Fontaine (singer)

Fontaine Weyman, better known as Fontaine, and more recently “Saint Joan”, is a singer, songwriter, who spent the better part of eighteen years, writing and recording in Los Angeles, California. She now resides in Charleston, SC. Born May 7, 1979, in a small village in France, she was raised in South Carolina. She has shared a stage with Paula Cole, performed at Lilith Fair, and provided back-up vocals for Rob Zombie. In 2006, she self-released her debut album, The Chemistry Between Us. The track "Long Way Home" is featured in the film All In, starring Michael Madsen, Dominique Swain and Louis Gosset Jr. Tracks "Paris, Texas" and "Beachwood" have been recognized by We Are Listening, an artist development group based in London. The track "Running on Empty" was used as background music in a scene of the Fx network television show “Justified” (Season 5, episode 3). In 2009, she released a follow up album, “Beautiful Thing”.

Years later, Fontaine worked with friend and producer, Joesph Holiday, the other half of their electronica side project, “Ex Lions”. Their song “Hail Mary” was featured in an episode of “True Blood” (Season 6, episode 5) and also appeared in an episode of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D, while “Secret” was heard in an episode of “Graceland”. (Season 2, Episode 7) A remix of “Secret” was originally set to be the theme song on the later unreleased, Amazon show, “Casanova”.

On Sept 18th, 2020, Fontaine released her long overdo third album after a decade long battle with late stage Lyme Disease and Babesiosis. Her latest album is titled “Ashes”, and for both personal and legal reasons, she released the album under the artist name, “Saint Joan”. This is in reference to Joan of Arc, and her way of paying homage to Joan’s courage, strength and unwavering faith in God.

She signed an exclusive sync and licensing deal, as “Saint Joan”, with BMG Records in Los Angeles earlier this year. (2021)