Jessica Stuart Music

On the heels of the first new single in 5 years ("Let's Not Try So Hard"), a trip down memory lane seems fitting...   The many musical lives of Jessica Stuart really started in a basement jam room in Vancouver, where her and her teenage punk rock bandmates from 'RUNT' learned how to play their instruments, make songs and pack local bars with rainbow-haired teens, despite their all being underage.

Subsequent musical endeavours included a Vancouver Island based "expanding membership" jam band, a short-lived Israeli art-rock 4-piece, solo busking from the UK to New Mexico and eventually a life transplant to Toronto moving music from 'side passion' to profession.

Many years later, after a battle and win against the lingering sexism of the 2010's, Jessica is well-deep into her Toronto-based professional career, and her most impressive bio bullet-points sometimes seem made up.  Did she really have a Top 40 single in Japan? (yes!)  Did the CBC documentary starring Stuart as subject and composer really have more views than all other CBC docs ever, by over 15 million? (yes!)  Has she really played guitar around the world for dozens, including WiztheMC, Mirvish Productions' "SIX", Classic Albums Live & Idioteque? (yes!)  And is this new, self-produced single coming out because her family has finally emerged from crisis following her father's Alzheimer's prognosis during the pandemic?  Also yes!

Jessica aligns with the "slow music" revolution that will be growing in response to the fast demands of the "pocket computer" era, and has the privilege of being established enough to only take on meaningful musical endeavours that put creativity and connection at the forefront.  New single "Let's Not Try So Hard" marks the beginning of a new musical era, and for the first time, will be released not under 'The Jessica Stuart Few' or 'JESSA', but as her actual given name, Jessica Stuart.