Jesse Rivest
Encyclopedia
Jesse Rivest is a Canadian singer-songwriter
currently residing in New Zealand (2008). His main instruments are voice and guitar
. He has toured British Columbia
, as well as Australia
and New Zealand
as a solo performer.
, New Zealand.
In 2007, after touring Australia, he made (unscheduled) appearances at the New Zealand Fringe Festival, and was the subject of a 40 minute live interview (with performance) on Radio New Zealand National (Jim Mora
). In the same year he returned to Kelowna
(British Columbia) to perform at the Rockanagan festival. In early 2008, he performed a mini-tour of New Zealand with Tessa Rain
.
He produces a lo-fi
podcast
, containing unreleased songs, live performances, and random audio clips that are often initiated from a hand-held micro-cassette recorder.
, folk
, and country
.
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
currently residing in New Zealand (2008). His main instruments are voice and guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
. He has toured British Columbia
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
, as well as Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
and New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
as a solo performer.
Biography
In 2005, Jesse Rivest was accepted as a "Best Newcomer Finalist" in the Calgary Folk Music Festival Songwriting Contest for his song Deadbeat Blues. After independently releasing Seventeen Oh-Two Oh-Six in 2006, and after a late-summer tour of British Columbia, he moved to WellingtonWellington
Wellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand, although it is likely to have surpassed Christchurch due to the exodus following the Canterbury Earthquake. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range...
, New Zealand.
In 2007, after touring Australia, he made (unscheduled) appearances at the New Zealand Fringe Festival, and was the subject of a 40 minute live interview (with performance) on Radio New Zealand National (Jim Mora
Jim Mora (broadcaster)
James Mora is a New Zealand media personality.Jim Mora was born in Christchurch, and began his broadcasting career on radio in Dunedin, where he had studied at the University of Otago...
). In the same year he returned to Kelowna
Kelowna
Kelowna is a city on Okanagan Lake in the Okanagan Valley, in the southern interior of British Columbia, Canada. Its name derives from a Okanagan language term for "grizzly bear"...
(British Columbia) to perform at the Rockanagan festival. In early 2008, he performed a mini-tour of New Zealand with Tessa Rain
Tessa Rain
Tessa Rain is a New Zealand singer-songwriter best known for her collaboration with Fly My Pretties. She wrote the songs Carrier Pigeon and Smoke Me from The Return of Fly My Pretties, and Mauri from A Story...
.
He produces a lo-fi
Lo-fi music
Lo-fi is lower quality of sound recordings than the usual standard for music. The qualities of lo-fi are usually achieved by either degrading the quality of the recorded audio, or using certain equipment. Recent uses of the phrase have led to it becoming a genre, although it still remains as an...
podcast
Podcast
A podcast is a series of digital media files that are released episodically and often downloaded through web syndication...
, containing unreleased songs, live performances, and random audio clips that are often initiated from a hand-held micro-cassette recorder.
Performance Style
His writing and performing style is a fusion of blues, rockRock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
, folk
Folk music
Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....
, and country
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
.
Discography
- 2010: Live at the Mussel InnOnekakaOnekaka is a small coastal community in Golden Bay, at the northwestern tip of the South Island, New Zealand with a population of around 250.The name Onekaka is Māori and translated as 'burning sands'....
- Feb 19 2010 (jesserivest.com release) - 2006: Seventeen Oh-Two Oh-Six (jesserivest.com release)
- 1999: The Way Things Were (mp3.com release)