tag:jessicastuartmusic.com,2005:/blogs/cd-release-tour-dates-announcement?p=34News2023-11-02T16:33:03-04:00JESSAfalsetag:jessicastuartmusic.com,2005:Post/72978592023-11-02T16:33:03-04:002024-03-28T12:42:57-04:00JESSA Trio Residency! All Tuesdays in November, 6-8pm, Cameron House Front Room, Toronto 😃<p style="text-align:center;">After what seems like an eon, my original trio will finally be performing in Toronto again! <a class="no-pjax" href="https://fb.me/e/129HPbJXV" data-link-type="url"><strong>Come join us for early sets every Tuesday in November at the iconic Cameron House front room</strong></a>. 6-8pm, no cover, just PWYC.</p><p style="text-align:center;"><strong>Jessica Stuart</strong> - koto, electric guitar, vocals, songs<br><strong>Jackson Welchner</strong> - bass<br><strong>Chris Ryan</strong> - drums</p><p style="text-align:center;">Hope to see you there! 🤘🎶<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/140862/543565e9e1b0fcfe1bec8a6466c7eb7217cfa214/original/jessa-fb-event-poster-for-cameron-nov-2023.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>JESSAtag:jessicastuartmusic.com,2005:Post/71589302023-02-22T18:38:54-05:002023-10-26T06:41:12-04:00JESSA Trio Live @ Winterfolk Festival 2023!<p>Excited to have our first trio shows and music festival appearance of 2023 at <strong>Winterfolk Festival</strong> the last weekend in February in Toronto and hope you'll join us!</p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/140862/3f2b7c6b150bbec2fb6a13e2ec0c35f935f7620d/original/photo-output-3.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_l justify_center border_" /><p>Myself, <strong>Liam Smith</strong>, <strong>Stefan Hegerat</strong> (and my koto!) will be performing twice (with completely different repertoire) on <strong><u>SUN, FEB 26</u></strong>:</p><ul>
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<strong>4-4:45pm - Taco Taco </strong>(front room, free!) <span class="text-small"><strong>319 Augusta Ave. </strong></span>
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</ul><p>Wristbands for the whole festival weekend are ridiculously cheap ($30 or $20 for a day pass!), so it's an amazing opportunity to check out some new artists you've never heard before, just like a festival is meant to be! I will also be participating as a Workshop Panelist/Performer on Saturday eve, so check the schedule for that and more. </p><p>See you there, Toronto!<br>❤️</p>JESSAtag:jessicastuartmusic.com,2005:Post/69315102022-03-25T00:20:14-04:002023-12-10T11:57:56-05:00JESSA Trio Live In Toronto @ The Emmet Ray, Friday, April 1!<p><span class="font_regular">Finally! It's the JESSA trio's first live concert in Toronto indoors since 2020!</span></p>
<p><span class="font_regular">Join us for the occasion! <strong>Friday, April 1st</strong> at <em><a contents="The Emmet Ray" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.theemmetray.com/entertainment/"><strong>The Emmet Ray</strong></a>, </em>from 8-10pm, 2 sets (924 College St., $10)</span></p>
<p><span class="font_regular"><em>Walk-ins are welcome, but seating is limited, so <u><strong>reservations</strong></u> are recommended: reso@erbar.ca</em></span></p>
<p><span class="font_regular">Hope to see you April Fool's evening for some great food, great drink and great music, both brand new tunes and old favourites with <strong>Liam Smith</strong> (bass), <strong>Stefan Hegerat</strong> (drums) and myself (koto/guitar/vocals). LIVE MUSIC IS BACK! 🎶❤️</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"> </p>JESSAtag:jessicastuartmusic.com,2005:Post/68266402021-12-01T11:45:32-05:002023-12-10T11:33:06-05:00Love Somebody (Hug Yourself Remix) Single & Music Video Out Now! 🎉😃<p>As it gets colder leading into winter here in the Northern Hemisphere, it's definitely feels like the time to get comfy and warm, so director <strong>Carlos Coronado</strong> and I did just that in our latest sweet collaboration below! 😊Please share liberally, like and comment if you feel it, and definitely Hug Yourself if you're in the mood! ❤️🤗</p>
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<p>This single is actually my first ever remix, masterminded by my good friend and stellar music-maker <strong>Charles Tilden</strong> (aka Delta Will), and ended up as a super fun collaborative re-imagining of the original (that you can hear <a contents="HERE" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://open.spotify.com/track/0Vld0JK5alrP4n54nMTqdh?si=54238a693f3d46fb">HERE</a> if you're curious!) from last fall's JESSA debut, <em><strong><a contents="Simple Songs" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://jessicastuartmusic.com/album/1712115/simple-songs">Simple Songs</a>.</strong></em></p>
<p><strong><em>Love this inner-ear hug? Make it your own on <a contents="bandcamp" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://jessasongs.bandcamp.com/track/love-somebody-hug-yourself-remix">bandcamp</a>, <a contents="the official website" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://jessicastuartmusic.com/single/47226/love-somebody-hug-yourself-remix">the official website</a>, <a contents="spotify" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://open.spotify.com/track/2gRmjYiAC4zpzhUDRdlXd7?si=9119ac25ec7d4567">spotify</a> or your <a contents="favorite other service" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://music.apple.com/ca/album/love-somebody-hug-yourself-remix/1593444961?i=1593445302">favorite other service</a> (</em></strong><em>and make one songwriting gal extra happy in the process </em>😉<em>) </em><strong>🙏🤗</strong></p>JESSAtag:jessicastuartmusic.com,2005:Post/67807302021-10-19T15:29:29-04:002023-12-10T12:56:13-05:0012 milliion views for Finding Fukue! 🎉<p>I could have NEVER guessed in my wildest imagination that our documentary would become the most viewed CBC Short Doc of all time, let alone 12 million views! 😲 Thank you so much! ❤️🤗🙏🎊</p>
<p>So in celebration of that incredible marker, we wanted to release something special, so this <strong>Thursday, October 21st at 8pm EDT, </strong>I hope you'll join us for the watch party of our new live performance video for <strong><em>Fukue's Theme Part I</em></strong><em>!</em><em> </em> Click the image below to set the reminder bell, or tune in on my <a contents="YouTube Channel" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.youtube.com/c/JESSAakaJessicaStuartMusic">YouTube Channel</a> for the premiere and live chat! </p>
<p>See you then! 🤗 </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7Qs0TKbihHw" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></p>JESSAtag:jessicastuartmusic.com,2005:Post/67134132021-08-11T14:02:12-04:002023-12-10T14:20:58-05:00Album Launch: Live in Vancouver Friday, Aug 13th! 😃<p>So excited to be in BC and be playing this <strong>Friday, Aug 13 </strong>at <strong>Guilt & Co. </strong>in Gastown!</p>
<p>I'll be playing duo with one of my fave bassists Wynston Minckler with koto in tow, and we'll be playing a bunch of new tunes and old favorites from 7-8pm.</p>
<p>And of course I'll have copies of the new album <em>Simple Songs</em> as well as frisbees, hackeysacks, T-shirts and tote bags for sale if you've had your eye on 'em. 😜</p>
<p>Hope to see you there, and help us spread the word if you will!</p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/140862/490282223334a53fd4034a01e435737c5e228706/original/the-jessica-stuart-few-looking-up-from-koto-300dpi.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJjb250ZW50LnNpdGV6b29nbGUuY29tIn0=/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /><em>Photo: Guy Dixon</em></p>JESSAtag:jessicastuartmusic.com,2005:Post/67025232021-07-30T15:47:02-04:002024-03-28T12:42:57-04:00New Single "Give It Back, It's Mine" Out Now!<p style="text-align: center;">It's a special day - single release day for my latest, <a contents="Give It Back, It's Mine" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://fanlink.to/giveitbackitsmine"><strong>Give It Back, It's Mine</strong></a>! </p>
<p style="text-align: center;">This song tells the story of a performer's jealous partner, who always seems to end up squashing the artist's "post-show-glow" with one form of drama or another, prompting the refrain, "Give it back, it's mine!" </p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Click the image below to join us for the Official Lyric Video watch party (Fri, July 30, 7pm EDT) or just to view, once it's released, or stream/buy/download the single at the fanlink at the bottom of the post. 🥳</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">This song was co-written in Nashville by JESSA (Jessica Stuart) and Australian singer-songwriter, Liv Hally (<strong>Oh Pep!</strong>) right before the world shut down and is a Zac Barter/Jessica Stuart co-production.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Hope you'll listen, watch, like, cover and share widely! ❤️</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://fanlink.to/giveitbackitsmine" target="_blank"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/140862/e275b8c63951dc2bac939da4f8154b8416ce481d/original/screen-shot-2021-07-30-at-3-36-36-pm.png/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==" class="size_orig justify_center border_none" alt="" /></a></p>
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<p>↖️T-shirt in Heather Military Green (S) + Black Tote</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">↗️T-shirt in Maroon (M) + Black Tote<br><br><span class="font_large"><strong>It's my b-day this week and I think you should get presents too! For 𝟕 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 I'm offering a personalized 5-item summer merch pack for just $30 CAD! (Click on 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘦 tab) </strong> </span></p>
<p><em><span class="font_large"><strong>The Park Pack </strong>can be shipped anywhere, and comes with your choice of: </span></em></p>
<p><span class="font_large">-"𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜" 𝐓-𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐭 (in Heather Military Green, Heather Navy Blue or Maroon) </span></p>
<p><span class="font_large">𝐎𝐑 </span></p>
<p><span class="font_large">-𝐉𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐀 𝐓𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐠 (in Black, Red or Royal Blue - and this tote fits vinyl!) </span></p>
<p><span class="font_large">𝐏𝐋𝐔𝐒 </span></p>
<p><span class="font_large">-𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐛𝐞𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐞! (in Translucent Purple & Black) </span></p>
<p><span class="font_large">-𝐉𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐀 𝐇𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐲𝐬𝐚𝐜𝐤 (sand-filled, 8-panel ultrasuede) </span></p>
<p><span class="font_large">-𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 latest album, 𝐒𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐒𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐬 </span></p>
<p><span class="font_large">AND </span></p>
<p><span class="font_large">-𝐉𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐀 𝐁𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐨𝐧! </span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large">Wow that's a lot of stuff! 😃 </span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large">A huge shout out to my gorgeous models @ammarazee , @colourofcraft and @jspollock for making my merch look amazing!❤️</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span class="font_large">Happy UnBirthday and Birthday to us all and happy shopping! 🎉🤗 </span></strong></p>
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<p>⬅️T-shirt (l) in Heather Navy Blue + T-shirt (r) in Heather Military Green</p>
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<p>➡️Frisbee in Translucent Purple + Opaque Black, sand-filled, 8-panel Hackeysack</p>JESSAtag:jessicastuartmusic.com,2005:Post/66698352021-06-25T01:49:04-04:002023-12-10T13:32:23-05:00New Animated Music Video for Crazy Love Out Now!<p>This sweet animated music video for Crazy Love is my 4th collaboration with the incredible creative team at KAJART and I love it! <3</p>
<p>If you dig it, help me out by sharing freely and widely, and adorn it with your comments and thumbs-ups! xox</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7VmkTGN6A8w" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></p>JESSAtag:jessicastuartmusic.com,2005:Post/65324252021-01-27T23:52:07-05:002023-12-10T11:44:33-05:00Gorgeous 'Not For You' Music Video Out Now!<p>I'm so excited to release the Not For You music video into the world! A first-time collaboration with director, <a contents="Carlos Coronado" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.coronadofilms.ca">Carlos Coronado</a> , this video has so many things i love - beautiful physical environment, stop-motion animation, and it's a perfect visualization of this song, yet stands alone as an art piece. </p>
<p>I have several music videos in the works by various directors at the moment, and one thing i said to them all when discussing concepts, is that i don't want the videos to reek of restrictions (of our current circumstances). I want these art pieces to be timeless, and am I'm proud to say that i think we might have succeeded here. :)</p>
<p>Thank you so much to FACTOR, Ontario Arts Council & Toronto Arts Council for their support of this project at several stages.</p>
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<p>Music Video:<br>Director - Carlos Coronado http://www.coronadofilms.ca<br>Special thanks to MUA Angela McQueen & photographer Marc Lemyre.<br>Shot in Toronto, Canada in January 2021.</p>
<p>Not For You<br>Music & Lyrics, Guitars & Vocals: Jessica Stuart<br>Producer/Mix Engineer: Devon Henderson<br>Strings: Drew Jurecka<br>Mastering Engineer: Phil Demetro/Lacquer Channel Mastering</p>
<p><a contents='Stream "Not For You"' data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://open.spotify.com/track/5pmZ0BUqAXuUZA7mBJnMUa?si=pr2hw-rAR3aEi8q0bd35lg">Stream "Not For You"</a><br><a contents='Own "Not For You"' data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://jessicastuartmusic.com/album/1712115/simple-songs">Own "Not For You"</a></p>
<p>Not For You Lyrics</p>
<p>Think about you when the morning strikes<br>In the evening too<br>Try to remember all the little things that you had to do</p>
<p>Cause I tried I tried, it’s tough<br>When you really don’t try hard enough</p>
<p>I wanna be your special<br>Wanna be your girl<br>Wrapped around me at the end of the world<br>I wanna be your wholesome<br>Wanna be your good<br>Be complete apart, it’s understood<br>But I guess I’m just not for you</p>
<p>Yesterday when we took a trip to the forest land<br>Sunlight streaming through the trees<br>Won’t you take my hand?</p>
<p>Cause I tried I tried, it’s tough<br>When you really don’t try hard enough<br><br>I wanna be your special<br>Wanna be your girl<br>Wrapped around me at the end of the world<br>I wanna be your wholesome<br>Wanna be your good<br>Be complete apart, it’s understood<br>But I guess I’m just not for you</p>
<p>You<br>You’re not for me I’m not for you<br>No matter what we do</p>
<p>I wanna be your special<br>Wanna be your girl<br>Wrapped around me at the end of the world<br>Oh I wanna be your wholesome<br>Wanna be your good<br>Be complete apart, it’s understood<br>But I guess I’m just not for you<br><br>Guess I’m just not for you</p>JESSAtag:jessicastuartmusic.com,2005:Post/65108662020-12-31T11:19:00-05:002022-05-23T05:02:32-04:00Muses Podcast Interview & Your Requested Cover Song Video Up Now!<p>I had an amazing chat with the gals behind <strong><a contents="Muses Podcast" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://musespod.com/episode-145-interview-with-jessa/">Muses Podcas</a></strong><a contents="Muses Podcast" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://musespod.com/episode-145-interview-with-jessa/"><strong>t</strong></a> the other day and I get the final word of the year on their show since the episode comes out today! Of all of the media coverage I got for the new album, these gals had really done their research, and I had such a fun time hashing out everything with them from music to childhood tales to Finding Fukue backstories. Throw it on in the background, take a listen and subscribe to their podcast below, and let me know what you think!</p>
<p><a contents="" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://musespod.com/?powerpress_pinw=1462-podcast"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/140862/067b3f662f3748433fb5256953912810a2e51ab6/original/screen-shot-2020-12-31-at-11-02-30-am.png" class="size_orig justify_center border_" /></a><br>Aaaand last tidbit of 2020 for ya: I made an official "call for cover song requests" on my <strong><a contents="YouTube Channel" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcDNa4Gch6ABU4HTUI0MZEg">YouTube Channel</a> </strong>a few months back, and you guys really brought it, in your range of requests! I'm gonna do multiple tunes from your healthy suggestion list over time, but I started it all off with Nancy Sinatra's <strong>Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)</strong> which i might have heard for the first time in <strong>Kill Bill</strong>.. I've been upping my YouTube game and putting out weekly videos (and in the process of upping my production with each vid :P ), so usually at midnight (EST) on most Thursdays, you can tune in to my channel for a premiere, and we can have a little live chat then! Thank you to all of you who watched the premiere last night - it was so fun! Hope you enjoy, and if so, please drop a YouTube comment or share, and sending you immense love for the flip of the calendar to 2021. HAPPY NEW YEAR! <3 <3 <3 </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/fonr_lRWmHQ" width="560"></iframe></p>JESSAtag:jessicastuartmusic.com,2005:Post/65070142020-12-24T11:18:11-05:002023-12-10T11:55:27-05:00First-Ever Christmas Cover! Merry Xmas & Happy Holidays!!<p>I wanted to wish you the best possible holiday and Xmas and share a little cover of my favorite-ever Xmas song, Vince Guaraldi's 'Christmas Time Is Here' from A Charlie Brown Xmas (but if you're looking for a sweet holiday soundtrack, check the whole album)! If you feel so moved, you can share or like or comment on this vid on YouTube or subscribe to my channel to get the first peek at all my new vids! HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL! <3 <3 <3</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/aq9ttzPyHlY" width="560"></iframe></p>JESSAtag:jessicastuartmusic.com,2005:Post/65017572020-12-17T13:23:20-05:002023-12-10T11:52:50-05:00Southern Souls live performance vid of How To Ride A Bicycle now live!<p>Several years after filming, I am finally sharing <strong>Southern Souls</strong>' live performance video of <strong>"How To Ride A Bicycle"</strong> from The Jessica Stuart Few's 3rd album <strong><em>The Passage</em></strong>! If you dig it, please throw a comment on the vid on YouTube, share it, like and subscribe to my YouTube channel for all sorts of fun stuff!</p>
<p>And also, it's your last chance for last minute holiday gift ideas for your loved ones (or yourself!) - so many Holiday Gift Bundles on sale, as well as several experiential gifts, and free shipping on everything in Canada! Check the store tab or click here to see what we got: https://jessicastuartmusic.com/store</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">And the official music video for this song featuring a squad of winter cyclists:</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"> </p>JESSAtag:jessicastuartmusic.com,2005:Post/64950082020-12-09T00:01:01-05:002022-05-17T14:34:27-04:008 million + views for Finding Fukue + new live koto performance video!<p>In honour of documentary #FindingFukue hitting 8 million views last week, i promised to share some unreleased footage from that trip to Japan in April/May 2018 with you and here it is! This solo performance took place at a beautiful art space/venue in Tokyo called Rakudoan and I found this phone footage you see here of my only cover song of that concert, "Twice" by Little Dragon (thank you @houses_tokyo for the footage!). <br> <br>A little back story for you - the evening of the Tokyo concert, i started feeling unwell, but pushed through, and right after the performance, we loaded up the van and drove several hours in the dark to Nagano prefecture to start our search for @Fukue1979. By the time we got to Nagano, I had a pretty serious flu, which lingered for the entire duration of the filming of the documentary. I was on a bunch of medication just to be out of bed, and was basically running on adrenaline to do what needed to be done, and now, 8 million have watched me sick as a dog going through an emotional roller-coaster to be reunited with my friend! Wild! <br> <br>About the cover song choice - I did an arrangement of "Twice" that my last project The Jessica Stuart Few performed live as a trio, and it was so well loved that i ended up including a magical version on The Jessica Stuart Few's 2016 album, The Passage. Check out the live performance of "Twice" and the incredible animated paper cut-out music video by @kajartstudio and the studio recording of "Twice" below. ♥️ </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/dF6s8rDF7Xc" width="560"></iframe><br><br><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-1dsXneZV2s" width="560"></iframe></p>JESSAtag:jessicastuartmusic.com,2005:Post/64585552020-10-18T16:48:48-04:002022-04-23T02:44:49-04:00'JESSA & Friends' Monthly Playlist Launched!<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large">I am so excited to introduce to you my brand new project.. It's a monthly playlist featuring only music by the amazing artists i personally know called <strong>JESSA & Friends!</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_regular">As you might know, I LOVE curating and shining a spotlight on my incredibly talented and often under-celebrated musician friends, which i why pre-pandemic i ran two carefully curated music events every month in Toronto. Since live music is on pause right now, i had sooo much fun listening through my pals new music and putting together the perfect playlist for a <strong>'Chill Indie Evening' </strong>to share with you. I hope you'll take a listen and <a contents="follow the playlist on Spotify" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2eYVYqgSsQaYSm4zCY1dDW?si=6Prz-W99SD6FxbWrA6wmbg">follow the playlist on Spotify</a> or on <a contents="my YouTube&nbsp;channel" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://youtube.com/jessaakajessicastuartmusic">my YouTube channel</a> since i'll updating with new tunes monthly, and for your interest, i included a short write-up on the tunes at the bottom of the post! xo</span></p>
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<p>1. <strong>Merival – “Sinner” </strong><br>Merival is a Toronto-based songwriter, vocalist and guitarist, and has an incredible vocal timbre that sucks you in and makes you think that she’s telling you a secret. The facility in her vocal range makes for some super cool melodies that sometimes remind me of early Joni Mitchell, and the chords in the guitar part and the string arrangement make this song especially beautiful. </p>
<p>2. <strong>Lydia Persaud – “Well Wasted”</strong> <br>I first met Lydia in Toronto as part of amazing acapella threesome The O’Pears, then she made a gorgeous solo album this past year that this song came from. On top of having a rich, gorgeous voice and totally authentic-to-self delivery, Lydia plays ukulele and guitar and makes sweet music that makes me wanna move my body. </p>
<p>3. <strong>Päter – “They Love You” </strong><br>Toronto-based indie singer-songwriter Päter came into my scope through our mutual friend and collaborator Delta Will (who appears a little later on this playlist! p.s. Päter rhymes with ‘later’). Päter describes the project as “tongue-in-cheek tunes for silent resentment” and there’s plenty of lyrics that make me giggle. This tune was the best fit from the new album for a Chill Indie Evening but if you’re looking for indie rock, check the rest of the new album, SOLE. </p>
<p>4. <strong>Ro – “Fucked Up Over You” </strong><br>I met Ro when i was on tour Australia in 2015 – we were both booked as performers at Fairbridge Music Festival in Western Australia. I was there playing with my trio under old project name The Jessica Stuart Few, and she was performing as a solo act. One of her sets took place in an old picturesque church with ridiculous acoustics and that’s when I became a fan. Since then, we shared a couple concert bills elsewhere in Australia and became friends, and now both of us have taken on new indie-pop projects! This song is adorable and Ro delivers it soo very well – if you listen to the other Australian song on the playlist you might start hearing the common thread in Australian indie music! </p>
<p>5. <strong>Delta Will – “No Skin No Bones” </strong><br>Delta Will is an awesome Toronto-based indie project that stands out with its suberb production, songwriting and playing, AND Delta Will main man Charles Tilden happens to be one of my close friends too. Fun fact – we once made a video playing guitars and singing in a bathtub together for a YouTube series i was doing called “Bands In Pajamas”. This song has a wicked groove, and some stand-out guitar licks and lyrics and comes from Multitudes I and has been in high rotation ever since. </p>
<p>6. <strong>JESSA – “Not For You” </strong><br>This is the anomaly song on my brand new album Simple Songs and was written in the moment after realizing that he and I could never make it work despite the massive spark and fire we had. I started the JESSA project to write indie-pop songs that people could sing along to on first listen, but when this one came out of me, even though it isn’t so pop, I knew it needed to be on the album. Producer Devon Henderson and I put this song into a special sonic place, and completed the arrangement with strings to bring out all the feelings. This song is very meaningful to me so i simultaneously hope it does and hope it doesn’t make you cry. </p>
<p>7. <strong>Bernice – “Glue” </strong><br>Bernice is another awesome local artist I’ve crossed paths with many times since moving to Toronto – we shared bills back in the day with other projects, and we’ve played music with a lot of the same people. I super admire this band – somehow they are as weird as they wanna be, yet manage to catch the ears of indie-pop listeners and turn them into superfans. But mainly though, Robyn’s really pure voice and out-of-the-box songwriting paired with the wild tones and timbres of the sonic palette are the reasons to listen. </p>
<p>8. <strong>Oh Pep! – “The Race”</strong> <br>Oh Pep! is an Australian duo made up of songwriter/lead vocalist/guitarist Livvy and the extremely talented stringster/vocalist Pepi who plays mandolin and violin (and probably some other instrument i’m forgetting..). I was co-touring with another Australian artist who put on early Oh Pep! on as the soundtrack of our trip in 2014, and then months later Oh Pep! and i ended up connecting by chance and have been fast friends ever since. This song is one of my favorites – such amazing interlocking string parts, killer vocal delivery, great grooves and songwriting. Fun fact – I’ve seen these gals all over the world – off the top of my head we’ve hung all over Australia, Canada and the US, most recently running into Liv in Nashville last summer while working on the new album, and we co-wrote a tune called “Give It Back, It’s Mine” that i recorded in December in Australia and look forward to releasing in the near future! </p>
<p>9. <strong>Vivienne Wilder – “Forever for Tonight” </strong><br>Vivienne Wilder’s voice grabs me from the first phrase here – another multi-instrumentalist based in Toronto (bassist, vocalist, guitarist) who I’ve shared the stage with on dozens of occasions in multiple of our bands. On top of the super expressive vocal delivery and charming song, I’m in love with this song’s dreamy vibe especially as reverb-soaked layers start creeping in for the outro. </p>
<p>10. <strong>Sintia – “All Alone”</strong> <br>I met Sintia through the music scene (our projects share a drummer!), and this song is part of a new project for her that I love. It reminds me of French pop groups like Stereolab, and Sintia seems to borrow a lot of chords from jazz but keeps the music really indie-pop and moody in the best way possible. Sintia just put out an incredible music video for a newer song called In Cold Blood that I recommend too. Fun fact: Sintia was a guest on my songwriters music series a year ago which has the brief of each artist “world debuting” a song, and we co-wrote something beautiful that hopefully will be recorded and released soon. </p>
<p>11. <strong>Becca Stevens – “Feels Like This” </strong><br>I’ve only met New York-based multi-instrumentalist/songwriter/vocalist Becca Stevens a few times, but for several years her name came up when multiple fans told me that my music reminded me of hers. Becca is a killer vocalist and player with several fretted string instruments under her belt, and this new album of hers definitely has more of a pop feel than her previous – I love the sonic choices in the song’s opening and the chorus makes me gush, big time. Becca has some very impressive accolades that include playing in David Crosby’s band, and being a part of a bunch of Snarky Puppy recordings, so there’s lots to dig into in her catalogue. </p>
<p>12. <strong>Alexander Saint – “The Light”</strong> <br>This is a brand new one from Toronto-based songwriter/vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Alexander Saint and is a call-to-action song – in Alex’s words “This is a song about taking the power back from those who hold it, the constant fight within ourselves and what we perceive as true.” I know Alexander really well from the music scene here, and we’ve actually played in each other’s bands and co-written a bunch of songs that I hope we do something with soon! Alex is one of Toronto’s hidden gems, and this new project is worth digging into including brand new video coming this week.</p>JESSAtag:jessicastuartmusic.com,2005:Post/64468872020-10-01T10:45:53-04:002024-02-12T07:00:29-05:00"Not For You" Live Solo One-Take Acoustic Vid Out!<p style="text-align: center;">Feeling very lucky to work with great people all the time, and producer <strong>Michael L. Novalski</strong> is no exception - he live recorded me playing <strong>"Not For You"</strong> a few weeks ago in a laneway in Toronto's Junction, straight to tape, and paired it with a stripped down black & white video, which i now present to you! </p>
<p style="text-align: center;">If you enjoy, please feel free to share/like/comment and for your interest, I've put the album version of <strong>"Not For You"</strong> below the new vid, so you can hear them back-to-back for fun!</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">This week is <strong>Bandcamp Friday</strong>, so I hope you'll consider picking up a digital or physical copy of the new JESSA album or a hackeysack from the store tab on this site or from bandcamp, (Purchases by the end of day Friday also get a secret link to exclusive unreleased video content, so hurry up! :P ) But whether you buy my new album or hackeysack or not, if you're in a position to, i hope you'll go peruse some of your other fave musicians' bandcamp pages and buy their awesome stuff! <span class="font_regular">With no further ado:</span><br><br><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/H8yr-mhuGEE" width="560"></iframe></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">and the album version:</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 16.8px;">"Simple Songs" is now out and available on all your favorite music platforms! Click on the <a contents="MUSIC" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.jessicastuartmusic.com/music">MUSIC</a> tab or on the album cover below to listen or go to the <a contents="STORE" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://jessicastuartmusic.com/store">STORE</a> tab to buy directly! <em><span class="font_small">(Each full album purchase comes with a link to exclusive unreleased video content!)</span></em></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a contents="" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://linktr.ee/jessicastuartmusic"><span style="font-size: 16.8px;"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/140862/48011ecc0cb4693b4dd17583231f409a635a65bd/original/jessa01-front-cover-sq-01-smaller.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_center border_" /></span></a><span style="font-size: 16.8px;">And don't forget about the brand new addition to my merch roster - JESSA hackey sacks! Find them in my <a contents="STORE" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://jessicastuartmusic.com/store">STORE</a> too! <em><span class="font_small">(Hackey sack purchases also come with exclusive unreleased video content!)</span></em></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 16.8px;"><span class="font_small"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/140862/4a473c48ccecb9f8391eb8e90d4a4842eaf207fa/original/img-0462.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsInNtYWxsIl1d.jpg" class="size_s justify_center border_" /><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/140862/edb7ec775a331f865fd082865c9cc452d12232af/original/dsc00921.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_center border_" /></span></span><span class="font_regular"><em>(photo: Mattias Le Dall)</em></span><br><strong><span class="font_large">Hope you enjoy the new album as much I did making it! Let me know what you think! </span></strong><span class="font_large">xoxoxox</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"> </p>JESSAtag:jessicastuartmusic.com,2005:Post/64239052020-09-03T12:34:49-04:002023-12-10T12:56:36-05:00New Live Acoustic Performance vid released!<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large">I'm so lucky to know amazing creative folks in Toronto who i get to collab with!</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">In this case, it's Michael Novalski who invited me to play as part of his laneway live music video series! So now you might have heard Airplane Mode two ways and i wanna know - which is your favorite: this live solo acoustic performance, or official album recording? </p>
<p style="text-align: center;">This live performance video series is all recorded one-take live-to-tape (old school style) in an alley in the Junction, and it was super fun to do! Airplane Mode is the newest single from my debut album, Simple Songs, coming on September 11th! *(Insider heads up, Toronto: live distanced laneway performance coming soon! Msg for details)*</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/CS7gxhSrEI4" width="560"></iframe></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><br><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_jEtiyEqpDI" width="560"></iframe></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large">Let me know what you think, and keep your ears peeled for the new album on Sept 11! xoxoxo</span></p>JESSAtag:jessicastuartmusic.com,2005:Post/64032602020-08-06T02:36:13-04:002022-05-26T04:50:33-04:00New Single "Airplane Mode" & Music Video Launched!<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large">I'm so excited to be able to share the <strong>very first JESSA music video</strong> ever with you! </span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">The song is <strong>Airplane Mode</strong> from the forthcoming debut album <em><strong>Simple Songs </strong></em>(Sept 11, 2020 release!), and although it might seem like it’s about pining for someone, it's actually about learning how to overcome our own shit, with whatever tricks we need to play on ourselves to do it, and reclaiming our peace of mind. </p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Can't wait for you to hear and see it, and please share, comment and like if you're so inclined <3 <3 <3</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_jEtiyEqpDI" width="560"></iframe></p>JESSAtag:jessicastuartmusic.com,2005:Post/63860582020-07-16T13:12:10-04:002024-02-22T09:18:11-05:00New Live Performance Vid - All I Get Is Wrecked!<p><span class="font_large">Hi all! I hope you're all as well as well can be and finding some joy and happy wherever you can.</span></p>
<p><span class="font_regular">I've been looking through the archives since I don't have the steady influx of new vids and pics that playing live used to provide, and found this capture of All I Get Is Wrecked from the October edition of my songwriters' music monthly at the TRANZAC Club, courtesy of videographer Eugene Beck. </span></p>
<p><span class="font_regular">All I Get Is Wrecked is a co-write with my friend and producer Robyn Dell'Unto, and although this performance isn't perfect, there was a really cool vibe which even led to the audience singing back-ups for me in the choruses! This song is part of forthcoming JESSA album "Simple Songs", coming in September, so keep your eyes peeled for it!</span></p>
<p><span class="font_regular">So this JUST went live - please watch, comment, like, share, AND if you feel like comparing the live solo version to the recording (where i played one million layers of guitars and mandolins), then i've plunked the lyric video below too, just for fun. Love y'all. Thank you always. <3</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Oeb8NGBaEbg" width="560"></iframe></p>JESSAtag:jessicastuartmusic.com,2005:Post/63658952020-06-25T10:09:24-04:002023-12-10T12:22:08-05:00Your Questions Answered! (New Finding Fukue talkback vid out now!)<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large">Thank you so much for the overwhelming response to my call for questions to include in the next <a contents="Finding Fukue Questions Answered" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjovZWkFFvLue5jlBwN1KE-GkI6Yc1EK9">Finding Fukue Questions Answered</a> video! You guys really delivered! </span><br><span class="font_regular">This one was pretty fun - so much fun that the video got too long and it's now it's gonna be two videos! Part I is below, and out now and Part II comes next Thursday, so check in on my <a contents="YouTube channel" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.youtube.com/jessaakajessicastuartmusic">YouTube channel</a> or back here to hear the answers to your questions. 😃</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/rv9Q84IFCPg" width="560"></iframe></p>JESSAtag:jessicastuartmusic.com,2005:Post/63578652020-06-18T13:12:39-04:002022-12-16T06:30:06-05:00New Acoustic Cover Vid - Sukiyaki!<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large">Hi all!<br>I was honoured to be asked to collaborate with other members of the Canadian Japanese community on a multi-artist video project featuring the famous Japanese song '上を向いて歩こう' ('Ue wo muite arukou' aka 'Sukiyaki'). I've never made a cover video of a Japanese language song, so I thought it'd be fun to share my complete one-take performance here. Let me know what you think!</span></p>
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<p><span class="font_large">This was the first (and only?) Japanese language song to make the Billboard Top 100 in 1963 and the title translates to "I Keep My Head Up High". Sukiyaki Project Canada wanted to send messages of care and compassion to everyone during the pandemic, and share in the healing power of music. Watch the collab vid here: </span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="200" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_6Aan0ISnaI" width="325"></iframe></p>JESSAtag:jessicastuartmusic.com,2005:Post/63499432020-06-11T13:08:16-04:002023-12-10T14:06:13-05:00Open Call For Questions for Next Finding Fukue Q & A Video!<p>Hello lovelies!</p>
<p>It's been a hot minute since I made the last "Questions Answered" video on YouTube about <strong><a contents="CBC documentary&nbsp;Finding Fukue" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://youtu.be/ZVlZMOB-Sq0">CBC documentary Finding Fukue</a></strong> (and more!), and I know that there's been a couple million new views on the documentary since then, so here's what I'm thinking..</p>
<p><strong><em>This is an open call to comment with your questions that you want me to include and answer in the next video! </em></strong>I'm excited to hear from you all and find out what you're curious about - could be about the documentary and backstories, or about my music and the Japanese koto, or just stuff you wanted to know about me, but you can comment here on this blog post, OR better yet, on the video below on YouTube. </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/pN9xXpDxRhc" width="560"></iframe></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">The call for questions is open til this <strong>Monday, June 15th</strong>, so comment away and make 'em good, cause i might not have time to answer them all! <br>I've also made 9 other videos answering questions, so you can watch those on my <a contents="YouTube channel" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.youtube.com/jessaakajessicastuartmusic"><strong>YouTube channel</strong></a> if you're feeling it. :) </p>
<p>Thanks for watching, and get your questions in! ♥️😘 <br>xo<br>jessica<br>p.s. Background music is the instrumental of my song "Fukue's Theme Part I" from the Finding Fukue soundtrack - check full song below</p>
<p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/piy1x1IAO04" width="560"></iframe></p>JESSAtag:jessicastuartmusic.com,2005:Post/63243872020-05-20T20:52:21-04:002023-12-10T14:21:00-05:00Live From My Living Room To Yours<p> </p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/140862/d942cfbb64d020d76b674590324b77a5b8b3aa57/original/tjc-jessica.jpg/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.jpg" class="size_m justify_right border_" /><span class="font_large">Hello lovelies!</span><br>I'm excited to have been invited to play the <strong>Toronto Jazz Collective</strong>'s Friday night <strong>Stay Home Concert Series</strong> and wanted to invite you to join the fun and tune in from home, wherever you might be in the world. :) If you are in <b>Toronto</b> however, you can order an amazing meal from <b>The Emmet Ray</b> (details on the right) up to the night before, and $5 of each delicious meal goes to the artist, and you get to help to keep a great little music venue/restaurant/whiskey bar in business.</p>
<ul> <li>
<span class="font_large">When? This <strong>Friday, May 22nd</strong>, 8-9pm EDT </span><span class="font_regular">which is also 5-6pm in Vancouver, and 1-2am in London 10-11am on Saturday morning in Melbourne, 9-10, </span>東京の午前9時から10時 (土)<br> </li> <li>
<span class="font_large">Where? <strong>Facebook Live</strong> </span><span class="font_large">(<a contents="www.facebook.com/torontojazzcollective" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.facebook.com/torontojazzcollective">www.facebook.com/torontojazzcollective</a>) & <strong>Instagram Live</strong> </span><span class="font_large">(<a contents="www.instagram.com/jessicastuartmusic" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.instagram.com/jessicastuartmusic">www.instagram.com/jessicastuartmusic</a>)</span><br> </li> <li>
<span class="font_large">What? I'm going to play mostly originals on koto and electric guitar with voice and a maybe a cover or two :) </span><span class="font_regular">I'm looking forward to reading your comments in between songs, and i might even take requests :)</span><br> </li> <li><span class="font_large">Why? I miss you! I miss playing. Come hang out with me. :)</span></li>
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<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/140862/eaa0f98c0e0e7cc0c0a1efe8c23aa96b163e3133/original/emmet-menu.png/!!/undefined/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsIm1lZGl1bSJdXQ==.png" class="size_m justify_right border_" /></p>
<p><span class="font_regular">Thanks for checking in, and hope to see you this weekend on my feed!<br>xoxoxoxox<br>jessica</span></p>JESSAtag:jessicastuartmusic.com,2005:Post/63016252020-05-01T15:44:08-04:002022-05-16T18:35:39-04:00Lyric Video for Crazy Love + Bandcamp Waived-Fee-Day!<p>Thank you everyone for your incredible response to my new single <a contents="Crazy Love" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://fanlink.com/crazycrazylove"><strong>Crazy Love</strong></a>! In case you missed it on release day last Friday, the lyric video went live today and you can watch it below! </p>
<p>Also, Bandcamp is awesome, and is waiving their cut of all sales once a month so artists can receive the full shabang when you purchase. If you haven't yet heard the three pre-released JESSA singles, now's a great time to grab their for your library through bandcamp: <strong><em><a contents="" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.jessasongs.bandcamp.com">http://www.jessasongs.bandcamp.com</a> </em></strong>OR if you're looking to complete your collection of The Jessica Stuart Few albums: <em><strong><a contents="" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.jessicastuartfew.bandcamp.com">http://www.jessicastuartfew.bandcamp.com</a></strong></em></p>
<p>Thank you for your support, everyone, and enjoy the lyric vid below! xoxox</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/WIli8OZd8wo" width="560"></iframe></p>JESSAtag:jessicastuartmusic.com,2005:Post/62927362020-04-24T00:59:01-04:002023-12-10T12:17:15-05:00New Jam 'Crazy Love' Out Now!<p><span class="font_large">Today I released my danciest tune of all time, Crazy Love! Wanna hear? Click it!</span></p>
<p><a contents="" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://fanlink.to/crazycrazylove"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/140862/335bf69fe9468d0e32628f695bd9e64cc46b5f49/original/final-crazy-love-single-cover-with-text-v1.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large">Do you love to dance? Do you use social media? Wanna help me spread the love? Share a story/vid of you dancing to Crazy Love on <a contents="Insta" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.instagram.com/jessicastuartmusic">Insta</a> or <a contents="FB" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.facebook.com/jessicastuartfew">FB</a> and tag me, and I'll share it and give you a shout-out! </span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">I know some of us are as busy as ever, but others might be looking for fun activities, so I'm throwing this challenge out for ya. :)</p>
<p><span class="font_regular">Thank you everyone for your incredible ears and support <3 <3 <3 <br>xo<br>jessa</span></p>JESSAtag:jessicastuartmusic.com,2005:Post/62899602020-04-21T23:57:17-04:002023-12-23T17:40:05-05:00Crazy Love releases this Friday!<p>Long time no chat, lovies! A lot has happened since I last posted, some of which has been a shared experience between us all (at 2 meters distance..). It's hard to wrap my head around doing promotion for a single right now, since there are global and local issues that require our attention, but then a confidante pointed out to me that it's also more important than ever to have positivity and healthy ways to escape the inevitable thoughts/feelings, and you know what? I think they're right, and goshdarnit, this song is a bop! (Well, that's someone commented hearing the sneak peek i posted on instagram, hehe) So what I'm saying is, some of us might need to get our dance on, and <strong>Crazy Love</strong> is perfect for that! :) .</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large">Click on the image for a wee audio sample, then click <strong><a contents="HERE" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://ffm.to/jessacrazylove">HERE</a></strong> to pre-save on Spotify and <strong><a contents="HERE" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://ffm.to/crazycrazylove">HERE</a></strong> to find it on your preferred platform when it releases this <strong>Friday, April 24</strong>.</span></p>
<p><a contents="" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/B_BzikBgcaL/"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/140862/335bf69fe9468d0e32628f695bd9e64cc46b5f49/original/final-crazy-love-single-cover-with-text-v1.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></a><br>ALSO, doing a live stream on Friday at 7pm EDT for FemFolk UK (45-60min set) both from Facebook Live and Instagram Live. Please join and comment and enjoy! I've having fun tuning into my friends' performances while i eat dinner often - a privilege to be able to be connected in that way and hear incredible music these days. <a contents="CLICK HERE for live stream performance deets!" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.facebook.com/events/540663590158300/"><strong>CLICK HERE for live stream performance deets!</strong></a></p>
<p><span class="font_large">Thank you everyone for reading/listening and keeping up with what myself and other creatives are doing. We'd be lost without you, and I hope that this new song brings you joy enough to spread around!<br>xo<br>jessica</span></p>
<p><em><span class="font_large">In a position to show your support with $? Buy an album </span><span class="font_regular">(or 3 hehe)</span><span class="font_large"> or click on </span></em><span class="font_large"><a contents="paypal.me/jessicastuartmusic" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.paypal.me/jessicastuartmusic">paypal.me/jessicastuartmusic</a></span><em><span class="font_large"> to make a donation. </span></em><em><span class="font_regular">(In the old days, they'd call you a 'patron of the arts' for doing that, and none of the greats would have ever been able to dedicate their lives to their creative pursuits that we still get to enjoy without 'em!)</span></em></p>JESSAtag:jessicastuartmusic.com,2005:Post/59945112019-12-05T23:19:48-05:002023-12-10T11:48:01-05:00Imminent Australian Tour Dates Announcement!<p>I've travelled a ridiculous number of kms in the past week - Toronto to Hong Kong, Hong Kong to Perth, Australia, then after a few days and a show in Perth, I flew to Brisbane, drove to Byron Bay and back and am now writing to you from the airport waiting to fly to Sydney. I have turned a few shades darker (and redder in some areas) despite copious sunscreen applications, and to be honest have not yet got my footing from jetlag, but I'm REALLY looking forward to seeing my Aussie friends and fans and am a little late on the draw to announce these shows to you, so if you're in Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne or Geelong, please help me spread the word by telling your local live music loving folks. <3</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span class="font_large">AUSTRALIAN TOUR DATES</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>SYDNEY - Sunday, Dec 8th</strong> (2pm - 4? 5?) @ <a contents="The Bavarian World Square" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.thebavarians.com/the-bavarian/contact-world-square/"><strong>The Bavarian World Square</strong></a>, no cover charge (kid friendly too!) </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>CANBERRA - Tuesday, Dec 10th</strong> @<strong> Smith's Alternative</strong> - featured artist at the weekly Open Mic</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>CANBERRA - <a contents="Wednesday, Dec 11th @ Smith's Alternative" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.facebook.com/events/415902559335506/">Wednesday, Dec 11th</a></strong><a contents="Wednesday, Dec 11th @ Smith's Alternative" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.facebook.com/events/415902559335506/"> @ </a><strong><a contents="Wednesday, Dec 11th @ Smith's Alternative" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.facebook.com/events/415902559335506/">Smith's Alternative</a> </strong>opening for <strong>Charm of Finches</strong> (they're a sweet sister duo from Melbourne!)</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>MELBOURNE - Wednesday, Dec 18th - House Concert </strong>chez John Flanagan - <strong>email info@jessicastuartmusic.com to reserve</strong> and for details </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>GEELONG - Thursday, Dec 19th, 6-8:30pm @ Beav's Bar</strong> w/<strong>Luke Biscan </strong>(he goood - come see for yourself :P ) </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/140862/7f7db101e16ed752bd3a09c74e04ef03b6d1c9d7/original/fanlist-email-image-edit.jpg" class="size_orig justify_center border_" /><em>pic: Mike Novalski</em></p>
<p>These dates were all added last minute (there's a story here for another time involving one of my other bands' Australia/NZ tour being cancelled), so I need your help to let your local know to come see me! I have so much new and beautiful music to share, and almost never tour solo, so this is rare opportunity to hear me perform in this intimate format! </p>
<p>Thank you so much as always for your ears and your support, and hope to see you soon. <3<br>xo<br>jessica</p>
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<p><strong>About JESSA:</strong><br><br><em>Having made a name for herself on the Top 40 charts and festival stages around the world with her signature rhythmic and harmonically adventurous art pop (as The Jessica Stuart Few), Canadian musician Jessica Stuart launches her brand new indie-pop project JESSA in Australia this December in a series of rare solo performances. </em></p>
<p><em>Celebrated as one of too few professional female guitarists, as an award-winning songwriter and recently as the subject of the record-breaking, tear-jerking documentary ‘Finding Fukue’ (4+ million views, featuring her musical score), Jessica’s live performances are not to be missed.</em></p>JESSAtag:jessicastuartmusic.com,2005:Post/58996562019-09-20T15:21:11-04:002022-02-24T05:56:21-05:00New Single "All I Get Is Wrecked" Out Now!<p>The second ever JESSA single "All I Get Is Wrecked" is officially released! All the ways to listen/watch/share/like/add/own below! Feel free to leave a comment on the vid too, and let me know what you think. <3 <3 <3</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Oeb8NGBaEbg" width="560"></iframe></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"> </p>JESSAtag:jessicastuartmusic.com,2005:Post/58411612019-07-29T21:33:48-04:002021-10-02T05:49:11-04:00Simple Little Song Lyric Vid Released!<p>Simple Little Song is on quite a trip - currently being spun on CBC, several commercial radio stations, and Stingray digital! And i hear this is only the beginning, so i'm beyond excited to get the trio out to BC and Alberta for our single release tour starting <strong>Wednesday, August 7th</strong> in Vancouver. BUT first: here is the Simple Little Song lyric video! Please share widely, comment, sing, dance, and if you dig it, help us get it out farther in the world! xoxo</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/E-tna3pb5aI" width="560"></iframe></p>JESSAtag:jessicastuartmusic.com,2005:Post/58220052019-07-12T01:35:02-04:002021-09-27T06:16:41-04:00JESSA Summer Tour Dates Announced!<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large">So excited to finally announce our tour dates in Western Canada this August! We'll be all around BC and playing some sweet shows in select cities in Alberta, so please help us spread the word to your music loving friends out west! Check out our tour poster, and for the shows marked with an *asterisk, reservations are recommended, and info on how to reserve will be provided below the image. Can't wait to see you out there! xoxoxox</span></p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/140862/3535fc0a62e908136036da757077b10bfa9bce46/original/jessa-western-2019-tour-poster.jpg" class="size_orig justify_center border_" /></p>
<p><span class="font_large">Reservations recommended at the following:</span></p>
<ul> <li><span class="font_large"><span style="font-size: 16.8px;">Wed, Aug 7 - Vancouver, BC <em>@ Guilt & Co., </em>- (604) 288-1704 or </span>info@guiltandcompany.com</span></li> <li><span class="font_large"><span style="font-size: 16.8px;">Thu, Aug 8 - Victoria, BC <em>@ Northern Quarter</em> w/Tina Jones - </span>(250) 590-7702<span style="font-size: 16.8px;"> </span></span></li> <li><span class="font_large"><span style="font-size: 16.8px;">Sun, Aug 11 - Ladysmith, BC <em>@ House Concert</em> w/Fiona Stuart (4-6pm) - JS_ladysmith@shaw.ca</span></span></li> <li><span class="font_large">Fri, Aug 16 - Calgary, AB <em>@ Cafe Koi</em> w/Lucky Sonne - (403) 206-1564</span></li> <li><span class="font_large">Sat, Aug 17 - Edmonton, AB <em>@ Blue Chair Cafe</em> w/Colleen Brown - (780) 989-2861 or online at bluechair.ca</span></li>
</ul>JESSAtag:jessicastuartmusic.com,2005:Post/58071482019-06-28T08:31:50-04:002022-03-23T05:32:55-04:00Very First JESSA single "Simple Little Song" out today!<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font_large">Today is the day I finally get to share my new indie-pop project <strong>JESSA</strong>'s first ever single <strong>Simple Little Song</strong> with you! Please listen, add, share, comment and keep your eyes and ears open for lyric video, tour dates and more! </span><br><span class="font_regular">Let me know what you think, lovies! xoxoxox</span></p>
<p><a contents="" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://awal.lnk.to/SimpleLittleSong"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/140862/8f00522433bc54059f0a1afbdf6eee7e1765eb21/original/screen-shot-2019-06-28-at-8-28-45-am.png" class="size_orig justify_center border_" /></a></p>JESSAtag:jessicastuartmusic.com,2005:Post/57871462019-06-10T23:06:30-04:002022-05-11T03:20:16-04:00New Indie-Pop Project JESSA!<p>I am BEYOND excited to announce the launch of my new indie-pop project <strong>JESSA</strong>! After a very wild year which has made me look into the past (with the viral CBC documentary where I try to track down my best friend from childhood in Japan), look to the future (tours coming up in BC/Alberta in August and Australia in December, and I launched and curate two incredible monthly music series' in Toronto), I am now brought to the present moment, where I will be introducing you imminently to this brand new music of mine, starting with the first single <strong>Simple Little Song</strong> coming out on June 28th!</p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/140862/095ccdf2cbb65cff1168eed2b11861fea85fe751/original/jessa-simple-little-song-single-cover.jpg/!!/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p>This project is a collab with incredible producer/songwriter <strong>Robyn Dell'Unto</strong>, and you can read more about it on the new "About/Press" tab. :) If all goes well, you should be hearing <strong>Simple Little Song </strong>all over the radio real soon, and I can't wait to hear what you think. xoxoxoxo</p>JESSAtag:jessicastuartmusic.com,2005:Post/56435032019-02-14T16:42:58-05:002023-12-10T11:44:04-05:00SOCAN Magazine Feature!<p>It's been a wild ride since the release of the <strong>Loud Roar Productions</strong>/<strong>CBC Docs </strong>film, <strong>Finding Fukue</strong> that followed my search for my significant childhood friend Fukue from my year in Japan in elementary school. An unbelievable and unprecedented 2,600,000+ views, thousands upon thousands of comments and shared experiences from viewers, and incredibly unexpectedly, a whole bunch of new interest in my original music! </p>
<p>I am very proud to be featured for the first time in SOCAN Magazine (which went live today!), where I spoke with C.V. Grier about writing the film score for the documentary, and talked songwriting tips! It's pretty cool. :) Click the image for the full article!</p>
<p><a contents="" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.socanmagazine.ca/features/jessica-stuart-finding-a-long-lost-friend-in-japan/"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/140862/f18526a8e6771c080c425d9a09e9cf77f97554bf/original/screen-shot-2019-02-14-at-3-33-32-pm.png/!!/b:W10=.png" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></a></p>
<p>Also, for those of you <u>not in Canada</u> who haven't seen it yet, <a contents="Finding Fukue&nbsp;was released today by RealStories Documentaries!" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nza96WBvdak&t=2s"><em>Finding Fukue </em>was released today by RealStories Documentaries!</a> </p>
<p>For those of you in BC, Alberta and Australia, musical things/tours etc. are in the works for this year! Hang tight! For those in Toronto, Ottawa and Quebec City, I'm playing in your city soon! </p>
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<strong>Thursday, Feb 21</strong> - <strong>TORONTO - </strong>my songwriters' series <strong>Jessica Stuart Presents! </strong>continues from 5-7:30pm at the <b>TRANZAC Club</b> in the Annex with featured artist <a contents="Ciara/Leah" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.ciaraandthevenusblues.com/"><strong>Ciara/Leah</strong></a>
</li> <li>
<strong>Friday, Feb 22 - OTTAWA</strong> - I play guitar in killer RADIOHEAD tribute<a contents="&nbsp;Idioteque" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.facebook.com/idiotequeradiohead"> <strong>Idioteque</strong></a> and we're playing the full IN RAINBOWs album plus another dozen tunes at <strong>27 Club</strong>
</li> <li>
<strong>Saturday, Feb 23</strong> - <strong>QUEBEC CITY</strong> - <strong>Idioteque</strong> at <strong>Le D'Auteuil</strong> </li>
</ul>
<p>And <strong>Toronto</strong>, don't forget about my new monthly series <strong>THERAPY</strong> on the first Thursdays every month at <strong>The Dakota</strong> - next date: <strong>Thurs, March 7</strong> with <strong><a contents="Katie DuTemple" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://katiedutemple.com/">Katie DuTemple</a>, <a contents="Serb Superb" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://twitter.com/serbsuperb?lang=en">Serb Superb</a> </strong>and <strong>The Jessica Stuart Few!</strong></p>
<p>Thank you for your incredible support, all, and Happy Heart Day!! <3 <3 <3<br>xo<br>jessica</p>JESSAtag:jessicastuartmusic.com,2005:Post/55436022018-12-07T02:23:26-05:002023-12-10T12:01:42-05:00Fukue's Theme Part I released on RedLeaf Music!<p>Guys, I'm so excited! A bunch of you asked about my song that plays out the during the credits of Finding Fukue, and as of today it is officially released! You can buy it for a dollar (Canadian, hah!) on the Music tab of my site here, or on bandcamp, and it'll be up on spotify and iTunes etc. any day now! </p>
<p>There's stories to tell about this song which make it very special to me, and I'll share those soon, but in the meantime, throw on the headphones or plug in the speakers, close your eyes (or not!) and let yourself be transported to another world. Feel free to comment, share, and own this tune. I can't wait for you to hear it. :)</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/piy1x1IAO04" width="560"></iframe></p>
<p><a contents="" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://jessicastuartfew.bandcamp.com/track/fukues-theme-part-i-from-the-finding-fukue-soundtrack"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/140862/68cc0fa030679d7c68e2d6fe0bc2dcbcbf69c5e8/original/screen-shot-2018-12-07-at-2-03-31-am.png/!!/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsImxhcmdlIl1d.png" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></a></p>
<p>AND in case you missed my fourth Q & A video, from yesterday, here it is!</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/rlslnAEB96o" width="560"></iframe></p>
<p>Have a wonderful day and check out the new songggggg. yiiiiii!<br>xo<br>jessica</p>JESSAtag:jessicastuartmusic.com,2005:Post/55352232018-12-01T15:42:22-05:002023-12-10T12:40:19-05:00More Insights Into Finding Fukue<p>One of most amazing things about the existence of this documentary, aside from the obvious goal of finding out what happened to Fukue, is that people are getting inspired to reach out to their meaningful friends from the past. Really, really amazing. Still in shock over how much interest there has been about this and am very thankful for your well wishes and and loving vibes. :)</p>
<p>Here's another video explaining some more stuff about the film and beyond. And by the way, the song that plays in the 'Finding Fukue' credits is now mixed, almost mastered and will be released in the next week or two! It sounds so great - amazing mix by my friend Ryan Granville-Martin (who also played drums on it). K, enjoy:</p>
<p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wod6M3wQilo" width="560"></iframe></p>JESSAtag:jessicastuartmusic.com,2005:Post/55285952018-11-26T20:44:16-05:002022-02-22T13:55:34-05:00Almost Half A Million views for "Finding Fukue"!<p>Holy poop, guys. This is wiiiiild. I cannot believe how many people not only watched Finding Fukue (400,000 + so far!), but shared their thoughts and feelings and stories in the comments. So many questions too! So i made another Q & A video, to give you more insider info. :) </p>
<p>*SPOILER ALERT - There are spoilers in this vid after the halfway mark, so watch the documentary first!*</p>
<p>Q & A vid #2 here:</p>
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<p>xoxoxo</p>JESSAtag:jessicastuartmusic.com,2005:Post/55262942018-11-24T14:43:33-05:002022-05-11T05:51:24-04:00'Finding Fukue' is kinda going viral!<p>WOW. I cannot believe the response to this documentary. So many people sharing and commenting that i decided to do a little vid on the fly answering some questions people had asked in the comments.</p>
<p>*SPOILER ALERT* . If you haven't yet watched the documentary, I will be saying things that might give some info away, so watch it now? Find it in the videos tab of my site. :)</p>
<p>This is my first response video attempt, so let me know if i did ok!</p>
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<p>xoxox<br>jessica</p>JESSAtag:jessicastuartmusic.com,2005:Post/55188362018-11-18T12:37:00-05:002022-01-27T05:08:07-05:00The release of CBC documentary 'Finding Fukue'<p>I am surprised and excited to announce the release of the CBC documentary we shot earlier this year in Japan, <strong>'Finding Fukue'</strong>! The film was made by Loud Roar Productions in conjunction with CBC Docs, and I was responsible for the musical score as well as being the subject of the film. We went to Nagano prefecture in the spring to search for my long-lost childhood friend, Fukue and it was quite the journey. To be honest it feels both weird and liberating to have this very personal experience on show to the world. Many viewers have written to me already telling me that they cried when they watched, and that makes me feel better about the large amount of the film that I also am in tears. </p>
<p>So, I hope you will watch the film if you feel so inclined, and share, and comment. Empathy is more important than ever in this quickly changing world we live in - I hope this film makes you feel something, and think about the people you love, both those you've lost, those still in your life and those who've fallen out of touch. xoxoxo</p>
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<p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZVlZMOB-Sq0" width="560"></iframe></p>JESSAtag:jessicastuartmusic.com,2005:Post/51999942018-04-24T15:32:28-04:002020-01-20T03:23:34-05:004月30日:ジェシカ スチュアート "Live In Tokyo"!<p>日本人のおともだしたち − お久しぶりです! <br>あと2日、カナダから日本へきます。WOW! うれしい!すごいプロジェクトをするためにくるんですよ:カナダのテレビ番組CBCのドキュメンタリー映画つくりにきます。知っているかどうかわからないんだけど、ジェシカがこどもだったとき、長野県で1年間日本の小学校に通った. このドキュメンタリーはあのときの記憶とかんけいあります。 </p>
<p>でも、えいがつくりながら,<a contents="東京で1つのライブやっている" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.facebook.com/events/175754806415772" target="_self"><strong>東京で1つのライブやっている</strong></a>!ここにイベントの詳細があります: </p>
<p><a contents="■2018年4月30日(祝)&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://n-as.org/rakudoan/EVENTS/Jessica/Collabo.pdf" target="_self">■<strong>2018年4月30日(祝)</strong> </a><br>17時開場 17時半開演 </p>
<p>神田 楽道庵 <br>http://www.n-as.org/rakudoan/ <br>チャージ ご予約3000円 当日3500円 <br>千代田区神田司町2-16 2階 (1階はギャラリーカフェ手と花) <br>TEL03-3261-8015 <br>ご予約 お問合せ </p>
<p>ジェシカは琴とギターとボーカルで演奏し、尺八演奏家(ひでお)や書道アーティスト(白石雪妃)とコラボレーションします。すごいとくべつなイベントと思いますよ!あそびにきてください! </p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/140862/f030e8ac24139f670e7b5ed4e436dc7aa58efb87/original/img-0337.jpg/!!/b:W1sic2l6ZSIsImxhcmdlIl1d.jpg" class="size_xl justify_center border_" />OK! 来週、あなたが東京のイベントで会うことできたい!東京にいないならば, 友達について教えてください! <br>日本語の間違いがたくさんあるかもしれないからごめんなさい! <br>じゃね。。 <br>BYE BYE! <br>xo <br>Jessica</p>JESSAtag:jessicastuartmusic.com,2005:Post/51886192018-04-18T13:46:34-04:002022-04-16T07:30:57-04:00Ooh! More Japan News..<p>Firstly, I want to thank you all so much for the overwhelming response to the announcement I made the other day about the upcoming CBC documentary shoot in Japan. All of your comments, well wishes and support gave me warm fuzzies, and I appreciate it all so very deeply. <em>(<a contents='Missed the announcement? Read "Big Scary News" here' data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://jessicastuartmusic.com/news/blog/big-news" target="_self">Missed the announcement? Read "Big Scary News" here</a>)</em></p>
<p>So, since this trip came up pretty unexpectedly, it wasn't certain whether we'd be able to fit in a performance on such a tight shooting schedule, but I am very excited to announce that with the help of Tom Kato of <a contents="Creator's Lounge" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://work.creatorsloungetoronto.com/" target="_self">Creator's Lounge</a>, I will be playing a <strong>concert in Tokyo </strong>on<strong> April 30</strong> which will include a solo set of my original music (koto, acoustic guitar, vocals), live calligraphy art by <a contents="Setsuhi&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.facebook.com/setsuhi.shiraishi" target="_self"><strong>Setsuhi</strong> </a>and a jam set with myself, a shakuhachi player + other special guests. This is incredibly short lead time for an international show, so please help me spread the word to any of your friends/family in Tokyo! <u><em>Concert info at the bottom of this blog post</em></u></p>
<p><u><em><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/140862/17c58b5b15933d3efe72f8e8a618c106522b3bfe/large/yh8p3833.jpg" class="size_xl justify_center border_" /></em></u>So that's the news! <strong>Toronto folks</strong> - hope you'll come hear some song debuts and <strong>Katie DuTemple</strong>'s gorgeous musical stylings tomorrow (<strong>Thursday, April 19th</strong>) for <a contents="Episode 3 of 'Jessica Stuart presents!'" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.facebook.com/events/182563249039607/" target="_self">Episode 3 of 'Jessica Stuart presents!'</a> at the TRANZAC Club in the Annex. No cover charge, just pay-what-you-can at this early monthly event (5-7:15pm!). xoxoxo</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>TOKYO concert info:</strong><br><br>琴 Jessicax書 Setsuhi <br>Jessica - koto, guitar, vocals x Setsuhi - calligraphy </p>
<p style="text-align: center;">■2018年4月30日(祝)- <strong>Monday, April 30</strong> (National Holiday) <br>17時開場 17時半開演 - Doors at 5pm, Concert at 5:30pm </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Venue:</strong> 神田 楽道庵 - <strong>Rakudoan </strong><br>http://www.n-as.org/rakudoan/ <br>チャージ ご予約3000円 当日3500円 - Advance tickets: ¥3000 Door tickets: ¥3500 <br>千代田区神田司町2-16 2階 (1階はギャラリーカフェ手と花) - 2-16 Tsukasa-cho, Kanda, 2nd floor <br>Reservations: TEL03-3261-8015 ご予約 お問合せ</p>JESSAtag:jessicastuartmusic.com,2005:Post/51801712018-04-13T12:20:46-04:002023-12-10T11:41:25-05:00Big Scary News!!<p>There's something really big I've been wanting to share for several weeks, and I finally got the go-ahead, so here goes...</p>
<p>TWO weeks today, I will be flying to Japan to film a <strong>CBC documentary</strong> in which we will try to find my closest friend from the year I lived in Nagano prefecture as a child. This friend, Fukue was not from a family of means, and I stopped hearing from her abruptly a few years after I returned to Vancouver - the question of what happened to her has never left my thoughts. (The song <a contents='"Lost Friends"' data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://jessicastuartfew.bandcamp.com/track/lost-friends" target="_self"><strong>"Lost Friends"</strong></a> on The JSFew's last album <em><a contents="The Passage" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://jessicastuartfew.bandcamp.com/album/the-passage" target="_self">The Passage</a> </em>is about Fukue, written years before there was an inkling of actually being able to go on this trip)</p>
<p>Film company <a contents="Loud Roar Productions" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://loudroarproductions.com/" target="_self"><strong>Loud Roar Productions</strong></a> caught wind of this story totally by chance, became intrigued by it, and pitched it to CBC, for which I am beyond grateful. I am also extremely excited to be music director of the film, and create new pieces as scoring and write songs to punctuate whatever the results of our mission may be.</p>
<p><a contents="" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://jessicastuartfew.bandcamp.com/track/lost-friends" target="_blank"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/140862/f87b75ecebf6262629b79aa3a9f3879394fb78c7/large/fukue-chan-jessica-home.png" class="size_xl justify_center border_" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em>Fukue & I up to something crafty or homeworky at my family's apartment in Saku City (note my mom's koto against the wall in the background!)</em></p>
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<p>AND that, my friends, is the news. I will likely perform while I'm in Tokyo (details TBD!), and do a performance and workshop at a junior high school in Saku City, and will keep you guys posted. These will be solo performances.</p>
<p>Thanks for reading my news, and feel free to leave comments below - I am incredibly overwhelmed by the possible outcomes of this trip, and you will see it all by the fall when the documentary goes live on CBC.<br>xoxox<br>jessica</p>JESSAtag:jessicastuartmusic.com,2005:Post/51762032018-04-11T14:43:31-04:002023-12-10T11:55:34-05:00What An Honour!<p>Although I wouldn't swap it for any other profession, there's a dirty underbelly of rejection and unpleasantness in between most apparent victories as a musician, especially when pursuing an original music career. So when I woke up last week to an incredibly complimentary and unprompted post by local legend <strong>Derek Downham</strong><strong>, </strong>it made my week, and I thought i should share it with you. Derek's new column on <strong><a contents="Blues and Roots Radio" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.bluesandrootsradio.com/lets-hear-it-for.html" target="_self">Blues and Roots Radio</a> </strong>is called <em><strong>"Let's Hear It For.." </strong>, </em>and I recommend you check it out on the regular to find out about some great local musical folks that might have fallen under your radar.</p>
<p><b>Click the image below for the full article:</b><br><a contents="" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.bluesandrootsradio.com/lets-hear-it-for.html" target="_blank"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/140862/4d3465da7e7861a171ab882e4f4f72237aff7d63/large/screen-shot-2018-04-11-at-2-39-06-pm.png" class="size_xl justify_center border_" /></a>Big news coming guys.. Keep checking in with me to be the first to hear all about it. :) :) :)<br>xo<br>Jessica</p>JESSAtag:jessicastuartmusic.com,2005:Post/51454352018-03-24T10:38:38-04:002022-05-16T02:55:30-04:00Radio Feature this Monday on CFRU 93.3 FM!<p>Hey y'all!</p>
<p>Just got word that The Jessica Stuart Few is getting featured this Monday on a progressive - fusion - alternative radio show out of Guelph, Ontario, Canada called Sentinel's Marvellous Kaleidoscope (@smkradioprogram on both Facebook & Twitter). The show runs from 3-5pm EST and you can tune in on the web at <strong><a contents="cfru.ca" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.cfru.ca" target="_self">cfru.ca</a></strong> or on FM radio at 93.3 in the Guelph area, so tune in wherever you might be in the world! </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em>A little throwback below from our first Japanese tour in 2013, playing Tokyo-FM on <strong><a contents="Love Connection" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.tfm.co.jp/love/smartphone/index.php?catid=747&itemid=71713" target="_self">Love Connection</a>.</strong> Photo by Toyonori Kato. [True side story: we ran into the Backstreet Boys outside the station right after this radio spot. heheh]</em></p>
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<p>k ciao!<br>xo<br>jessica</p>JESSAtag:jessicastuartmusic.com,2005:Post/51390872018-03-20T23:30:39-04:002022-04-18T04:26:27-04:002018 Canadian Songwriting Competition Semi-Finals!<p>Hey loves!</p>
<p>Hope to see the Toronto faction at Episode 2 of <em>'Jessica Stuart presents'</em>, this Thursday, <strong>March 22nd from 5-7:15pm</strong> at the <strong>Tranzac Club</strong> (292 Brunswick Ave.). I'll be joined by vibraphonist <strong>Michael Davidson</strong> for some song debuts, and re-imaginings of recent tunes, and the opening set will be the incomparable <strong>Alex St. Kitts</strong> in duo form (w/drummer Jacob Aylward) playing tunes from his recent releases <em>Projektor II & III</em> and likely a premiere of something we've never heard. All ages, Southern Cross room (front, right), pwyc, all good vibes listening room.</p>
<p>BUT some big news - two of my songs have advanced to the semi-finals of the <strong>2018 Canadian Songwriting Competition</strong>! This is two years running that I've had multiples make it through, and who knows, maybe I'll take the prize this year. (Teehee, fingers crossed!) Listen to one of the nominees, "Without You" below, featuring <strong>Elizabeth Shepherd</strong> on Rhodes and sharing the lead vocals:</p>
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<p>More big news coming involving travelling abroad with a film crew, but i'll save that for a future update... HOPE to see you for the early set on Thursday, Toronto folks, and to the rest, thank you for reading, listening, sharing, commenting and don't be a stranger. xoxo</p>
<p>jessica</p>JESSAtag:jessicastuartmusic.com,2005:Post/50894512018-02-20T14:33:43-05:002022-04-18T02:44:57-04:00New Toronto Concert Series Launch! (Thu, Feb 22, 5-7pm)<p>I'm such a slacker these days on this blog of mine - I'm sorry, friends and music lovers! Let's get down to it - the big news? This week I launch my first Toronto concert series at the amazing sounding Southern Cross room at <strong>The Tranzac! </strong>I'm calling it <em><strong>'Jessica Stuart presents' </strong></em>and every month I'll be debuting some new music, and trying collaborative things with different players and different instrumentation than usual, while booking a killer original act to join the bill and do the same. <em><strong>Jessica Stuart presents: Episode 1 </strong></em>will feature my good pal <strong>Delta Will</strong> 's Chamber Folk Experience, and he will make the odd time slot (5-7pm!) well worth the trip. :)</p>
<p>The details:</p>
<p>When:<strong> Thursday, February 22nd, <u>5-7pm</u></strong><br>Where:<strong> The Tranzac Club</strong>, Southern Cross room (292 Brunswick Ave, The Annex, Toronto, Canada)<br>What:<strong> </strong>2 sets,<strong> Delta Will Chamber Folk Experience & Jessica Stuart</strong>, song debuts, good vibes, no cover, just a generosity jug :)</p>
<p><u>Can't make it this week? No prob - check these upcoming episodes:</u></p>
<ul> <li><strong>Thursday, March 22, 5-7pm - <em>Jessica Stuart presents: Episode 2 -<u> Alex St Kitts' Mini Projektor</u></em></strong></li> <li>
<strong>Thursday, April 19, 5-7pm -</strong><em><strong> Jessica Stuart presents: Episode 3 - <u>Katie DuTemple </u></strong></em>
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<p>Lastly - lots of you folks that check in here aren't in the Toronto area, so I wanted to share a little live vid to put you in the moood :) It's a little solo performance vid shot in December playing at 120 Diner. (Thanks to Nick Kusiba for the footage. :)</p>
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<p>Hope you watch, share, enjoy! (Ok fine, and like/comment and that kinda stuff too if you're into that. :P ) And for the Toronto faction, it'll be super sweet to see your face for the concert series launch on Thursday.</p>
<p>Have a great week til then. :)<br>xo<br>jessica</p>JESSAtag:jessicastuartmusic.com,2005:Post/49624552017-12-04T23:28:51-05:002019-10-02T05:02:25-04:00Missed You..<p>Hello, my lovely music-loving folks,</p>
<p>It's been too long! But big things have been happening in the real world, outside of the land of the internet, and so the blog has been collecting dust, and I do apologize for keeping you in the dark. A bunch of what I've been up to involves new music I've written that reaches in new directions (which I'm SO excited about!), and other cool stuff like singing with <strong>The Element Choir </strong>backing up <strong>Tanya Tagaq</strong> for an <strong>NFB </strong>documentary, recording Wayne's World-esque guitar for the soundtrack of indie film <strong>Erin's Guide To Kissing Girls</strong> and getting acquainted with a new awesome koto, gifted to me very unexpectedly last month!</p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/140862/06976a055115900ff08acf42b9e551fcddf1e628/large/jess-with-new-koto-grainy.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /><br>BUT until then, The JSFew will play our last trio gig of the year at <strong><a contents="5/4 Progressive Music Festival" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.facebook.com/events/142640783044330/" target="_blank">5/4 Progressive Music Festival</a> </strong>in Toronto, Canada on <strong>Sunday, December 17th</strong> at <strong>Rivoli. </strong>It's a 2-day fest (Tickets are only $20 for the whole shabang!), and a bunch of great bands are playing (including our pals <strong>Volur</strong>), and we'll open the show on Day 2 - an early set between 8-9pm. <strong>Liam Smith & Steve Foster</strong> will play double bass & drums, respectively with some sweet sweet backing vocals. :) The last festival gig The JSFew played was <b>Japan Canada Festival</b> at Celebration Square in Mississauga at the end of the summer, and i don't think I've shared any of those pics yet, so voila:</p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/140862/d11d8bbf88223b8c912f6feccd2891168c60a09b/original/img-9790.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em>Photo by Derek Mok (edit by JS)</em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/140862/3fe704df0efc7ab93dd6d105e9db3ce5f5606d9e/original/crowd-shot-japan-canada-festival-wil-yeung.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /><em>Photo by Wil Yeung (edit by JS)</em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/140862/f5b2ef860d5ef1f4cdabcbac1d67e21f999f9a5e/original/img-8186.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></em><em>Photo by Wil Yeung</em></p>
<p><strong>Other stuff: </strong><u>RADIOHEAD lovers! </u> I play in Canada's best Radiohead tribute band, <strong><a contents="Idioteque" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.idioteque.ca" target="_blank">Idioteque</a> </strong>and we have a big 10th anniversary of "<strong>In Rainbows</strong>" event at <strong>Mod Club</strong> on <strong>Saturday, December 9th</strong> with our pals <strong>Language Arts</strong> opening the show. If you love RH, buy tickets soon! They are near gone, and this band tends to sell out every performance, so don't miss it! Promo vid below:</p>
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<p><strong>OK!</strong> There's other stuff coming up too, but let's leave it there, friendos. Thanks as always for reading, and listening, and maybe see ya at one of these upcoming events! Til then, be well, and do something good for yourself today, if you can!<br>xo<br>jessica</p>JESSAtag:jessicastuartmusic.com,2005:Post/48343982017-09-01T11:15:47-04:002021-10-29T01:27:52-04:00Toronto-Centric 'Same Girl' Music Video Released!!<p>Last night BlogTo released our long awaited, super laborious music video for <strong>Same Girl</strong> from our latest album <em>The Passage</em>, and it got viewed over 30,000 times in 12 hours overnight! Time for us to share with you through our own channels - please like, comment, and share liberally! ENJOY! xoxo</p>
<p><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/b3AB80UWkdA" width="560"></iframe></p>
<p>We are also trying to tag/credit all of the graffiti/urban artists whose work is featured in the video. Help us do that <a contents="HERE:" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10155687244164605.1073741830.142156884604&type=1&l=45465f764c" target="_blank">HERE:</a> </p>
<p>Currently on tour with <strong>Civil Wray</strong> on her CD release through the Maritimes. Cheers from New Brunswick and hope you love the new music video as much as we do!!</p>
<p>xo<br>jessica</p>JESSAtag:jessicastuartmusic.com,2005:Post/48250982017-08-24T22:27:25-04:002022-07-20T02:51:51-04:00New Music Video Teaser!<p>Holy geez, has this summer ever flown! It looks like the last time I wrote an update, we were about to play our Toronto Jazz Festival show in the end of June. Since then, I've been to BC and back, written a half a dozen tunes, and possibly, the most exciting news is that the epic stop-motion music video I've been working on with <strong>KAJART </strong>for <strong>Same Girl</strong> is finally done! It's be released very very soon, so keep your eyes peeled for the full vid (and keep them wide open to catch the over 3000 photographs that we took to make it!).</p>
<p>BUT in the meantime, here's a teaser - all of it was shot in Toronto, and we can't wait to try to track down the street artists whose pieces are featured in the video!</p>
<p><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/z_79MeBbrrA" width="560"></iframe></p>
<p>Please like, comment and share liberally, and keep checking in over the next week and a bit for the full deal!</p>
<p>SOOOO, the other super cool news is that The Jessica Stuart Few is headlining the massive <strong>Japan Festival Canada 2017!</strong> The fest happens all weekend long in Mississauga's Celebration Square, and is free, and has tons of music, dance, Japanese food and I hear they're even giving away tickets to Japan! We play <strong>Saturday, August 26th</strong> at <strong>8pm</strong>, and really hope to see you and your friends and family there! They said that they're expecting 70,000 people (wow!) and <b>Steven Foster, Carlie Howell</b> and I cannot wait to serenade them all. </p>
<p>Here's a little promo video/interview they had me do for the festival:</p>
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<p><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/tUIIvMdgIAE" width="560"></iframe></p>
<p>Thanks for reading, lovelies, and have a great weekend whatever you end up up to! <br>xo<br>jessica</p>JESSAtag:jessicastuartmusic.com,2005:Post/47608282017-06-28T21:28:18-04:002024-03-22T02:37:43-04:00Toronto Jazz Festival 2017 <p>Hey loves - hope you Northern Hemisphere cats are loving summer, and you Southerners are enjoying the cooler breezes. :) </p>
<p>Wanted to let you know that we're playing a free concert at the Toronto Jazz Festival this <strong>Thursday, June 29th</strong> (6:30-7:45pm) at the Yorkville Laneway stage! This is one of our only shows this summer in Toronto, so hope you'll join Liam Smith, Tony Nesbitt-Larking and I, should your geography and schedules allow. We're very honoured to be a part of the Jazz Fest almost every year, and love these new concert stages in Yorkville where many of our friends are also performing. Even if you can't make it to ours, try to catch some of the action, while it's on.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><em>The three of us at Toronto Jazz Fest 2015 at Musideum. Photo by Mossy, edits by JS.</em></p>
<p>See you there, pals!<br>xo<br>jessica<br>p.s. Don't know where that stage is? Look at the map below!</p>
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<p> </p>JESSAtag:jessicastuartmusic.com,2005:Post/47468202017-06-16T10:21:49-04:002022-08-12T05:54:25-04:00Playtime!<p>It's been an incredible month so far - kicked off June at <strong>Field Trip Music Festival</strong> watching <strong>Thundercat, Feist, </strong>and our pals <strong>Bernice</strong> weave gorgeous sound quilts, and it's time to acknowledge that spring is finally here to stay!</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><em>Thundercat mind melted many at Field Trip Festival, myself included. </em></p>
<p>Let's talk about what's upcoming for The JSFew:</p>
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<strong>RONCY ROCKS main stage, </strong>Saturday, June 17th, 2pm, free!</li> <li>
<strong>Taste of Italy Festival</strong>, College Street, Sunday, June 18th. I'm playing on a killer bill at JUNE Records at 1:30pm (solo set!)</li>
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<p>And, excited to be playing the Toronto Jazz Fest again on June 29th - details to follow. Western Canadian friends - news for you too... keep checkin' in, please!</p>
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<p>Our epic '<strong>Same Girl</strong>' music vid is still in production (stop-motion is so time consuming, but soooo worth it), so we're shooting 1-2 days most weekends, and I'm having a fun time playing as a side-gal in a bunch of projects with cool things coming up (i.e. <strong>Idioteque</strong> - OK Computer 20th Anniversary, <strong>Civil Wray</strong> CD Release Tour - Eastern Canada & hitting a stride with incredible singer/songwriter <strong>Lizzie Lyon</strong>), so do keep your eyes peeled!</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><em>More behind the scenes with <strong>KAJART</strong> shooting our epic music vid for 'Same Girl'.</em></p>
<p>K - keep checking in, loves, and have an amazing weekend!<br>xo<br>jessica</p>JESSAtag:jessicastuartmusic.com,2005:Post/47096142017-05-15T16:27:35-04:002023-12-10T11:47:07-05:00Music Video Shoot bts & Canadian Songwriting Contest Winner's announcement!I don't know about you, but I always get really excited about larger scale creative projects. Take for instance, this super elaborate stop-motion video I'm doing with <strong>KAJART</strong> for the song <a contents='"Same Girl" ' data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.jessicastuartfew.bandcamp.com">"Same Girl" </a>from our latest album - I think we've done between 35-40 hours of shooting so far, and have another 50 at least to go! BUT, the technique we're doing is so cool that it's absolutely worth it. And I've never shied away from a challenge before! (Remember our very first music video for <a contents='"Kid Dream"' data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://youtu.be/rQB8cxufsW8">"Kid Dream"</a> which was made up of <a contents="2800 drawings by 80 people" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://youtu.be/bo-_YbE028c">2800 drawings by 80 people</a>? Yup. Kinda my MO.) Needless to say, my legs are getting quite the workout while standing perfectly still in various squats on a skateboard.. (scroll to the bottom of the post for pics!)<br><br>BUT here's the big news of the day! The Canadian Songwriting Competition announced it's winners, and although my song <a contents='"Shame On You"' data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://jessicastuartfew.bandcamp.com/track/shame-on-you">"Shame On You"</a> did not win the big prize, it did get an honourable mention from among the finalists and that's huge! (Woot woot!) I've been told time and time again by Canadian media that I do not fit in the box when it comes to musical genre, and to be honest, it's put me out of contention for the major canadian music prizes that acknowledge the work of my deserving contemporaries. The problem is that JUNO awards, for instance, are separated in genre-based categories, and my latest album just doesn't really belong in any of them neatly. As expressed by a JUNO juror after he heard the band perform at a music conference in 2014, "Well, you're not really Rock, and you're not really Jazz, and you wouldn't fit in Adult Alternative or Roots. But they were talking about making a category called 'Out Of The Box', and you'd fit there." Me: "Oh really? Will that category be starting next year?" Him: "Nah, I don't think so." SO, unfortunately, this leaves me and other less categorizable creators unacknowledgable in these situations, which is why an Honourable Mention in the Canadian Songwriting Competition makes me very happy. Thank you CSC for the shout out - I really appreciate it! And a huge congrats to my pal <strong>Elizabeth Shepherd</strong> whose classic track "Seven Bucks" won the title. Elizabeth was a part of <em>The Passage</em> actually - contributing Rhodes to a few tunes and joining me on lead vocals on "Without You". <a contents="Listen to Elizabeth &amp; I HERE" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://jessicastuartfew.bandcamp.com/track/without-you-feat-elizabeth-shepherd">Listen to Elizabeth & I HERE</a><br><br><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/140862/e2f19519780efbf4c76f926c78d3192461157e8f/large/img-5549.jpg?1494879369" class="size_xl justify_center border_" /><div style="text-align: center;">
<em>Back in Graffiti Alley again! We've actually been shooting all over Toronto, but definitely a high volume of hours here. :)<br><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/140862/4229e1fd6b62d855bdfd9079b80537a837cc37d1/large/img-5515.jpg?1494879337" class="size_xl justify_center border_" /></em><em>Taravat & Kajeh of KAJART setting everything up just so at one of our 150 shoot locations while i act like a delinquent kid.<br><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/140862/ebea31204663973574b71613d17c8cb53c4cab75/large/img-5498.jpg?1494879367" class="size_xl justify_center border_" /></em><em>And this gorgeous gal is Cassie Campbell who is our Make Up and Hair Wizard. (Is it just me, or do i feel like we could be in some hip hair commercial here?)</em><br> </div>
<div>I post lots of great behind the scenes pics of life on instagram these days, so feel free to follow me there to see it in real-time. <strong><a contents="My Instagrammmm" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.instagram.com/thejessicastuartfew">My Instagrammmm</a></strong><br><br>Thanks for reading, loves. Have a gorgeous day and feel free to comment or share or ignore. :)<br>xo<br>jessica</div>JESSAtag:jessicastuartmusic.com,2005:Post/47054072017-05-11T17:08:49-04:002023-12-10T12:07:22-05:00Finalist in the 2017 Canadian Songwriting Competition!Lots of fun news! Here's the main gist of it:<ul> <li>
<u><strong>Music Video Production for </strong><strong>"Same Girl" Has Begun!</strong> </u> The amazing folks at KAJART and I started shooting what will likely be our most elaborate video ever! It's stop motion, but a particular technique I've never seen before, and just to give you an idea about how much time it really takes - our second day of shoot took 11 or so hours, shooting in 90 locations (yes, 90!), and we came out with 13 seconds of footage. YUP. that's a labour of love. Shoot days #3, #4, #5 happen this weekend! <a contents='Listen to "Same Girl" HERE' data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.jessicastuartfew.bandcamp.com"><em>Listen to "Same Girl" HERE</em></a>
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<em>In Graffiti Alley at the start of the shoot day - it was colder than we thought!</em><br> </div>
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<u><strong>"Shame On You" a Finalist in the Canadian Songwriting Competition!</strong></u> A couple posts ago I was super excited to find out that three of my songs from the latest album, <em>The Passage</em> made it to the semi-finals, and now I'm in the finals! I don't know when the results will be announced, but either way, it's a honour to be recognized for my writing, and alongside a bunch of great songwriters/composers (many of whom are friends of mine!). <a contents='Listen to "Shame On You" HERE' data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://jessicastuartfew.bandcamp.com/track/shame-on-you"><em>Listen to "Shame On You" HERE</em></a><br> </li> <li>
<strong><u>Live in Toronto!</u></strong> As you know, we haven't been playing locally that often BUT, we've got some cool stuff coming up in the next month or two that you should know about: <b>Wed, May 24 @ Castro's Lounge</b> - intimate 2 set gig in The Beaches, 9-11pm, pwyc. Or if you're a foodie, we're performing at the <strong>Ontario Culinary Festival</strong> at Ontario Place on <strong>Mon</strong><strong>, May 22</strong> from noon-1pm, and it's free and all ages. AND, very excited to have been invited back to the <strong>Toronto Jazz Festival</strong> next month - details to follow. :)</li>
</ul><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/140862/14db1bd37081190ad3edd6e02dd77c716809aafb/large/jazz-fest-adjusted.jpg?1494536335" class="size_xl justify_center border_" /><div style="text-align: center;"><em>Toronto Jazz Festival 2013 (or 2014?) in the Distillery. Photo by Marian Dragiev.</em></div>
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<br>Have a gorgeous week, everyone, and hope you get to enjoy the outdoors!<br>xo<br>jessica</div>JESSAtag:jessicastuartmusic.com,2005:Post/46761562017-04-18T23:03:05-04:002022-05-30T08:19:09-04:00Canadian Music Week 2017!Happy Canadian Music Week! Tons of artists from out of town arriving in Toronto right now, and some of my favourite locals will be playing their latest around the city. There will be parties, and lots of panels and conference-y stuff during the days, AND me & my bandmates Liam Smith and Steve Foster get to play together for the first time since our China tour! Our showcase is this <a contents="Friday, April 21st&nbsp;at&nbsp;Supermarket" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.facebook.com/events/390572251328112/" target="_blank"><strong>Friday, April 21st</strong> at <strong>Supermarket</strong></a> on Augusta Ave in Kensington Market and it's the first JSFew show in Toronto in <u>6 months</u> (holy crow, yup it is), so if you missed our last, better get your little tush to this one!<br><br>CMW and NXNE aren't known for their perfect bill pairings, but I was hugely impressed with our Friday night line-up: soulful singer-songwriter, <strong>Chad Price</strong>, a groovy Irish band called <strong>BARQ</strong> and The JSFew. Yes! It's an early gig, 8-11pm and we're on last at 10pm, so see you there?<br><br>Here's a little trip down memory lane, photo by <strong>Robert Saxe</strong> from CMW 2013 (with bandmates Tony Nesbitt-Larking & Dan Fortin):<br><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/140862/a9d71b3349a9dc1cd8719180e920ac259a6f407b/original/jessica-stuart-mar-2013-cmw-at-the-courthouse-9.jpg?1492570419" class="size_l justify_center border_" /><br>I plan to go to a bizillion shows (k, maybe some exaggeration there..), and giving my show reviews also, so if you want to know what's good, I recommend keeping in touch on instagram, as it's my main poison ( @thejessicastuartfew). <br><br>See you round town!<br>xo<br>jessicaJESSAtag:jessicastuartmusic.com,2005:Post/46656112017-04-10T16:39:35-04:002022-03-24T18:39:36-04:00Canadian Songwriting Competition Semi-Finals!SO, this past week has been a bit of a thrill - aside from crossing <a contents='"climb the CN Tower"' data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BSq8tA8FZTx/?taken-by=thejessicastuartfew" target="_blank">"climb the CN Tower"</a> off my bucket list, I found out that 3 of my songs made it to the semi-finals of the <a contents="Canadian Songwriting Competition" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://songwritingcanada.com/winners/" target="_blank">Canadian Songwriting Competition</a>! Something particularly cool about the 3 songs that made it through, is that in Canada, my music is often not considered "mainstream" enough to be heard anywhere but campus/community radio or CBC Radio 1 (and geez, do I love CBC and campus radio!), although it certainly doesn't have the same problem in other countries we tour to. (For instance, did you know that our last album's single, <a contents=""Don't Ya"" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://youtu.be/2oosbG6Vi7M">"Don't Ya"</a> made to the Top 40 charts in Japan in 2013? Of the semi-finals selected songs, one of them, "Same Girl" was chosen in the Pop category, so that's a victory for me! The other two were in the Jazz/Soul category, which is also great, because of the amazing company my songs get to keep there (alongside Elizabeth Shepherd, Myriad3, Amanda Tosoff etc).<br><br>Anyhow, do you wanna hear those songs? <br><br>1. Pop semi-finalist, <a contents="Same Girl&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://jessicastuartfew.bandcamp.com/album/the-passage"><strong>Same Girl</strong> </a><br>2. Jazz/Soul semi-finalist, <strong><a contents="Shame On You" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://jessicastuartfew.bandcamp.com/track/shame-on-you">Shame On You</a> </strong>(featuring live-off-the-floor vocal harmonies with Michelle Willis & Jocelyn Barth)<br>3. Jazz/Soul semi-finalist, <strong>Passage</strong>, and we made a video for it that came out a few months ago, so I'll post that at the end.<br><br>Winners announced next month!<br><br>LAST NEWS for the moment - you might have noticed that we play more outside the country than we do in Toronto these days, so our local shows are Few and far between (oops! Totally unintentional capitalizing of 'Few', but i'll leave it be..), SO we are super stoked to be playing <strong>Canadian Music Week </strong>for the manyth time, but have an awesome slot on <strong>Friday, April 21st</strong> at 10pm at <strong>Supermarket</strong> with some great co-bills, Chad Price and BARQ (nice work, CMW! These festivals are not known for the cohesion in their line-ups, but totally nailed it this time!). SO, whoever's gonna be in Toronto, we hope to see you then. <br><br>Enjoy the vid, like/share/comment liberally, and thanks for reading, lovelies. xo<br><br><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/098_irba6e8" width="560"></iframe>JESSAtag:jessicastuartmusic.com,2005:Post/46470882017-03-27T12:49:44-04:002023-12-10T13:21:10-05:00Hello again!Hey friends and music lovers. It's been a while! Since I last wrote, we had one of my favourite tours to date in China to release our new album, <em><strong>The Passage</strong></em>, and I've been taking some time to stockpile a bunch of new ideas for the next phase of my writing, and spending lots of time on other groups I play with that I love. <br><br>Anyhow, there's lots to tell you, (and I do plan on filling you in with tales, photos and videos from China), but let's start by properly sharing our latest music video for <a contents='"Twice"' data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://jessicastuartfew.bandcamp.com/track/twice-little-dragon-arr-j-stuart">"<strong>Twice"</strong></a>, which was released while we were in China, and made it's rounds through facebook, but never really got the love it deserves yet on YouTube and around the web. "Deserves?" you might ask? Well, this video is an awesome piece of art brought to life by <a contents="Kajart" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.kajart.com/"><strong>Kajart</strong></a> - entirely made from paper cut-outs in a stop-motion animation style and time consuming labour of love! (Stop-motion for those unfamiliar is when you use still photographs to capture miniscule movements in a scene, so that when the photos are shown in sequence that the objects in the scene appear to be moving - in this case, 24 photos per second!) The song in the video is my koto rendition of a <strong>Little Dragon</strong> tune, which has it's own beautiful shadow puppetry music vid, and I had the idea that in the same way that I covered their song with different instrumentation/style, that we could also do a "cover" version of their music video in a different medium. (<a contents="Read Chart Attack's coverage of our music video release HERE" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.chartattack.com/news/2016/12/02/premiere-jessica-stuart-few-little-dragon-twice/" target="_blank">Read <b>Chart Attack</b>'s coverage of our music video release HERE</a>)<br><br>SO, with no further ado, please share, comment and "like" if you feel it. Love yous and promise to be in touch a little more coming up.. xo<br> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-1dsXneZV2s" width="560"></iframe>JESSAtag:jessicastuartmusic.com,2005:Post/44306532016-10-21T12:44:31-04:002021-06-15T02:23:31-04:00Exclusive Album Premiere on Exclaim!So excited to have our new album, <em><a contents="The Passage" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://jessicastuartmusic.com/store"><strong>The Passage</strong></a></em> featured on Exclaim! today! Officially, <i>The Passage</i> is out on October 25th, but we're on the road now supporting the release, with shows in Peterborough and <a contents="Ottawa" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://ottawacitizen.com/entertainment/jazzblog/all-the-musical-labels-go-out-the-window-jessica-stuart-says">Ottawa</a> under our belt, and Cornwall, <a contents="Montreal" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.facebook.com/events/725931227556858/">Montreal</a>, Kingston and the big finale in <a contents="Toronto" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1163123043762726/">Toronto</a> to come! <br><br>Wanna have the first listen? <a contents="" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://exclaim.ca/music/article/the_jessica_stuart_few-the_passage_album_stream" target="_blank">http://exclaim.ca/music/article/the_jessica_stuart_few-the_passage_album_stream</a><br><a contents="" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://exclaim.ca/music/article/the_jessica_stuart_few-the_passage_album_stream" target="_blank"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/140862/6dc7dd22f7da6c71fe06781dbe5f1b5da19f6bc3/original/screen-shot-2016-10-21-at-12-39-37-pm.png?1477068049" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></a>JESSAtag:jessicastuartmusic.com,2005:Post/44239552016-10-18T02:59:25-04:002022-04-02T15:32:13-04:00First Album Review!IT'S FINALLY TIME, GUYS - I get to release my third music baby into the world! (Sorry for shouting, I'm just so excited!) <em><strong>The Passage</strong></em> officially comes out on October 25th, but the tour starts tomorrow, and Liam, Tony & I are beyond stoked to get back to <strong>Peterborough</strong>, <a contents="Ottawa" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.facebook.com/events/574594896078616/" target="_blank"><strong>Ottawa</strong></a>, <strong>Cornwall</strong>, <strong><a contents="Montreal" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.facebook.com/events/725931227556858/">Montreal</a> </strong>and <strong>Kingston </strong>(and the big finale in <a contents="Toronto" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1163123043762726/" target="_blank"><b>Toronto</b></a> with expanded band and videography by Southern Souls!). Full tour dates under the 'Live' tab up above!<br><br>The first album review is in from Canada's Japanese English language monthly, <strong>Nikkei Voice</strong>, and its's an awesome one! Lookie:<br><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/140862/a1b5453dc5f0a071af4d7e379e4e03206322b516/large/the-passage-review-nikkei-times.jpg?1476772846" class="size_xl justify_center border_" /><br>To all who have pre-ordered - you're amazing! We've never had so many pre-orders before an album, and it feels amazing. :) We're doing a special deal for physical pre-orders under the 'Store' tab - $16 for the physical CD (with lyric poster + custom art/design), digital download, a band button of your choice and a signed postcard! <br><br>Ok, friendos? And if you're not in our touring zones, but know folks who are, feel free to share news of our passing through with them - a little word of mouth goes a long way. :) xo<br><br><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/140862/ed0c894b18afdbd1d5ab532de3569f07252a4347/large/img-1731.jpg?1476772758" class="size_xl justify_center border_" /><em>Like weird pics like this? I do some funny artful stuff on <a contents="instagram" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.instagram.com/thejessicastuartfew" target="_blank">instagram</a> (not to mention behind the scenes tour pics and vids!)</em>JESSAtag:jessicastuartmusic.com,2005:Post/44073422016-10-06T16:03:35-04:002023-12-10T11:44:06-05:00CD Release Press Rolling In..I can't believe it's under 2 weeks until our first CD Release tour date in Canada! I have a very hard time measuring time in general, and all of sudden all of the fun is right around the corner. :)<br><br>The press is trickling in for the new album and I am really grateful to be this month's feature story in Canada's national Japanese publication, <a contents="The Nikkei Voice!" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://nikkeivoice.ca/koto-toting-jazz-pop-singer-jessica-stewart-releases-third-album/"><strong>The Nikkei Voice!</strong></a><br><a contents="" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://nikkeivoice.ca/koto-toting-jazz-pop-singer-jessica-stewart-releases-third-album/" target="_blank"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/140862/412256b8ee6c71acf1793f0381cc78cdd3971023/large/screen-shot-2016-10-06-at-3-44-25-pm.png?1475783247" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></a><br>I heard that CBC Radio 1 debuted <strong>"Easier Said Than Done"</strong> on Here and Now last week, and also showing us the love is <a contents="Confront Magazine" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.confrontmagazine.com/2016/09/song-suggestion-passage-by-the-jessica-stuart-few/"><strong>Confront Magazine</strong></a> who wrote a nice little piece on our latest music video for <strong>"Passage"</strong> that just came. Check it out here, if you're so inclined:<br><a contents="" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://www.confrontmagazine.com/2016/09/song-suggestion-passage-by-the-jessica-stuart-few/" target="_blank"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/140862/758d3bd4c50a738825ee5809616a52748be74787/original/screen-shot-2016-10-06-at-3-50-55-pm.png?1475783597" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></a>There will be lots more coming, but thought I'd just show you those for now. So we'll be all over Ontario and in Montreal starting in two weeks, and then to China! xoxo<br><br><u><strong>The Passage CD Release Tour</strong></u><br><br><strong>Wed, Oct 19 </strong>@ The Sapphire Room<strong>, Peterborough, ON </strong><br><br><strong>Thu, Oct 20 </strong>@ Rainbow Bistro,<strong> Ottawa, ON w/Riishi Von Rex. </strong>Tix: <a contents="http://jsfewcdreleaseottawa.brownpapertickets.com/&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://jsfewcdreleaseottawa.brownpapertickets.com/">http://jsfewcdreleaseottawa.brownpapertickets.com/ </a><br><br><strong>Fri, Oct 21 </strong>@ Schnitzels<strong>, Cornwall, ON </strong><br><br><strong>Sat, Oct 22 </strong>@ Resonance Café,<strong> Montreal, QC w/Corinna Rose. </strong>Tix:<a contents=" http://jsfewcdreleasemontreal.brownpapertickets.com/&nbsp;" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://jsfewcdreleasemontreal.brownpapertickets.com/"> http://jsfewcdreleasemontreal.brownpapertickets.com/ </a><br><br><strong>Sun, Oct 23 </strong>@ Musiikki Café,<strong>Kingston, ON <br></strong><br><strong>Thu, Oct 27 </strong>@ Supermarket Restaurant and Bar,<strong> Toronto, ON w/KC Roberts. </strong>Tix: <a contents="http://jsfewcdrelease.brownpapertickets.com/" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://jsfewcdreleasemontreal.brownpapertickets.com/">http://jsfewcdrelease.brownpapertickets.com/</a> ($10 adv/$15 door) [Toronto show facebook event: <a contents="https://www.facebook.com/events/1163123043762726" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1163123043762726">https://www.facebook.com/events/1163123043762726</a> ]JESSAtag:jessicastuartmusic.com,2005:Post/43835172016-09-21T16:00:57-04:002023-12-10T13:08:48-05:00New Music Video Out Today!Everything's rolling very fast towards our big album launch next month, and it's so gosh-darned exciting! I wanted you to see it first here - it's our brand new music video for another song off the new album, <em>The Passage</em> for the title song and album's final track, "Passage". This vid was shot at a cottage on two phones last summer, then we did an actual camera session last month for some more footage. The inspiring folks at Kajart are responsible for the video editing, and I just thought they made it such a perfect match for the song. Let us know what you think, and feel free to pass it around! xo<br><br><iframe class="justify_inline" data-video-type="youtube" data-video-id="098_irba6e8" data-video-thumb-url="http://img.youtube.com/vi/098_irba6e8/0.jpg" type="text/html" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/098_irba6e8?rel=0&wmode=transparent&enablejsapi=1" frameborder="0" height="315" width="560" allowfullscreen="true"></iframe><br><br><strong><u>The Passage CD Release Tour Dates - ON/QC</u></strong>
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<strong>Wed, Oct 19</strong> @ The Sapphire Room, <strong>Peterborough</strong>, ON </li> <li>
<strong>Thu, Oct 20</strong> @ Rainbow Bistro, <strong>Ottawa</strong>, ON w/<a contents="Riishi Von Rex" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.facebook.com/VonRex" target="_blank">Riishi Von Rex</a> [Tix: <a contents="http://jsfewcdreleaseottawa.brownpapertickets.com" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://jsfewcdreleaseottawa.brownpapertickets.com" target="_blank">http://jsfewcdreleaseottawa.brownpapertickets.com</a> ]</li> <li>
<strong>Fri, Oct 21</strong> @ Schnitzels, <strong>Cornwall</strong>, ON </li> <li>
<strong>Sat, Oct 22</strong> @ Resonance Café, <strong>Montreal, QC</strong> w/<a contents="Corinna Rose" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.facebook.com/corinnarosemusic" target="_blank">Corinna Rose </a> [Tix: <a contents="http://jsfewcdreleasemontreal.brownpapertickets.com" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://jsfewcdreleasemontreal.brownpapertickets.com" target="_blank">http://jsfewcdreleasemontreal.brownpapertickets.com</a> ]</li> <li>
<strong>Sun, Oct 23</strong> @ Musiikki Café, <strong>Kingston</strong>, ON </li> <li><strong>Thu, Oct 27</strong> @ Supermarket Restaurant and Bar, <strong>Toronto</strong>, ON w/<a contents="KC Roberts" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.facebook.com/kcrobertsandtheliverevolution" target="_blank">KC Roberts</a> (solo set!) [Tix: <a contents="http://jsfewcdrelease.brownpapertickets.com" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://jsfewcdrelease.brownpapertickets.com" target="_blank">http://jsfewcdrelease.brownpapertickets.com</a> ]</li>
</ul><br> JESSAtag:jessicastuartmusic.com,2005:Post/43743062016-09-15T17:27:59-04:002022-05-19T11:20:33-04:00Album Release Tour Dates Announced!<p>Dearest readers, I am SO excited to finally be able to announce the release of our third studio album, <em><strong>The Passage</strong> </em>and the first round of Canadian album release tour dates!! It's been 3 years since we put out <em>Two Sides To Every Story, </em>and we've be focussing on our travels abroad, but we've missed you, and can't wait to share this beautiful new record with your ears. :)<br><br>This stint is short and sweet, and takes us through Ontario and into Quebec. We hope you locals will join us and help us to spread the word to your local pals!</p>
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<span class="font_regular"><strong>Wed, Oct 19 @ The Sapphire Room, Peterborough, ON </strong></span><br> </div>
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<span class="font_regular"><strong>Thu, Oct 20 @ Rainbow Bistro, Ottawa, ON w/<a contents="Riishi Von Rex" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.facebook.com/VonRex/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#B22222;">Riishi Von Rex</span></a></strong></span><br> </div>
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<span class="font_regular"><strong>Fri, Oct 21 @ Schnitzels, Cornwall, ON </strong></span><br> </div>
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<span class="font_regular"><strong>Sat, Oct 22 @ Resonance Café, Montreal, QC w/<a contents="Corinna Rose" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.facebook.com/corinnarosemusic/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#B22222;">Corinna Rose </span></a></strong></span><br> </div>
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<span class="font_regular"><strong>Sun, Oct 23 @ Musiikki Café, Kingston, ON</strong></span><br> </div>
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<span class="font_regular"><strong>Thu, Oct 27 @ Supermarket Restaurant and Bar, Toronto, ON w/<a contents="KC Roberts" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.facebook.com/kcrobertsandtheliverevolution/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#B22222;">KC Roberts</span></a> (solo set!)</strong></span><br>[Advance tickets at<span style="color:#000000;"> </span><a contents="jsfewcdrelease.bpt.me" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://jsfewcdrelease.bpt.me" target="_blank"><span style="color:#000000;">jsfewcdrelease.bpt.me</span></a><span style="color:#000000;">]</span>
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