Joanna Sternberg has returned with new single, “A Country Dance,” the track follows Joanna’s 2024 LP I’ve Got Me, and featured prominently in the forthcoming film Between The Temples, starring Jason Schwartzman and Carol Kane, and directed by Nathan Silver. “A Country Dance” was recorded in upstate New York by Alex Wenquest, and was inspired by Joanna’s close friend Sami Bronowski, who was the first person to encourage Joanna to sing in public. On “A Country Dance,” Joanna explains: “The joke of the song is: I don’t dance, I don’t drink wine, I don’t go outside and I DEFINITELY do not go out in nature (allergies and insect phobias), but I wanted a playful nonsensical song to sing and to capture the fun I have with my dear pal.”

This month, Joanna will be performing a string of shows in the UK followed by a performance supporting the sold-out reunion of The Babies in New York.

Joanna further elaborates on the track’s inclusion in the film: “I think the reason the song can fit in this beautiful film, is that it captures a freewheeling imaginative feeling. The lyrics are vague enough to be applied to anything, and it just creates a ‘fun and fancy-free’ mood!”

Having recently screened at Sundance Film Festival to much acclaim, Between The Temples sees Ben (Schwartzman) as a forty-something cantor losing his voice and possibly his faith. Struggling to meet the expectations of his rabbi, congregation, and not one but two Jewish mothers (Caroline Aaron and Dolly De Leon), Ben finds his world turned upside down when his grade school music teacher (Kane) re-enters his life as an adult bat mitzvah student. This warm and anxious comedy from prolific writer/director Nathan Silver explores the complexities of belief, connection, and what it means to be a real mensch.

Joanna Sternberg 2024 Live Dates

Fri. Aug. 30 – London, UK @ Grand Junction Church %
Sun. Sept. 1 – Dorset, UK @ End Of The Road Festival %
Tue. Sept. 3 – Glasgow, UK @ Cottiers Theatre %
Wed. Sept. 4 – Manchester, UK @ Halle St. Michaels Church %
Tue. Sept. 24 – New York, NY @ Warsaw ^ [SOLD OUT]

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^ supporting The Babies

Order “A Country Dance” by Joanna Sternberg HERE