Jesca Hoop

Anyone hear hear of her or like her? I bought her album Kismet a few weeks ago and I have to say it's actually quite good. I bought it on chance, only having heard a bit of it at borders. It's nothing complex or anything, but something about her is enchanting. Oddly, she was also Tom Waits nanny.

Where is she from? What is her sound unique to?

Here Tom Waits says it best...

Jesca Hoop counts early early folk songs, pop radio, chamber music, gospel music, 20’s to 40’s jazz, ol’ country, ol’ blues, slave songs, dance hall, murder ballads, rock and roll, blue grass and my backyard among her numerous musical influences to her debut album Kismet. Hoop is a striking, dark haired songwriter from Northern California who writes and sings twisty, sprawling, lyrically abstract songs featuring strange sonorities and offbeat rhythms. Jesca Hoop’s music is 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. - Tom Waits

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=20897519

Here is her myspace.

Originally posted by BruceSkywalker
Where is she from? What is her sound unique to?

She is from California just like you! =P

I guess no one has any interest...I at least expected someone to say something negative. This is the internet after all....lol.