Live Video: Jessica Pratt

Live Video
03/12/2015
Janice Headley
photo by Matthew B. Thompson (view set)

"Utterly enchanting." That's how DJ Cheryl Waters described our recent in-studio session with the lovely Jessica Pratt, who was on tour in support of her sophomore release On Your Own Love Again, out now on Drag City. This young singer/songwriter emerged from the Bay Area's garage scene with an album of delicate beauty, combining the acoustic folk of early-'70s UK artists like Nick Drake with her unusual, melodic vocals, somewhere between Vashti Bunyan and labelmate Joanna Newsom. Get swept away with this stunning performance below.

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