Jessica Goyder, vocals, guitar and piano. Paul Jefferies, upright bass, Ben Twyford, drums and Emily Parker on cello for Demons To Tea. Demons to Tea Recorded by Michael Taylor at Hats Off studios, Oxfordshire, www.hatsoffstudios.com
All songs by Jessica Goyder, lyrics to Balloon in the Wind co-written with Sophie Brown.
Influences
Joni Mitchell's 'Blue' survived the heat and dust and it all started. Tori Amos, Fiona Apple, Ani DiFranco, Nick Drake, Jeff Buckley, Emmylou Harris, Billy Holiday, Cassandra Wilson for the way she creates a whole world with her production, PJ Harvey, Everything but the Girl, Beth Gibbons, Erykah Badu, Nina Simone, Duke Ellington, Stevie Wonder, Lenine, Joyce, Jobim and other Bossa Nova greats, Sade (love the longing you can hear in her voice, which isn't too far off the saudade of Milton Nacimiento) John Lennon, Immogen Heap, Marcia Griffiths, Miriam Makeba and Angelique Kido for their vocal power, old Lemonheads for the melodies, Nirvana, Ojos de Brujo, check out Rossabella Gregory, Debussy, Chopin, Oscar Peterson, Bernard Herrman, Yousson Dor, Low, Pablo Neruda, Oscar Gonzalez Naval, Wiliam Blake, ludicrously jaunty little folky melodies that seem to spring out of nowhere at unexpected moments, almost any train journey, walking with purpose with a rhythm in your head, the smell of May air, silence.....
“This, I realised, was the best thing I’d seen in three days of Glastonbury. Her name, I discovered later, was Jessica Goyder.”
Johnny Black, Mojo, Blender
Jessica grew up in India, Ethiopia and Oxford in the UK. A classically trained pianist and self-taught guitarist, it’s her voice that continues to silence the room. She cut her teeth in a local band and played her way solo around London and Sydney.
Then, little short of a musical explosion followed her first landing in Barcelona in 2001. She fell in with a crowd of Brazilian musicians, discovered Bossa Nova and lived for more than a year as a singing angel street statue. Later periods in the city were spent wrestling music theory in Catalan and taking local cabarets by storm in an eight-girl country band. Her songwriting is often inspired by her travels, from a tour of Central America and Cuba, where she performed regularly at Havana’s 'Casa de la Troba' to a more recent series of concerts in Brazil and Argentina.
Jessica has performed on stages of all shapes and sizes, including 4 Glastonburys, Brighton and Edinburgh Festivals, City Showcase, a residency at Henley Festival and after Jools Holland at the first ever Cornbury. Collaborations include work with The Soundbringer and the electronica album Cosmos with the producer Mr. Smith, released in Canada.
She teamed up with a drummer, bassist and cellist in 2007 and hasn’t looked back. With a recent return to her first love, the piano, she performs regularly in the UK and Spain and is now recording a debut album.
hey hey hope this spring week finds you well** .....I've a Chilean friend named Paula who's fallen in love with your music & wants to know where she can get her ear on more.......kisses b
Hey Beautiful... Whats cookin'.... havya had a chance2c that little video a soma my guys&i busking a few years ago here in le Dubstep? ...One of our old classics '~) xxme
Jessica, thanks much for the kind words, hope all is well with you! Demons to Tea is not just a great song, it's a wonderful concept to invite all that troubles you in for a drink! The beginning of that song reminded me of Autumn Leaves, one of my favorite melodies of all time!!! Thank you so much!
omigoodness!! ...i soo wish i could go! ......i'm having a liitle problem with my visa. You Europeans are so lucky. Will explain a little more l8r ..................much much love for right now, xxme
Hola Jessica. La paz, el amor y la felicidad, deberían ser una constante en nuestras vidas, nosotros te deseamos la PAZ, el AMOR y la FELICIDAD, no solamente por esta navidad, sino para SIEMPRE, y que en el próximo año 2.008, alcances tus metas y cumplas todos tus sueños. Aprovechamos para agradecerte todo tu cariño y apoyo a nosotros y a nuestra música. Gracias por hacernos sentirnos mas felices. De corazón: Elena, Jesús y Rafa, de Alea
hey coolness... Wha shakin' any news.. i see ur playing an Oxjam show, so is we! But over heere, and speaking of over heeere....might we expect a visit onto the isle anytime soon?......pwease.. luv luv
... the chorus in skating- wow! now that's what I been talkin bout- your sound is gonna be huge! who needs a horn section with a voice like yours. Lots of love xx
Hey sweetie.. i haven't heard that one yet ..my computer here at work doesn't stream music, but rest assured i will later this afternoon somewhere else! I also have a little re-working of one of our oldies but goodies to unveil to you soon... ;~) xxxxme
