1. Jessica "Jesca" Ada Hoop was born on April 21,1975 and is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist, who writes and performs in diverse musical styles.
14 Facts About Jesca Hoop
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Jesca Hoop has released six studio albums of her own, as well as live, acoustic and dual albums with others.
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Jesca Hoop grew up singing hymns and folk tunes with her family in four-part harmony.
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Jesca Hoop described abandoning her faith as a process of detoxification, saying, "Now I feel free of it: I have faith in people".
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Jesca Hoop moved off the grid into the rural and wilderness areas of Northern California and Wyoming where she, "lived under a tree for a summer, in yurts, in cob dwellings, and in a chicken shack that I converted".
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Jesca Hoop's company gave her a publishing contract and "an advance, something to live off, and helped to develop".
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Jesca Hoop then signed to Columbia Records' subsidiary "3 Records" and developed her first record with Tony Berg, producer and head of 3 Records.
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Jesca Hoop described them as "folk songs" and the EP received a degree of critical acclaim.
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Jesca Hoop worked as a backing singer on Peter Gabriel's New Blood Tour in 2011.
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In 2016, Jesca Hoop released Love Letter for Fire, an album of duets with American singer-songwriter Sam Beam.
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Jesca Hoop signed with the label Sub Pop and announced that she would release the album Memories Are Now on February 10,2017.
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Jesca Hoop has collaborated with many recording artists, including Stewart Copeland, Guy Garvey, Willy Mason, Blake Mills, Shearwater, Erika Wennerstrom, The Ditty Bops and many more.
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Jesca Hoop's style has been characterised as largely experimental with folk, rock, and electronic influences.
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Jesca Hoop is an old soul, like a black pearl, a good witch or a red moon.