Jessye DeSilva
Songwriter
Musician
Artist

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.

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