1/14/2009
CMJ Review
If you are uncomfortable with the concept of counseling, Jessie Kilguss may just be able to change your mind. Nocturnal Drifter is an intense, heartfelt LP with each song carefully-crafted amid echoing, strong harmonies that outline a journey of self-discovery. More...
12/2/2008
Wildy’s World Review
Jessie Kilguss is a late bloomer as a singer/songwriter, but has spent her whole life trying to find her way there. She began as an actress, classically trained at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London. Kilguss has done her turns on the stage, but after sharing the stage with Marianne Faithfull Kilguss became hooked on the idea that she might control her own development/writing/performance. The outgrowth of that revelation was Kilguss’ 2007 debut album, Exotic Bird. Artists grow and develop, and in less than two years Kilguss has grown immensely. Her next release, Nocturnal Drifter is due January 6, 2009, is leaps and bounds ahead of Exotic Bird, itself a Wildy’s World Certified Desert Island Disc. More...
Exclaim.ca
Jessie Kilguss's smoky voice on the theatrically styled opening track of her latest album immediately betrays her background in the performing arts. Trained as an actress, Brooklyn's Kilguss worked on stage with Marianne Faithfull and came away transformed and inspired. Her debut disc, 2007's Exotic Bird, was the result, and on her second disc, Nocturnal Drifter, she sinks deeper into the steaming bath of her newly embraced art form. More...
1/6/2009
VenusZine
Jessie Kilguss began straying from a career in theater when she toured in the ensemble of The Black Rider, a musical written by William S. Burroughs and scored by Tom Waits. While Kilguss was part of its production in 2005, Marianne Faithfull was also featured in the cast. “It was a dream project to be included on,” Kilguss says, having long been a fan of all three. The troupe also included singer-songwriter Mary Margaret O’Hara and many orchestra members who had played with Waits. The influence of so many artists from outside the theater made an impression on the classically trained actress. In particular, Kilguss remembers the way O’Hara would alter the melodies of her songs every night. “I was way more interested in the music aspect than the acting. My interest in acting was starting to fade anyway,” she says. The path onto which the actress strayed now finds her self-releasing her second album, Nocturnal Drifter. More...
1/26/2009
Power of Pop
“I consider all of the arts to be interconnected and think there is fluidity in the boundaries between them. Many of my favourite singers started out in some other artistic discipline; Joni Mitchell with painting, Leonard Cohen as a scholar/poet, David Bowie as an actor…” – Jessie Kilguss More...
1/26/2008
Great Review by Muruch.
Exotic Bird is an apt title for singer-songwriter Jessie Kilguss. Her subtly saucy voice softly spiels lyrics full of poetically brooding imagery amidst outlandishly diverse arrangements. Kilguss is a former actress who appeared in the film adaption of The Crucible with Daniel Day Lewis and shared the stage with Mary Margaret O'Hara and Marianne Faithfull. More...
1/19/2008
Check out this review in the Feminist Review
Reading Jessie Kilguss’ bio while listening to her debut album Exotic Bird, I find myself marveling at how one’s life oftentimes depends on the door opened, the party attended, or the call made. Life happens, if we take the chance, if we seize the opportunity – or not. More...
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