John's Alley: Jes Raymond & The Blackberry Bushes

Jes Raymond and The Blackberry Bushes are an Acoustic Americana band whose sound falls somewhere between Stevie Nicks and The Devil Makes Three. Their songs evoke the natural world, with themes of imperfection and impermanence. The instrumentation is precise and improvisational. Jes Raymond and The Blackberry Bushes have that rare magic that allows them to fuse elements from many genres into a sound that retains distinct threads of sonic color. Like their thorny namesake, they are rooted and growing, growing, growing.