Joan Shelley
Joan Shelley (born in 1985) is an American folk musician from Louisville, Kentucky, United States.

Shelley has a released a number of studio recordings. Her second album, Ginko, and third album Farthest Field (with Daniel Martin Moore) were released in 2012 on Ol Kentuck. In 2014, Shelley released her fourth album, Electric Ursa, on No Quarter Records. In 2015, Shelley released her fifth album, Over and Even, on No Quarter. In 2017, Shelley released her eponymous sixth album. Her seventh album, Like the River Loves the Sea, was released in 2019.

Shelley frequently works with guitarist and musicologist Nathan Salsburg.

Discography
Studio albums
By Dawnlight (2010, self-released)
Ginko (2012, Ol Kentuck/ok recordings)
Farthest Field – Daniel Martin Moore & Joan Shelley (2012, Ol Kentuck)
Electric Ursa (2014, No Quarter)
Over and Even (2015, No Quarter)
Joan Shelley (2017, No Quarter)Rivers & Vessels (2018, self-released on Bandcamp)Like the River Loves the Sea (2019, No Quarter)

with Maiden Radio
(Maiden Radio are: Joan Shelley, Julia Purcell and Cheyenne Marie Mize)Maiden Radio (2010, self-released)Lullabies (2011, Ol Kentuck)Wolvering'' (2015, ok recordings)

Singles
"Cost of the Cold" (2016, No Quarter)