TEXAS NATIVE JESKA BAILEY IS A POWERHOUSE MUSICIAN WITH “HONEYED, SOULFUL VOCALS” (GLIDE MAGAZINE) WHO IS MAKING A SPLASH IN THE AUSTIN MUSIC SCENE. THE “GIFTED VOCALIST” (AUSTIN MONTHLY) IS KNOWN FOR HER PERFORMANCES WITH THE GUY FORSYTH BAND, THE HOT NUT RIVETERS, AND THE HONEYSUCKLE RAGE RIDERS, BUT JESKA IS A STAR IN HER OWN RIGHT. HER HIGHLY-ANTICIPATED FIRST SOLO RELEASE, MURDERINO, COMING IN LATE 2022, IS A RIVETING LOOK INTO TRUE CRIME, FEMINISM, AND POWER STRUGGLES, PACKAGED IN A COMPELLING BLUES-FOLK ALBUM. NO STRANGER TO THE STAGE, JESKA IS A MULTI-INSTRUMENTALIST, A TRAINED OPERA SINGER, A FIERCE BLUES SINGER, A PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER AND A PAINTER. SHE’S APPEARED ON AMERICAN IDOL, AUSTIN’S “50TH ANNIVERSARY OF WOODSTOCK” RADIO PROGRAM, AND PERFORMED THE NATIONAL ANTHEM ON ESPN AT THE TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY. CONSPIRATORS, HER 2019 ALBUM WITH HER HUSBAND, AUSTIN LEGEND GUY FORSYTH, WAS HERALDED FOR ITS “BEAUTIFUL VOCALS” AND “SHINING HARMONIES.” SHE TOURED THAT ALBUM ALL OVER THE WORLD, TO GREAT RECEPTION, AND IS READY TO HIT THE STAGE IN SUPPORT OF HER NEW MUSIC. JESKA’S LOVE OF COMMUNITY AND HER SKILL AS A MODEL/PHOTOGRAPHER HAS YIELDED 50,000 LOYAL FOLLOWERS ON INSTAGRAM, AND SHE IS READY TO TURN ALL OF THOSE FOLLOWERS INTO MUSIC FANS. A THREE-TIME CANCER SURVIVOR, JESKA SPENT THE PANDEMIC WRITING, RECORDING, PLOTTING, HELPING OTHER ARTISTS LEARN HOW TO SURVIVE IN A VIRTUAL WORLD, AND GENERALLY LETTING HER CREATIVITY RUN WILD. SHE LIVES WITH HER PARTNER AND THEIR BLENDED FAMILY IN BUDA AND CAN’T WAIT TO RETURN TO REGULAR MUSIC TOURS AROUND THE WORLD.

Cooking up sounds in Austin, TX.  This is a page for all my rough demos & unreleased songs.  

Visit soundcloud.com/annalarsonmusic   or soundcloud.com/the-wheelwrights for more of my  music.

Across his 20 albums, Smith’s songwriting has addressed universal themes—love, mortality, and spirituality—alongside contemporary issues including immigration, addiction, and narcissism. Critics have long praised Smith’s work. Bill Golembeski of Folking.com calls him “a well-kept secret… churning out music with street cred to burn,” while Jodi Marxbury describes his sound as “smart indie rock with a dirty country soul.” Colin Jordan notes Smith’s blend of “blues with jazz, classic rock overdrive, and a trademark smoky vocal.”

For more than three decades as a songwriter, producer, and mentor, Smith has been guided by a single, enduring mission: to bring people together through music. That commitment is at the heart of his work as Executive Director of Six String Ranch, the Austin-based residential studio and school he co-founded with Bill Kaman, where he has mentored hundreds of singer-songwriters and instrumentalists from around the world. “I’ve been a lifelong, self-employed professional musician—I’ve never had a job that wasn’t directly connected to music,” Smith says. “I’m grateful to share that love of music with others and have fun doing it.”

Podcasts and as much free music as we can stand, plus a couple of favorites. Thanks for visiting! Twang Twang Shock A Boom is Davíd Garza, Chris Searles and Jeff Haley. They have been making music together for 35 years. "It's No Secret" is a oral history of the band produced by Catherine Cuellar and Jeff Haley

Singin' and Playin' from the great city of Austin to you. She released her debut EP, Through the Fog, in April 2019. Latest single "Heavy" out now.

Get a taste of the recent things she's been working on here on this profile. These are mostly demos, iphone recordings and weekly submissions for her songwriting group (for now).

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