Sophie Janna is a songwriter from the Netherlands. She learned to play traditional folk music from Scotland and Ireland when she lived in Edinburgh. Soon after her return to the Netherlands, she was asked as a vocalist for a project with Flemish-Dutch folk group Hot Griselda. They recorded an album together called Tinderbox. In 2014, Sophie Janna released a solo album with traditional folk songs. The album, Laurels, was recorded in Paris with Upcycled Sounds (Niko Brian). British musician Jack Durtnall joined on harmonies, soprano saxophone and guitar. After Laurels, Janna started The Lasses together with fellow singer Margot Merah. They released four albums together and toured in Japan, Canada, the US and the UK. In those years, Janna started to share more of her original songs, culminating in her EP Wide World, released in 2021. Folkradio.co.uk wrote about the title track: "Wide World is steeped in such a rich warmth of emotion, it could only have come from deep within…it’s impossible to resist – a lullaby for all ages." Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.