Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Arts and Entertainment Pick of the Day: Jessica Campbell Album Release Show
Posted by Edd Hurt on Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 6:41 AM
Jessica Campbell Album Release Show
Where: 3rd and Lindsley
When: 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 24
Jessica Campbell makes music that’s perfect for all the Gilmore Girls fans who know Stars Hollow was a fake place but wouldn’t mind living there anyway. A North Carolina native who came to Tennessee to write songs and attend college, Campbell has perfected a winsome brand of soft pop that is the aural equivalent of a decaf and a chocolate-chip muffin — her new full-length Great Escape features double-tracked vocals, precise acoustic-guitar arrangements and plenty of sophisticated chord changes.
Much like fellow Music City pop singers Katie Herzig and Matthew Perryman Jones, Campbell doesn’t do anything like rock ’n’ roll, but that’s only because rocking would get in the way of her delicate melodies and cheerful worldview. Great Escape explores the regrets and triumphs that come with young adulthood — Campbell seems both sensible and driven, and that would make Rory Gilmore very proud.
