Album Of The Month - September 2015
Jess Klein - 'Behind A Veil'
Jess Klein is a singer songwriter hailing from Rochester, New York.
Her artistic gifts have taken her across North America and Europe and around the globe to Japan. This has consistently won her an ever-growing legion of devoted fans and followers plus high critical praise.
She writes honestly and courageously about the conflicting emotions of love, loss, joy and pain. But even in the most delicate passages you can hear the triumph in her voice.
Her seventh studio album 'Behind A Veil' was released in 2012. The album bravely chronicles her feelings during a particularly hard year: the loss of her father after a five-year battle with ALS (aka Lou Gehrig’s Disease), a split with a longtime lover, and her self-empowering decision to move forward as a recording artist on her own label.
Produced by Mark Addison and recorded at his Aerie Studio just outside of Austin, 'Behind a Veil' opens with the stirring title track and closes with an inviting and uplifting affirmation on 'Unwritten Song'. And in between journeys through an abundant range of musical and emotional moods and modes.
The depth, pluck and emotional acuity of her songwriting on 'Behind a Veil' transforms the challenges and heartache she experienced into a palpably cathartic, liberating and transcendent listening experience. “You never really know what the big picture is to a situation – sometimes the meaning is veiled," says Klein of the album and its title. "It can seem really bad, but then later you can look back at the same moment and feel so grateful it went that way; I love that about life. Sometimes things are just really hard and really painful, but also beautiful.”
'Behind A Veil' is a wonderful and inspiring album, confirming that Jess Klein is a very special talent and one of the most highly gifted singer songwriters around.
Her artistic gifts have taken her across North America and Europe and around the globe to Japan. This has consistently won her an ever-growing legion of devoted fans and followers plus high critical praise.
She writes honestly and courageously about the conflicting emotions of love, loss, joy and pain. But even in the most delicate passages you can hear the triumph in her voice.
Her seventh studio album 'Behind A Veil' was released in 2012. The album bravely chronicles her feelings during a particularly hard year: the loss of her father after a five-year battle with ALS (aka Lou Gehrig’s Disease), a split with a longtime lover, and her self-empowering decision to move forward as a recording artist on her own label.
Produced by Mark Addison and recorded at his Aerie Studio just outside of Austin, 'Behind a Veil' opens with the stirring title track and closes with an inviting and uplifting affirmation on 'Unwritten Song'. And in between journeys through an abundant range of musical and emotional moods and modes.
The depth, pluck and emotional acuity of her songwriting on 'Behind a Veil' transforms the challenges and heartache she experienced into a palpably cathartic, liberating and transcendent listening experience. “You never really know what the big picture is to a situation – sometimes the meaning is veiled," says Klein of the album and its title. "It can seem really bad, but then later you can look back at the same moment and feel so grateful it went that way; I love that about life. Sometimes things are just really hard and really painful, but also beautiful.”
'Behind A Veil' is a wonderful and inspiring album, confirming that Jess Klein is a very special talent and one of the most highly gifted singer songwriters around.