to his publisher Lionel Conway who then sent it forward to Nic Harcourt who was then KCRW’s taste maker. I received a call from Nic one morning while I was asleep in my van (in which I was living). He said he had been playing the song and that people had been calling in and he’d like to be able to tell them something about me. The song went to the top 5 and stayed there for eight weeks. As a result Lionel offered me a publishing deal. He is still my publisher today.
I moved to LA in Dec 2004. Lionel commissioned me to make another EP which I called ‘Silverscreen Demos’. I started reproducing them by hand out of his office with the help of his assistant Joe. Joe noticed that a producer named Tony Berg had purchased a demo. Joe took the initiative to call Tony. Tony and I now have 3 albums together... Kismet, Kismet Acoustic and Hunting my Dress. Straight after I’m finished with Peter Gabriel’s tour I am going to LA to record my 4th album with Tony Blake Mills and Shawn Everett. This record will be called ‘The House That Jack Built’.
I have been touring since the release of Kismet in 2007. My first ever tour I opened as a solo act for The Polyphonic Spree which was complete madness considering there is 25 of them on the stage. I’ve toured with Mark Knopfler, Andrew Bird, EELS, The Ditty Bops and many more quality acts, as well as my own tours in the USA, UK and Europe.
In 2008 I got a call from Guy Garvey (lead singer of Manchester band Elbow). A friend had given him a mixed tape with a song of mine on it called Havoc in Heaven. He wanted to interview me for his radio show Guy Garvey’s finest hour. Long story short I joined them on three tours around the US the UK and Europe. We were in Dublin when Guy said to me “move to Manchester Jes”. Having no clue that my path was to actually turn that direction, I moved to Manchester in spring of 2009. I released HMD and the Snowglobe EP. I was very pleased with the response to both.
In February 2012 we will be releasing the Complete Kismet Acoustic which features live acoustic performances from my first studio production Kismet. My most recent work The House That Jack Built is set up for a worldwide release in spring 2012. I have let my course unfold song by song and each has called to me champion after champion. I am a grafter. I work very hard. I write intensely creative and emotional songs. I record them in world bending ways. I am proud of my work and I am ever at the wheel growing in my art.
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