Jessie Gordon Quits the Band
Don’t panic! Jessie isn’t quitting the band, but she does have other tricks hidden up her very roomy sleeves. Known for singing jazz, swing & blues, it’s time she revealed something new.
Inspired by her 2022 tour through Europe and joined by Lucky Oceans on pedal steel, Pete Evans on drums, Nick Abbey on double bass, Emily Gelineau on violin and Jon Knox Matthews on guitar, she’s bringing a whole set of original music to FRINGE WORLD. At times rollicking and joyful, at times deeply meditative and thoughtful, this very human catalogue of new songs explores the Southern Gothic Folk style.
And to start with, she’s written a song about love. It’s bluegrass. Country. Jaunty. Saucy.
It’s called ‘I’ll Quit the Band’.
"breathtaking, masterful and sheer genius" ★★★★ ½ - Talia Hart, Out in Perth 2020
Presented by: Jessie Gordon
Jessie Gordon is a very sun-shy Perth red-headed singer and songwriter who brings her love of old world roots music into the 21st Century. She has toured Australia, America, South East Asia, Germany, France, Spain, Poland and the UK. She is also a 20 time Fringe World Music and Cabaret Award winner. Her original music is a combination of soulful blues, harmonic gospel and joyful swinging country.
She has also recorded nine albums, including two with Mark Turner (Best Friends 2019 and Live at Kidogo 2021), an original album (A Work of Friction 2018), two intercontinental albums entitled Berlin Nights (2017) and Unknowable Journey (2020) with Berlin band Ginger Blues, the latter of which won the German Blues Award for 2020, and most recently the eponymous Sassafras (2021).