"A breath of fresh air on the Sunset Strip"

JESSICA BURKS

Since relocating to Southern California 
Jessica Burks has transformed herself from 
a heartland singer/songwriter into an pop rock 
songstress of note, working with a variety of major and 
independent producers Headlining shows at clubs in Hollywood and L.A., 
including Life, The Rainbow Room, The Whiskey, The Hudson and The Cat 
Club in Hollywood, The Mint and Little Ethiopia 
Restaurant in LA, Blue Dog Café, The Prospector and Open 
Books in Long Beach and and some of the regions notable festivals. 
To all of these events she brings a fresh take on pop music.

Press Quotes - 
"Sexy-Smooth Pop Unplugged" "Her Singing Is Her Breathing" "A Voice you Can't Turn Your Back On" "I was seduced from the first note…" -Cob FM, France "One of my favorite rising stars…" –KPFK Los Angeles "Naked Intensity, Progressive and Raw…" – DOT News Los Angeles. "Jessica Burks' beautiful vocals and insightful lyrics grabbed our attention!" – Curve magazine (Editors Pick) Jessica Burks distinct and powerful vocals play on radio stations across the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, Portugal, Jamaica and more. Jessica has collaborated with some of the top pro artists Including Narada Michael Walden (Mariah, Aretha, Producer/writer multiple number one hits…), Harold Payne (Bobby Womack, Snoopp Dogg, Kelly Rowland), Barry Goldberg (Bob Dylan), Yogi Lonich (Chris Cornell, Buckcherry), Chris Wonzer (Linda Perry, Christina Aguillera), Benedikt Brydern (Rhyme amd Reason, Oakland Symphony). Updates: www.myspace.com/JessicaBurks www.facebook.com/JessicaBurksMusic Email List: Groups.Yahoo.com/group/JessicaBurksFanClub Download: Tracks on Amazon.com News and Music on www.Reverbnation.com/JessicaBurks

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No more days jobs thanks to becoming mentally unhinged.  So, I practice my guitar masochistically, edit nude actress scenes out of films, play with my cats, listen to the weirdest shit I can find and share the products of my guitar chops with the world including you who are reading this now.  Most of my tracks are free to download should you so desire (unless I actually composed it)

Epically Cracked is among the vanguard of new artists fusing jazz, funk, rock and electronic music in exhilarating and musically rewarding ways. April Fletcher's bass is deep in the pocket, hard-grooving and emotionally poignant by turns. Andre LaFosse marries his raw yet effortlessly melodic guitar with thrilling electronic interpolations for a boundary-breaking sound brushed with psychedelia. Lisa Edelman's trumpet and flugelhorn ground the music in its jazz roots while daringly incorporating unique mind-bending distortion effects. The whole sound is punched along by Chuck van Haecke's muscular yet intensely thought-through drumming. This is a crack unit with a fully realized musical conception, well worth your time to study, contemplate, and most of all, dig.
-Matt R. Lohr, Contributing Writer, JazzTimes Magazine

Andre LaFosse (Guitar and Electronics)
Lisa Edelman (Trumpet, Flugelhorn and More Effects)
April Fletcher (Bass)
Chuck van Haecke (Drums)

Tracks 1, 3, 5 and 6 composed by April Fletcher
Tracks 4 and 7 composed by Charles T. van Haecke
Track 2 composed by Andre LaFosse

All songs produced and arranged by Epically Cracked
Recorded by Scott Fraser at Architecture
Edited by Chuck van Haecke
Mixed and Mastered by Andre LaFosse
Art by Michael Candelori

Epically Cracked would like to thank all of you who took the time to listen.
We’d also like to thank the following  in no particular order:
Kai Kurosawa, Rico Simmons, Sarah Pigion, Goh Kurosawa, Pete and Sue Morris, Jody Beth LaFosse, Jessica Burks, Matt R. Lohr, Tom Bartolac, Kevin Briggs,  Daniel Anderson, Jim Gately and all at TRiP Santa Monica, Witzend, Bar Lubitch.

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