Jessye DeSilva

they / them

Boston

Massachusetts

United States

Folk

Americana

Americana, Folk Rock, Alt Country

Band members
Instruments
Rhythm Guitar
Background Vocals
Rhythm Guitar
Background Vocals
Rhythm Guitar
keys
Mandolin
Drums
Rhythm Guitar
Bass
Lead Guitar
Background Vocals
Fiddle
Rhythm Guitar
Banjo
Lead Guitar
Rhythm Guitar
Rhythm Guitar
Lead Guitar
keys
Mandolin
Drums
Rhythm Guitar
Bass
Banjo
Lead Guitar
Background Vocals
keys
Drums
Rhythm Guitar
Bass
Lead Guitar
Pedal Steel
Rhythm Guitar
Rhythm Guitar
Rhythm Guitar
Mandolin
Background Vocals
Lead Guitar
keys
Rhythm Guitar
Bass
keys
Rhythm Guitar
Bass
Lead Guitar
Background Vocals
Rhythm Guitar
Bass
Drums
Mandolin
Rhythm Guitar
keys
Rhythm Guitar
Lead Guitar
Background Vocals
Bass
Banjo
Background Vocals
Fiddle
keys
Rhythm Guitar
Background Vocals
Lead Guitar
Rhythm Guitar
Bass
Drums
Dobro
Background Vocals
Rhythm Guitar
keys
Background Vocals
worked with
Adeem the Artist, Old Tom & The Lookouts, Grave Givertz, Aaron Lee Tasjan, Jake Blount
influences
Brandi Carlile, Jackson Browne, Hozier, Elton John, Stevie Nicks, Mountain Goats
Available For
Co-writing, session work, collaboration

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about

Jessye DeSilva (they/them)’s new, crowdfunded album, Renovations, chronicles an ongoing, imperfect journey to self-love and -acceptance, full of both moments of resignation and moments of triumph. DeSilva, a non-binary, trans person and the child of a preacher whose conservative religion left no room for their personhood, examines identity and trauma and reckons with privilege and marginalization across 11 songs that draw from both their classical vocal training and work as a voice teacher for musical theater students at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee College of Music and their love of ‘90s emo and pop-rock. The 2023 Nashville Scene artist to watch and 2022 Boston Music Awards Americana Artist of the Year nominee put queer and trans empowerment at the very heart of Renovations, both in their encouraging, vulnerable lyrics and in the musicians they enlisted to play on their songs.