{"id":2032,"date":"2020-02-10T18:43:10","date_gmt":"2020-02-10T18:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skyemediaonline.com\/wordpress\/?p=2032"},"modified":"2020-01-31T18:44:24","modified_gmt":"2020-01-31T18:44:24","slug":"americana-singer-songwriter-jess-jocoy-to-release-debut-album-on-april-10th-jess-jocoy-tells-honest-stories-like-very-few-artists-can-southern-fellow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/skyemediaonline.com\/wordpress\/americana-singer-songwriter-jess-jocoy-to-release-debut-album-on-april-10th-jess-jocoy-tells-honest-stories-like-very-few-artists-can-southern-fellow\/","title":{"rendered":"Americana singer-songwriter Jess Jocoy to release debut album on April 10th | “Jess Jocoy tells honest stories like very few artists can.” – Southern Fellow"},"content":{"rendered":"

For Immediate Release
\nFebruary 10, 2020<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Americana singer-songwriter Jess Jocoy to release debut album on April 10th<\/p>\n

\u201cJess Jocoy tells honest stories like very few artists can.\u201d \u2013\u00a0Southern Fellow<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Nashville-based Americana singer-songwriter Jess Jocoy is set to release her debut full-length album,\u00a0Such a Long Way<\/em>, on April 10, 2020.\u00a0 The album was produced by Michael Rinne (Miranda Lambert) and Dylan Alldredge (Mary Gauthier, Joy Williams, Leon Bridges) and recorded at Skinny Elephant Recording in Nashville.\u00a0 With a crystalline veracity in her uniquely authentic songs, Jocoy constructs eloquent narratives that drift between the poetic and the conversational, which some have called \u201cJason Isbell meets Emmylou Harris.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe biggest truth in this record is my journey,\u201d Jocoy says of her refined yet rootsy album (which is the follow-up to her 2018 EP,\u00a0New Heart\/Old Soul<\/em>).\u00a0 After already releasing one single from the album (\u201cAching to Feel Alive\u201d on January 17th), two more singles from\u00a0Such a Long Way<\/em>\u00a0are planned in the lead-up to album release:\u00a0 \u201cLove Her Wild\u201d (out February 14th) and \u201cSomebody Somewhere\u201d (out March 6th).<\/p>\n

While\u00a0Such a Long Way<\/em>\u2019s songs don\u2019t always tell her story, they certainly show her progress. From the big picture pep talk that is \u201cExistential Crossroads\u201d to the father-son stand-off of \u201cCastles Made of Sand\u201d through the tender reminder of \u201cHope,\u201d\u00a0Such a Long Way\u00a0<\/em>showcases a thoroughly literate young songwriter finding her voice and staking her claim with equal parts grit, grace, and gravitas. In an Americana music community brimming with talent,\u00a0Such a Long Way\u00a0<\/em>is an impressive effort for someone who only just a couple years ago committed to pursuing music full-time, after a lifetime of dreaming that dream.<\/p>\n

At the craggy core of\u00a0Such a Long Way<\/em>\u00a0lives the search to find one\u2019s place in the world, and it readily infuses the earthy stride of \u201cSomebody Somewhere,\u201d the vibey shuffle of \u201cLong Way Home,\u201d and the quiet testament of \u201cHope (Such A Long Way).\u201d Of the latter, Jocoy says, \u201cThe entire piece is based on what I needed to hear \u2014 from God, from myself, whomever. This song is about me: If I don\u2019t tell myself I\u2019m a bird, I will never fly. I\u2019ve worn sorrow like a coat, and it\u2019s\u00a0hard to shake it off.\u201d\u00a0 Grief, gratitude, living, and learning collide in one of the reoccurring themes of\u00a0Such a Long Way<\/em>: mercy. \u201c\u2018Mercy\u2019 is such a powerful word \u2014 small but mighty,\u201d Jocoy offers. \u201cIt can dictate a lot, like what kind of person you are. I\u2019ve been shown so much mercy throughout the course of my life. That and grace have brought me to where I am today.\u201d<\/p>\n

Having grown up south of Seattle, hitting every karaoke joint and singing competition her parents could drive her to, Jocoy kept her eye ever on the prize: Nashville. Her parents supported her every step of the way, but before Jocoy could fully see her dream of making music become reality, her father passed away from lung cancer in 2013, six months after his diagnosis. Rather than running from it, she instead wove her grief into the threads of her songs, realizing that pain is a universal feeling, and not to be ignored. \u201cThat\u2019s when I really started to learn how to write sad songs,\u201d Jocoy explains. \u201cGrief was strange, because I couldn\u2019t allow myself to express that pain to other people or in public, but it was very evident in my writing that I was lost.\u201d She relocated to Nashville and attended Belmont University (where she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree) to take a deeper dive into songwriting, and released the\u00a0New Heart\/Old Soul EP<\/em>, recorded by Daniel Dennis at Prime Cut Studios in East Nashville, TN.<\/p>\n

In June of 2018, \u201cLong Live the Song,\u201d her anthemic ode to the abiding essence of great songwriting, won the nationwide Uber Music Movers competition, where she opened for Chase Rice during Nashville\u2019s annual CMA Fest.\u00a0 In 2019, she was featured on an episode of the hit TV show \u201cSongland,\u201d (the song she performed, \u201cEasy,\u201d appears on the physical copy of her EP\u00a0New Heart\/Old Soul<\/em>\u00a0and was released as a single in late 2019).\u00a0 She was an official showcasing artist at AmericanaFest in 2019 and has been the Sunday Spotlight showcase artist twice onstage at The Bluebird Caf\u00e9 in Nashville.<\/p>\n

Jocoy plans some album release shows and touring in support of\u00a0Such a Long Way<\/em>.\u00a0 Confirmed dates are listed below, with more dates to be announced soon.<\/p>\n

Jess Jocoy Tour Dates:<\/strong>
\n2\/14 \u2013 Nashville, TN \/ The Sutler
\n2\/15 \u2013 Lagrange, GA \/ Pure Life Studios
\n3\/4 – Crossville, TN \/ Social Brew
\n3\/5 \u2013 Brevard, NC \u2013 185 King Street
\n3\/7 \u2013 Greensboro, NC \/ Common Ground
\n3\/20-22 \u2013 Baton Rouge, LA \/ Third Street Songwriter Festival
\n3\/27 \u2013 Nashville, TN \/ SoFar Sounds
\n3\/28 \u2013 Cleveland, TN \/ Mash & Hops
\n3\/31 \u2013 Tallahassee, FL \/ Blue Tavern
\n4\/2 \u2013 Atlanta, GA \/ Red Light Caf\u00e9
\n4\/3 \u2013 Atlanta, GA \/ Gypsy Rose
\n4\/9 \u2013 Nashville, TN \/ High Watt (Album Release Show)
\n4\/10 \u2013 Nashville, TN \/ 3rd & Lindsley (WMOT Finally Friday)
\n4\/11 \u2013 Bothell, WA \/ The Den Coffeehouse
\n4\/12 \u2013 Seattle, WA \/ Tim\u2019s Tavern
\n4\/13 \u2013 Seattle, WA\/ The Royal Room
\n4\/14 \u2013 Portland, OR \/ Alberta Street Pub
\n4\/28 \u2013 Louisville, KY \/ O\u2019Shea\u2019s Pub Downtown
\n5\/2 \u2013 St. Louis, MO \/ Evangeline\u2019s Bistro and Music House
\n5\/3 \u2013 Kansas City, MO \/ Westport Saloon
\n5\/4 \u2013 Fayetteville, AR \/ Six Twelve Coffeehouse & Bar<\/p>\n

…more dates to be announced soon!<\/p>\n

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For Immediate Release February 10, 2020   Americana singer-songwriter Jess Jocoy to release debut album on April 10th \u201cJess Jocoy tells honest stories like very few artists can.\u201d \u2013\u00a0Southern Fellow Nashville-based Americana singer-songwriter Jess Jocoy is set to release her debut full-length album,\u00a0Such a Long Way, on April 10, 2020.\u00a0 The album was produced by … <\/p>\n

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