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From The Desk Of Jesca Hoop: Hummus

The first thing you notice about singer/songwriter Jesca Hoop’s seventh full-length is how spare it sounds, each song assembled only from two or three instrumental elements and Hoop’s warm-yet-adaptive, shape-shifting voice. Then you stop hearing that sparseness, so rich does the album sound. Somewhere near a half-hour into its 40-minute running time, it hits you again, and you start wondering how the hell Memories Are Now can sound so expansive, considering its skeletal arrangements. Hoop will be guest editing magnetmagazine.com all week. Read our feature.

Hoop: There is a place in Philadelphia called Dizengoff that serves the loveliest hummus, fresh pita and beer. That’s all they serve, really. After a long walk around the city, it’s the perfect place to stop to refresh !!