Caitlin Jemma and Zoe Winter Live at Lille Aeske Arthouse
SATURDAY 11/4/2023 8 PM TO 10 PM
$25 in Advance / $30 at the Door
MUSIC | ART | DRINKS | FOOD | ART INSTALLATION
About Caitlin Jemma:
Indie musician and singer-songwriter Caitlin Jemma speaks for the multitudes on her celestial new disco-folk album, True Meaning, out September 17th on American Standard Time Records. Conjuring the soulfulness of Norah Jones, the melancholy of Joni Mitchell, and the lyric-bending bewitchment of Bonnie Raitt, Jemma takes listeners on an atmospheric journey from heartbreak to hope throughout the ten dynamic tracks which make up True Meaning—a vulnerable-yet-spirited release exploring the full emotional spectrum of being human, while posing an age-old philosophical question: “What is the true meaning of life?”
True Meaning gives us sparse, inner-directed desert-folk hymns, ala Damien Jurado and Tift Merritt, juxtaposed with lush, full-band rockers featuring Van Morrison-like horns, Velvet Underground-meets-The Band-infused rhythm sections, and impassioned Motown-era backing vocals. Jemma’s songbird timbre sounds half-broken and half-resilient, accompanied by western slide guitar and evoking the feeling that the lights of the next city are just over the ridge.
Follow Caitlin Jemma at: www.caitlinjemma.com
About Zoe Winter:
After years of playing alongside bands like The California Honeydrops, Rainbow Girls, and Handmade Moments, Zoe Winter is recording her first full length studio album.
A bay-area local who’s been compared to Laura Marling and called the Joni Mitchell of Sonoma County, Zoe discovered her ability to play music by ear at the age of 7. Her career began playing keys & bass in the graffitied classrooms of SF’s School of Rock and singing with various funk bands. Her influences shifted from rock and roll and R&B to jazz pianists like Bill Evans and Robert Glasper, Neo Soul singers like Eryka Badu and D’angelo, and genre-defying vocalists like Thom Yorke. Eventually she moved to acoustic guitar and removed all unnecessary sounds. “To stand on a stage alone with nothing but an acoustic guitar is the most punk rock thing to me.”
Whether she’s alone on a dark stage with her guitar or singing with a full band, her powerful, velvety voice gives you an excuse to crack open and confront whatever it is you’ve been running from.
Unlike her stripped-back solo EP, New Mexico, her upcoming album will act like a Best-of-the-Bay featuring the many musicians she’s played with over the years. “One of my favorite parts about music is having all your best friends be your biggest inspirations.”
Listen to her music and donate to her album fundraiser at www.zoewintermusic.com