Jesca Hoop W/ That Virginia

Jesca Hoop 

Jesca Hoop writes songs that feel hand-built, lived-in, and just strange enough to keep you leaning forward. The California-born, Manchester-based songwriter has spent years making deeply original music that moves between folk, art-pop, chamber textures, and sharply observed storytelling, always with a voice that feels unmistakably her own. Her latest album, Long Wave Home, opens a new chapter. It is her first self-produced record, shaped during a period of personal change and bigger questions about community, disconnection, and how people carry one another through hard times. The result is warm but unsentimental, intricate without feeling precious, and full of songs that reward close listening. That depth is what makes her such a compelling live artist. Jesca Hoop does not just play songs. She creates a mood, draws a room closer, and lets the tension and tenderness of the material do the work. Some artists aim for spectacle. Hoop goes for something better: presence. For audiences who like singer-songwriters with real point of view, adventurous arrangements, and a little emotional risk in the mix, this is a night worth showing up for. "Hoop explores a woman’s perspective in all its strength and vulnerability." - The New York Times "Jesca Hoop's latest work recalls early Tori Amos in the way it radiates uncommon delicacy and steely strength amid profound commentary on generational gender dynamics." - NPR 

That Virginia

 That Virginia is a reminder of what it means to be fearless - an invitation to follow your bliss. The songs are a discussion on the urgency of experiencing life, with a hint of infectious empowerment. Virginia offers thought provoking lyrics and peculiar melodies, while delivering a rich performance that hits softly in the audience's emotional gut, bringing tears, joy, happiness, and sorrow, quite often in one punch. Born and raised in Sao Paulo, Brazil, she brings the tropical warmth of her roots to her genre-bending performance, while singing about the truth of emotions, humanity, and other oddities. Although Virginia’s first instrument was the bass guitar, she has fallen in love with the guitar since her move from Brazil to the United States. Connected with her feelings, her art, and her audience, she performs with vocals that are both sweet and raw, controlled and emotional.