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

[1] In 2014, Shelley released her fourth album, Electric Ursa, on No Quarter Records.

[10] No Quarter released Shelley's eighth album, The Spur, on 24 June 2022.

She decided to go to the university due to Athens's strong music culture.

[13] Shelley frequently works with her husband, guitarist and musicologist Nathan Salsburg.