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One of five children in a fifth generation Mormon couple, Hoop was steeped in a musical environment created by her family. She began performing as a child and starred in her high school choir.
Hoop broke away from the strictures of Mormonism just as her parents were separating. During this time, her mother Janette turned the basement into a theatre, and brought in all sorts of eccentrics to rehearse and put on musical plays for the community.
Jesca started to rebel against the traditions of her family and the only life she had known. “My girlfriend and I started smoking pot, which was such an out there thing for me to do given my upbringing. I was singing with the Santa Rosa Chamber Choir at that time. The combination of singing in that style for hours a day and smoking thrashed my voice…until it was gone. I had to leave the choir, and it took me about a year to regain my vocal strength. I had to re-teach myself how to sing in the ways that worked for me… Cut a new pattern and stitch myself back together. It was a blessing. It is why I sing the way I do. Appropriately, at that time I started listening to Kate Bush, Tom Waits, Björk and Diamanda Galas.”
Hoop spent the next several years homesteading in Northern California, Wyoming and in the high mountains of Arizona, where she worked in a wilderness rehabilitation program for mixed up kids.
Hoop broke away from the strictures of Mormonism just as her parents were separating. During this time, her mother Janette turned the basement into a theatre, and brought in all sorts of eccentrics to rehearse and put on musical plays for the community.
Jesca started to rebel against the traditions of her family and the only life she had known. “My girlfriend and I started smoking pot, which was such an out there thing for me to do given my upbringing. I was singing with the Santa Rosa Chamber Choir at that time. The combination of singing in that style for hours a day and smoking thrashed my voice…until it was gone. I had to leave the choir, and it took me about a year to regain my vocal strength. I had to re-teach myself how to sing in the ways that worked for me… Cut a new pattern and stitch myself back together. It was a blessing. It is why I sing the way I do. Appropriately, at that time I started listening to Kate Bush, Tom Waits, Björk and Diamanda Galas.”
Hoop spent the next several years homesteading in Northern California, Wyoming and in the high mountains of Arizona, where she worked in a wilderness rehabilitation program for mixed up kids.
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Kayna22 wrote:
love Jesca Hoop,anyone wanna webcam chat? the link is in my profile.
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amandroid wrote:
Never, ever disappointing.
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famkeZ wrote:
http://www.last.fm/group/We+Are+Music+Nerds
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bonusgrooves wrote:
http://www.myspace.com/thewovenproject supporting the wonderful Jesca, Feb 12 2010 Mbro, UK
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abdielmebarak wrote:
Jesca, why are you that cute? I love you ^^
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alicefairyberry wrote:
The new album has stolen my heart and made it dance <3
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xiolab wrote:
jesca, please come to edinburgh!!
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Saveall wrote:
Hmm...listened to Kismet. I enjoyed a couple of tracks...but most is a little too dissonant and trendy
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That_Scientist wrote:
oh and the best support act I've ever seen.
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That_Scientist wrote:
Seen her live yesterday, she was really great! Beautiful voice! [2]
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kotohime wrote:
Seen her live yesterday, she was really great! Beautiful voice!
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thornykins wrote:
I love the new album. It's much more cohesive as to where Kismet was a jumble of songs. Individually, I think Kismet's songs are a bit stronger, though.
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clase133 wrote:
jaja coffradia no sea usted mamon...
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coffradia wrote:
deepshit moron
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coffradia wrote:
clase133 you suck my dick
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clase133 wrote:
coffradia you sux...
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coffradia wrote:
new album sux
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Bayou16 wrote:
New album is fabulous!!!
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pantsss wrote:
new album leaked this week and it's fantastic!
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abdielmebarak wrote:
great! new album is near!!!!!!!!
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European tour supporting Andrew Bird
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Hello all friends east side of the AtlanticStarting with a show at the Union Chapel in London on Nov 11th I will be supporting Andrew Bird 7 dates through out holland Belgium and Spain. …
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