Fri 12/4 @ 8PM
Detroit-based singer/guitarist Jessica Hernandez fronts Jessica Hernandez & the Deltas. Describing exactly what they do is difficult. Hernandez is a compellingly dramatic singer with an elastic voice who’s comfortable in a range of styles, from R&B to folk to blues to a stagey style that’s been called “gypsy rock” but sounds like she’s auditioning for a Bertolt Brecht musical.
She sings a song called “Young Dumb and Drunk” with a torchy poignancy that suggests a jazz singer wringing tears out of something from the Great American Songbook, while “Caught Up” features soul vocal worthy of fellow Detroiter Aretha Franklin, wrapped in rock and roll arrangement featuring surf-style guitar.
The band is starting to attract a lot more attention since they released their debut album Secret Evil last year snagging appearances of late-night TV shows and a recent European tour with Social Distortion.
Apparently the audiences at Akron’s Musica like them a lot too. They performed there in March and they’re back again for another show. White Buffalo Woman and Kenneth Smith open. Admission is $10.
Akron, OH 44308