Jesca Hoop

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Born To

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Released: Jun 25, 2012

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Genre: Alternative / Folk / Indie
Location Manchester, Northwest, Un
Profile Views: 931522
Last Login: 5/7/2013
Member Since 7/7/2005
Website www.jescahoop.com
Type of Label Indie
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5 years ago i decided to start playing my own songs for audiences as a "solo artist" . Although i am technically a soloist, i do come draped in musical friends, collaborators, mentors and champions all of which are part of the recipe that results in the music you here on this page. I have been very fortunate to forge bonds with many wonderful and talented people since i set foot on this path. Some of those poeple include Tony Berg who produces with me my records. Shawn everett who engineers them. Blake Mills who is one of the most talented SOB's i know. Patrick Warren who not only is a wonderous musician but also went to med school. Quinn who is one of my favourite drummers in LA. Nicole Eva Emery who not only is a dazzling vocalist..but is a smart and sexy bitch as well (except for the fact that she's going to be a nurse istead of a fulltime rocker ;-). Zberg daughter of Tony Berg who is an absolute one of a kind..also smart sexy bitch....Look out here she comes !! Kaveh Rastagar bassist and darling extraornidare. Stuart Johnson uber talented drummer and darling double. Joe Karnes wonderful Bassist and best kind of company especially when were rapping in the car after a show on the late night drive up the 405. The Ditty Bops who undoubtably the most creative witches i know. I miss our walks !! Sasha smith keys whiz and friend from way back home. Here in the UK i am just starting out but have been fortunate enough to find Jimmy Wallace who is a delight and a wonderon the guitar. Zoe Choitis who is a greek goddess and a sultry sexy singer. These people are some, and ofcourse not all, the greatest gifts in my life. To music !! To life !!
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early early folk songs, pop radio, chamber music,gospel music,20's to 40's jazz, ol' counrty, ol' blues, slave songs,dance Hall, murder ballads, rock and roll, blue grass, my back yard, Cat Stevens, Kate Bush, Edith Piaff,Blackbird Stitches, Crosby Stills n Nash, Bjork, Out Cast,The Faun Fables, Beck, Joni Mitchell, Paul Simon, The Roots, Tom Waits, Leanord Cohen, Pj Harvey, The Police, my best friends, my phone bill, what i ate for breakfast, what i didnt eat for breakfast. Say no to fast food and junk food music. Any music that is good...and may the lord help you if you can't tell the difference. ...... ......
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The House That Jack Built

Jesca Hoop has lived all over the map, and her rich life experience is reflected in her distinctive voice and natural gift for inventive song craft.
Hoop learned to sing at an early age, harmonising with her musical Mormon family in northern California. She began writing highly idiosyncratic songs at the age of 14 to keep her company on her long walks to school. At 16, Hoop broke away from her strict upbringing and began what she calls her 'life as a racoon', off the grid and close to nature. Rambling through the high mountain deserts of the Southwest and along the coastlines of the Northwest, she worked as a wilderness survival guide and chalked up skills in farming, surveying, and carpentry. Her songwriting continued throughout, shared on porches, in deep river canyons and around campfires.
In 2004 the desire to share these songs on a broader scale set in. She settled in Los Angeles, where she honed her songwriting craft and developed a reputation as a unique and beguiling live performer of real substance. Though she now resides in Manchester, England, Hoop returned to Los Angeles to record her third album, The House That Jack Built.
Jesca has quite the growing collection of fans in high places: Tom Waits described her music as being "like a four sided coin. She is an old soul, like a black pearl, a good witch or red moon. Her music is like going swimming in a lake at night". Peter Gabriel took her to South America to sing with him, and in recent years she has been hand picked to play as support on tour for Eels, Andrew Bird, Punch Brothers and Elbow: Elbow's Guy Garvey even had her do a stint as guest presenter on his BBC radio show in early 2012, to great reception.
The follow up to 2009's critically acclaimed Hunting My Dress, this new record displays a striking duality: light and dark, head and heart, it juxtaposes the macabre and visceral with a disarmingly candid intimacy. The resulting combination is powerfully evocative, with overarching themes of biology, nature and humanity - Hoop's stone-turning observations are mired in the equal beauty and violence of a nature that, for her, is clearly red in tooth and claw.

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early early folk songs, pop radio, chamber music,gospel music,20's to 40's jazz, ol' counrty, ol' blues, slave songs,dance Hall, murder ballads, rock and roll, blue grass, my back yard, Cat Stevens, Kate Bush, Edith Piaff,Blackbird Stitches, Crosby Stills n Nash, Bjork, Out Cast,The Faun Fables, Beck, Joni Mitchell, Paul Simon, The Roots, Tom Waits, Leanord Cohen, Pj Harvey, The Police, my best friends, my phone bill, what i ate for breakfast, what i didnt eat for breakfast. Say no to fast food and junk food music. Any music that is good...and may the lord help you if you can't tell the difference.