.