On the surface, Jessie Kilguss may seem somewhat unassuming. But when you look below the surface, what you encounter is a sharp, incisive mind, and a deep heart, as evidenced by her new album, Exotic Bird, an exquisitely charming and literate collection of songs that resonate powerfully both musically and emotionally.
Growing up on a farm outside of Providence, Rhode Island, Jessie always had a deep love of music, and sang as a child. But her initial interest was on the stage, and to that end, she trained as an actress at NYU's Tisch School of the ...
Blues / RnB/Soul
”That cool, rolling thunder you're hearing from downunder isn't Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman making a long-awaited homecoming, or the gods paying tribute to Heath Ledger--it's Aussie Jessie Sparks reassuring this increasingly chaotic world that it's okay, we can all Breathe Easy.”
- Jonathan Widran, US Music Journalist
The Melbourne based singer/songwriter's career has been in serious overdrive since the release of her critically acclaimed indie debut Breathe Easy. The album John Carver of PBS Radio called "seductive, intelligent and engrossing"--and whose raw power has earned comparisons of Sparks to everyone from Janis Joplin to Norah ...
Singer/songwriter, producer and founder of Blinded By View Productions, Jetsunma, born Alyce Zeoli, was raised in the center of the universe—Brooklyn, New York. Early memories of local characters jamming with street beats on porch stoops, huddled in harmonies, and shouting call outs stayed with her. That music, on the streets, in the parks and Brooklyn neighborhoods played off the constant staccato of the city, keeping it real.
Maybe that’s why she yearned to be a back-up singer for the early Motown groups. Influences that shape her music today were primal, hip-swaying, R&B sounds from the greats like ...
