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Artist
Jess Chambers
12+ albums
about
Jess Chambers spent her formative years capturing hearts throughout New Zealand with her award winning songwriting and mesmerizing performances. Taking home ’Best NZ Country Song’ at the Golden Guitars for her hit “Stringing Me Along” and named a finalist for the prestigious APRA Silver Scroll for her song “Island”, she has been nationally recognized for her songwriting skill. With a live show that is known for its intimacy, Jess envelopes listeners in a world of hushed but powerful expressions of emotion. Alongside musical partner Peter Hill, it’s not unusual for a room to be so still you can hear floorboards creaking. The couple have toured New Zealand extensively and opened shows for visiting internationals such as The Fleetfoxes, Mark Lanegan (US), Newton Faulkner, K.T. Tunstall (UK) and Sarah Harmer (Can). “Like Welch and Rawlings these two had the ability, with just two instruments, to keep their audience engaged – entranced is not too strong a word – for the better part of two hours.” Karl du Fresne.blogspot.com Jess celebrated the independent release of her sophomore album Desire in Sept 2011. A minimalist ode to love positively brimming with heart. The album reveals an artist stepping for the first time into the role of record producer and knowing exactly what she wants. Unhurried storytelling accompanied by guitars, mandolin and piano sets the album firmly in the modern alt-country/folk tradition and is a worthy successor to her previous work. ‘These
