Jesca Hoop

About Jesca Hoop

Jessica "Jesca" Hoop is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist, who writes and performs in diverse musical styles. She has released six studio albums of her own, as well as live, acoustic and dual albums with others. Prior to beginning her musical career, Hoop had worked as a wilderness survival guide and as a nanny. Among her clients as a nanny were famous musician Tom Waits and his wife Kathleen Brennan. When they heard the songs she had been writing, Waits & Brennan encouraged her to pursue a career in music and supported her as she got started.

Hoop's style has been characterised as largely experimental with folk, rock, and electronic influences. Her early mentor, Tom Waits, described it as, "like a four-sided coin. She is an old soul, like a black pearl, a good witch or a red moon. Her music is like going swimming in a lake at night".