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Photograph: Dennis Kleiman
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Jessie Kilguss' album, Nocturnal Drifter came out on Tuesday, but her record release party is in a few Saturdays from now on January 17th at the Rose Live Music in Brooklyn, New York. The show is free, so there's no excuse to show up and enjoy the champagne, wine, and hors d'oeuvres.
Kilguss started out as an actress, in fact, her first role was as Debra Flint in the 1996 movie of "The Crucible", starring Daniel Day-Lewis and Winona Ryder. She soon found herself on stage with Marianne Faithfull, which inspired her to change career and by 2007, she released her debut album, Exotic Bird.
Well, she's back with Nocturnal Drifter, and judging from the cover artwork and press photos, that she conveys a bit of a little naughtiness and dramatic, no?
The title Nocturnal Drifter comes from a line in her "31" song ("I'm a nocturnal drifter, an insomniac"), which tells me she's a night creature... as most musicians are, I suspect. The song is kind of humorous, if not witty, about her feeling "too young to be 31, and way too old to be this young".
The rest of the album seems to have a lonesome/seeking someone theme to it. For example, the person who knows it all about being intimately knowing about loneliness in "Something About Lonely" or about the possibility of meeting someone on a train on "Strangers On A Train" or about waiting forever for someone in "I Don't Need People".
My favorite song on the album is "Gristmill". This has a Spanish-style feel to it, and really gripped me with the opening line: "Is this the real story, or is the art already spun? Not nearly as much fun, as I'd hoped..." You can hear both intrigue and disappointment in the way Kilguss sings that part.
From what I've read, they suggest if you like Nick Cave, Joni Mitchell, Regina Specktor, Laurie Anderson, you'll find Kilguss' music right up your alley.
You can find Jessie Kilguss on January 17th at the Rose Live Music, where you can pick up her latest album and be sure to ask about her dog, Mr Walter Peanuts. If you can't make it, well, there's always amazon.
Kilguss started out as an actress, in fact, her first role was as Debra Flint in the 1996 movie of "The Crucible", starring Daniel Day-Lewis and Winona Ryder. She soon found herself on stage with Marianne Faithfull, which inspired her to change career and by 2007, she released her debut album, Exotic Bird.
Well, she's back with Nocturnal Drifter, and judging from the cover artwork and press photos, that she conveys a bit of a little naughtiness and dramatic, no?
The title Nocturnal Drifter comes from a line in her "31" song ("I'm a nocturnal drifter, an insomniac"), which tells me she's a night creature... as most musicians are, I suspect. The song is kind of humorous, if not witty, about her feeling "too young to be 31, and way too old to be this young".
The rest of the album seems to have a lonesome/seeking someone theme to it. For example, the person who knows it all about being intimately knowing about loneliness in "Something About Lonely" or about the possibility of meeting someone on a train on "Strangers On A Train" or about waiting forever for someone in "I Don't Need People".
My favorite song on the album is "Gristmill". This has a Spanish-style feel to it, and really gripped me with the opening line: "Is this the real story, or is the art already spun? Not nearly as much fun, as I'd hoped..." You can hear both intrigue and disappointment in the way Kilguss sings that part.
From what I've read, they suggest if you like Nick Cave, Joni Mitchell, Regina Specktor, Laurie Anderson, you'll find Kilguss' music right up your alley.
You can find Jessie Kilguss on January 17th at the Rose Live Music, where you can pick up her latest album and be sure to ask about her dog, Mr Walter Peanuts. If you can't make it, well, there's always amazon.
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