After over a decade of writing music, on Thursday May 26, Appalaskan Jess will share her first recorded song with the world with a celebration at Spoonline Bistro in Girdwood. The single “Rare Bird” is the title track to her debut album, releasing later this summer.
Known as Jessie Meybin offstage, and a songbird since birth, Jess started playing her guitar for friends in the Virginia's where she was raised and has gone from open mics to touring with her bands here in Alaska over the last decade. Self-taught after receiving her mother’s classic nylon string acoustic guitar as a gift (or a bribe to finish her graduate thesis) 13 years ago, she has tamed her ‘wild bird hand’ style of strumming, her melodic singing and poignant but whimsical lyrics into a genre of its own that we can only say resembles folk with a twist. Her setlist is unpredictable and can come from any musical direction- from reggae to bluegrass and back to hip hop- but we can all expect to be moved, moving... or at least entertained.
Come down to Spoonline from 7-9 pm on May 26th to show your support, or look out for her album “Rare Bird,” coming out later this summer. You can also catch her touring around Alaska this summer with her reggae band, Loaded Karma, and her string-grass band, The River Livers. Follow @AppalaskanJess on Facebook for updates.