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Jessi Robertson

CD RELEASE PARTY JULY 20th at ROCKWOOD!

About Me

CD RELEASE PARTY, SUNDAY JULY 20th at ROCKWOOD MUSIC HALL
After party at Bar4!
If you would like to purchase a CD at the show, please contact Jessi to reserve a copy. More info soon on how to order CD's online.

Tracklist (in no particular order):
1. The Weather
2. Papers and Magazines
3. The Geometry of a Heavy Heart
4. Lighthouse Keeper
5. Mayday
6. It gives
7. Atlas Shrugged
8. Foolish Dream
9. Broken Thing
10. City/Country


ABOUT JESSI

Jessi Robertson's music is a study in contradictions. A simple rhythm for an intricate chord that can't be transcribed. A disaster retold with blunt words that twist themselves into poetry. A romantic dance with disappointment and desire. We live in a chaotic, lonely world- the contradictions are audible.

Inspired by the fast pace of NYC, Jessi has also found time to be deeply involved in the local music scene. She is one of the co-founders of the Local Correspondents Community for independent artists, a contributor to Urban Folk Magazine, and author of the Indie Music Resources blog (http://indiemusicresources.blogspot.com). For the past four years she has curated shows for September Concert (http://septemberconcert.org), a worldwide concert series to promote community and healing on 9/11. In between all these activities, she designs and maintains the websites for jessirobertson.com, localcorrespondents.com, and tanyabuziak.net. /P
Despite her many interests and commitment to community, Jessi's most intense passions are songwriting and performance. She has received comparisons to Jeff Buckley, Tori Amos, and PJ Harvey, but Jessi's style isn't easy to pin down. Trained in jazz and classical voice, her influences include rock, r&b, alt-country, pop, and world music.

Currently Jessi is learning yet another skill and acting as her own engineer and producer while recording at home. Her upcoming album is titled "Who we are, what we have done."


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REVIEWS:

"This New York singer-songwriter draws comparisons to equally spirited alt-folk muses Tori Amos and PJ Harvey. But with her quavering, spiritual verses, the analogy she deserves is with Jeff Buckley, gender difference or no."
- Editor’s Review, Download.com ,

"I find that your lyrics are very poetic and insightful. Particularly on ’Eggshell Heart,’ I felt as if I had a window into your artistry and your life."
- Eric Contractor, Fuzz Artists

"I am definitely impressed with your sound. Cinematic, beauty, subtle, emotional."
- David Garcia - A&R, Fuzz Artists


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My Blog

dream interpretation: part ii

I had another one of my vivid dreams again last night. This time, it was not scary, but it was strange. If anyone has any thoughts, send 'em my way.I dreamt I was walking through a big building full o...
Posted by Jessi Robertson on Thu, 19 Jun 2008 01:35:00 PST

My stomach is doing cartwheels

oh man. I just finished ordering my CD's! Ahhhhhhh. So crazy. I'm pretty psyched and freaked and pretty freakin psyched all at the same time. But seriously, this is almost as great a day for me as the...
Posted by Jessi Robertson on Tue, 17 Jun 2008 01:34:00 PST

Radio and Podcasts

Some of the songs from my new album are being played on KAOS Radio. To get a sneak peak, go to the website to stream the show on Saturdays 8 - 10pm PST (11pm - 1am EST). The show is called Tom Fool's ...
Posted by Jessi Robertson on Mon, 16 Jun 2008 06:31:00 PST

CD Cover Art

Here's the cover for my new CD coming out July 20th. All album art will also be available for download after the CD is released.
Posted by Jessi Robertson on Wed, 04 Jun 2008 02:54:00 PST

4 FREE downloads

To celebrate my upcoming album release, I've added four free downloads to my page."We're Alright" was originally recorded for my album, but I decided to give it away as a single. I wrote the song afte...
Posted by Jessi Robertson on Tue, 03 Jun 2008 08:49:00 PST

The CD is done... just about

I feel like singing the theme from Rocky and putting on my fighting gloves. Saturday I wrote music to some lyrics I had written previously, and glued myself to the computer for six hours. At the end o...
Posted by Jessi Robertson on Mon, 02 Jun 2008 08:40:00 PST

lucky devil

This is just a quick post to let you guys know I'm still alive. Yes, despite a run of bad luck lately (including antibiotics, cell phone swirlies, and food poisoning), I am still going strong.I'm work...
Posted by Jessi Robertson on Thu, 29 May 2008 01:59:00 PST

Recording progress and dream interpretation

I wrote music for the lyrics to "City/Country" last night and immediately got to work recording. I laid down scratch guitar and vocal, some lounge-y jazz drums, and an upright bass line (which still n...
Posted by Jessi Robertson on Tue, 06 May 2008 06:25:00 PST

Recording: one last song

Last night I finished another song, "The Weather" for my upcoming album. That puts me at 9 songs. One more to go and I am done. What the song will be I don't know yet, but probably something new. Actu...
Posted by Jessi Robertson on Fri, 02 May 2008 07:54:00 PST

the Home demos

Ok kiddos, three new demos of old songs posted on my page today: Sharpening the Knives, Losing Someone, and Eggshell Heart. The quality's not perfect by any means but it was fun to re-record all these...
Posted by Jessi Robertson on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 07:46:00 PST