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Life, love, and lament are the introspective themes of Jessica Spurrell’s music. Drawing inspiration from folk and rock styles, she combines warm, eclectic sounds with lyrics full of poetic feeling. Contemporary songwriter Adrienne Lenker and Laurel Canyon lady Judee Sill are among her strongest influences. Jessica’s upcoming record, A Blessing, A Pearl, explores adolescent heartache through striking prose, woodwinds, harp, strings, and synth. Jessica worked closely with 20+ young Canadian musicians from many musical backgrounds to arrange, record, and produce this FACTOR-funded project. Look out for the release of A Blessing, A Pearl in late spring of 2024.
An accomplished songwriter, Jessica is a recipient of the 2021 SOCAN Foundation’s Young Canadian Songwriters Award for her song, Bury Me. In 2022, she was chosen for the TD Incubator for Creative Entrepreneurship and received a FACTOR Artist Development grant to support her professional creative activities. Most recently, Jessica was selected to showcase her music at the 2023 Folk Music Ontario Conference through their Developing Artist Program.
Jessica plays with her band in Toronto venues such as Drom Taberna, The Tranzac Club, and The Cameron House. She is frequently featured as a vocalist/guitarist in the bands of other artists and recently worked as the producer for Toronto songwriter Elisabeth Dorion’s EP Overachiever. As a third-year student in the Bachelor of Music program at Humber College, Jessica brings a high level of musicianship to her live performances. She studies a variety of styles, including Jazz and Latin music.
Jessica has called many places home, including Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, and Germany. She enjoys making weird necklaces and reading Richard Sikken’s poetry.
