Indie Band Guru: Jessi Robertson Shares a Powerful Song With ‘Taking out Monsters’
Jessi Robertson uses her captivating vocals and storytelling qualities to deliver the impressive single ‘Taking Out Monsters’
Indie Band Guru: Jessi Robertson’s Talents Shine on ‘Fresh Way to Disappear’
‘Fresh Way to Disappear’ is yet another captivating song by Jessi Robertson which her voice steals the show
Jessi Robertson Brings Her Otherworldly Intensity to the American Folk Art Museum
Jessi Robertson‘s voice looms out from a deep, otherworldly, often tortured place. Her singing has little in common with Nina Simone and even less with Little Jimmy Scott, but she channels the same kind of deeply personal yet unselfconscious torment and emotional destitution as both of those artists. That’s not to say that all of Robertson’s songs are sad – a handful are actually pretty funny – but that her slowly rising melismas and full-throated wail come from the same place: the blues.
BMI Indie Spotlight: Jessi Robertson
From a soothing lullaby to a wild rock and roll wail, Jessi Robertson has the kind of effortless vocal range that others can only dream of.
A Volcanic, Intense New Album and a Union Hall Show from Jessi Robertson
The most haunting and intense song of all is Winter Coat, just Robertson’s low, anguished vocals and acoustic guitar, a chilling portrait of battles with inner demons – Lucinda Williams would be proud to have written something this vivid. The final cut, Cipher, is much the same, Robertson on piano this time, a chillingly apocalyptic digital-age parable. Like all the best art, this album gives you pause and makes you question where you are, whether in your own life or in what’s around you: the most intimately personal as political.
NineBullets.net: I Came From The War
Every syllable that escapes Robertson’s lips has that longing, that fire, that raw immediacy that allows you to hear and feel her soul.
Jessi Robertson’s dark, beautiful masterpiece: ‘I Came from the War’
Beyond being a musician, Robertson is a true poet. Her words drip with marvelous colors, and she writes more like she’s wielding a brush than a pen.
Songwriter’s Monthly Magazine - Small Town Girls
Jessi is staggeringly vulnerable in her music. She risks all for the truth. But it’s a truth that’s sung with beautiful, soul-weary vocals that resonate with compassion , making Robertson’s performance absolutely mesmerizing.
Performing Songwriter Magazine: DIY Top 12 Picks
… a voice that commands attention from the first note.
The Deli NYC: Half-Moon
[Half-Moon] showcases Jessi’s electric folk sound while lyrically exploring the loneliness and alienation that have become haunting themes in her work.