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Jesca Hoop - “Seed of Wonder”

Jesca Hoop was “discovered” while working as a nanny for Tom Waits’ kids. She gave Waits a demo that he liked, and he then passed it around until it found its way into heavily-requested rotation at KCRW. Not a bad way to make it, really.

Jesca’s style roughly fits in with the “Freak Folk” crowd (Devendra Banhart, Joanna Newsom, etc), though that’s largely for the quirkiness that can run through her music rather than its freaky folkiness. This song, “Seed of Wonder”, is the demo song that eventually made it onto the radio and landed Jesca a record deal. This version of the song (a re-recorded version for her debut album Kismet), pushes the uniqueness of the song forward a bit by using changes of rhythm and some sprinkles of hip-hop and Native American flair. I hadn’t heard about Jesca Hoop until recently, but hopefully this isn’t the last I hear about her.

cubicle17 posted this on Sep 4 2009 and it has 46 notes Tagged: #jesca hoop

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    Just heard this,
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    First time hearing this and I LOVE this song. So interesting.
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    this track. Might have
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    Jesca Hoop! tuneage:
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    Hoop. I posted this song last May from...Kismet Acoustic EP. Her
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