The Jessica Stuart Few
New CD "Kid Dream"
http://www.myspace.com/jessicastuartfew
Toronto's THE JESSICA STUART FEW, produce a unique and distinct sound that folk, blues, jazz and world music lovers all relate to. The band will be releasing a new album Kid Dream (Do Right Music) in Canada on April 6th, 2010, in conjunction with a cross-Canada Tour which started on March 30th in Vancouver, BC.
Jessica Stuart has hit her groove - while the surging rhythms are clearly rooted in the improvisational give-and-take of modern jazz and progressive folk, suffice it to say, you've never heard anything quite like The Jessica Stuart Few.
A uniquely gifted guitarist equally adept on koto (a 13-string traditional Japanese floor harp), Stuart cites as influences Stereolab, Led Zeppelin (really), Stevie Wonder, and Joni Mitchell. Those choices may initially seem difficult to reconcile if not completely incongruous, but that's probably why Stuart currently performs in five other bands at last count, when not singing with either of her two choirs. Evidently, it's all been leading up to The Jessica Stuart Few's totally enchanting Kid Dream album.
Deftly produced and mixed by Stuart in conjunction with Oddities main man Mischa Chillak, best known for his sophisticated beatwise work with underground hip-hop heroes Notes To Self (BBE Records) and K-OS, Kid Dream is much more than just a revealing document of Stuart's three-year creative collaboration with Charlie Haden-inspired double bass ace Dan Fortin (Serena Ryder) and propulsive percussionist Nico Dann (Tuneyards), it represents the sum total of everything she's gleaned since growing up in Vancouver.
The underlying theme in all of Stuart's uplifting music on Kid Dream is that it's important to make the most of every moment. If her crazy tour schedule is any indication, she's taken the wise adage to heart.
The Jessica Stuart Few CD Release Tour dates:
March 30 @ Speak Easy Living Room Series with Shannon Scott, Vancouver, BC
March 31 @ Duncan Garage Showroom with special guest TBA, Duncan, BC
April 1 @ Joe's Garage, Courtenay, BC
April 2 @ Red Martini Grill, Nanaimo, BC
April 3 @ Poets Cove, Pender Island, BC
April 5 @ The Minstrel Café, Kelowna, BC
April 6 @ The Commodore, Kamloops, BC
April 7 @ Beecher Street Café, White Rock, BC
April 8 @ Pagliacci's, Victoria, BC
April 9 @ WISE Hall with Jeff Spec & NaRai with The Star Captains, Vancouver, BC
April 10 @ Moby's Marine Pub, Salt Spring Island, BC
May 11 @ Groove Kitchen, Cambridge, ON
May 12 @ London Music Club, London, ON
May 13 @ Maxwell's Music House, Waterloo, ON
May 14 @ The Pearl Company, Hamilton, ON
May 15 Album Launched Party @ Rivoli, Toronto, ON
May 16 @ The Cornerstone, Guelph, ON
May 17 @ The Mansion House, St. Catherines, ON
May 18 @ Ossia, Peterborough, ON
May 21st - Rainbow Bistro, Ottawa, ON
May 22 @ Quai Des Brumes, Montreal, QC
Edited by Jaydawg on 04-08-10 01:20 AM. Reason for edit: No reason given.
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