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Jess Klein

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Member Since: 3/3/2005
Band Website: jessklein.com
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UK 96.9 All FM - Interview

Jess will be interviewed by Vicky Richardson as part of the "MySpace Showcase" on the UK radio show "Night Moves" on 3-5-08.

CLICK HERE for the schedule and to tune in online!

New Jess Recording!! Old Testament style:

This gospel-inflected setting of Old Testament poetry was composed especially for Jess by singer-songwriter Gaby Alter. With its striking imagery, the psalm evokes a powerful and mysterious deity--"The Lord's voice is over the waters.. The Lord is over the mighty waters". Jess brings a spiritual intensity to the song, her fervent alto moving from a near-whisper to testifying cry. It's the kind of thing to send shivers down your spine.

Click HERE to listen and buy.
2/10/08 - Jess was in Boston at Club Passim! Couldn't make it? See pictures from the show HERE...

A native of Rochester, NY, Jess Klein picked up the acoustic guitar and started writing songs while living in Kingston, Jamaica in her late teens. On a whim she auditioned for a guest slot at a local weekly dub poetry and music session, where, upon hearing the first song Klein had written, the host, locally renowned author Lady Elean Thomas declared, 'She have soul, mon'. Klein returned home, moved to Boston, and began performing locally. After independently releasing her first two albums, winning the Telluride Troubador Songwriting Contest, and garnering several Boston Music Award nominations, she was spotted and signed to Rykodisc in 2000 by then-president George Howard.

Her first release for Ryko, Draw Them Near [which received 3 ½ out of four stars from USA Today], launched Klein on a worldwide tour where, among other accomplishments, she wowed 70,000 attendees at the Fuji Rock Festival in Japan. Returning to the U.S., Klein joined the songwriter collective Voices on the Verge, along with Erin McKeown, Rose Polenzani, and Beth Amsel. The foursome was featured on Good Morning America performing Klein's song 'Little White Dove', and brought crowds in small theaters across the U.S. to their feet nightly with their blend of harmonies and eclectic styles.

Kleins second solo effort for Ryko, Strawberry Lover, produced by RCA recording artist Marc Copely, debuted as the Number 1 most added album at triple A radio a week before its release, was given four stars by MOJO, a plug from the nearly 80 million readership Parade, and within weeks of its release, the emotive and sensual title track was named one of the 'Top Ten sexiest songs of the moment' by the NY Daily News, alongside Fifty Cent's 'Candy Shop' and Destiny's Child's 'Soldier'.

Klein's newest album, City Garden [*****Five Stars, MOJO Magazine] puts her soulful, passionate voice up front, and with lyrics that alternate between searing and heartbreakingly vulnerable, and a gritty, primal production style, conveys the kind of emotional intimacy that caused the Boston Globe to describe her as, 'Quite simply one of the most gifted performers this area has produced.'------------------------------------------- !!THIS IS WHERE YOUR CUSTOM CONTENT ENDS!!: NOT CLOSING DIV. If I pull in content I can use absolute placement based on this Div and NOT the full page. This is more accurate. My Div will close automatically when containing table closes. : !!Open same number of tables we closed.!! :

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Record Label: UFO
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Touring with Damo

One of the most beautiful things in the world is when you can be thrown off guard, out of your comfort zone, and learn unexpectedly what the world has to offer, and what you have to offer the world.&...
Posted by Jess Klein on Tue, 29 Apr 2008 04:40:00 PST

Heya San Fran, Jet Lag is real

Hey there San Francisco fans - I hated to do it, but had to cancel the shows this weekend - turns out Jet Lag from Europe doesn't mix well with jet lag from East to West Coast...had to step in before ...
Posted by Jess Klein on Sat, 10 Nov 2007 07:02:00 PST

Seaweed and Blackberries in Conne Mara

A lovely gig at Roishn Dubh in Galway Saturday night, followed by some antics with my friends at Gourmet Burger where a drunk guy wanted to know what falafel was, and kept going on about how he can't ...
Posted by Jess Klein on Mon, 08 Oct 2007 01:01:00 PST

My Wild Night in Dublin

As soon as I arrived in Dublin, people were telling me stories which made me smile, they were so visual. I felt I could see them all played out, and I love that. I can't relay my friends' stories he...
Posted by Jess Klein on Mon, 08 Oct 2007 01:00:00 PST

City Garden Released Down Under!

City Garden was released in Australia July 31st and named 'Album of the Week' by both the Sydney Morning Herald and ABC Radio National Breakfast Show. Are you an Australian Jess Klein fan?  Got i...
Posted by Jess Klein on Mon, 13 Aug 2007 10:06:00 PST

City Garden is "Album of the Week" Down Under!

NEWS from Down Under City Garden was named "Album of the Week" this week by ABC Australia's Radio National "Breakfast" Show!  And you can hear music journalist Tim Ritchie discuss Jess's new albu...
Posted by Jess Klein on Mon, 06 Aug 2007 05:51:00 PST

Summer Greetings From The Portable Hammock

Hello Summer Lovers,   Every summer I think, "This is the summer I'll slow down and not do much, just lay in the hammock" but there always seems to be some group of people somewhere I'd rather...
Posted by Jess Klein on Fri, 03 Aug 2007 06:08:00 PST

Summer Shows and CD Sale!

SPECIAL CD OFFER Two albums for the price of one? It's true! For a limited time, you can get Jess's Live Album, 'House of Satisfaction' FREE when you order the CD of 'City Garden', the album MOJO call...
Posted by Jess Klein on Tue, 17 Jul 2007 08:01:00 PST

European Fans - help bring Jess to your town!

****EUROPEAN FANS: Want to bring Jess to perform in your town? If you have a favorite venue you'd love to see her perform at, and would be willing to help promote the show to your friends, put up pos...
Posted by Jess Klein on Thu, 14 Jun 2007 09:09:00 PST

Apple Soda, Wilco, SIGG water bottles...

TOUR NOTES from JESS: Mes Cheris, J'ai jusqu'a retour de Paris, and oh what a tour. Started off with a brilliant show at the Sendasaal in Bremen, Germany, an acoustically perfect hall, and was able ...
Posted by Jess Klein on Thu, 14 Jun 2007 09:08:00 PST