Jessica Fichot

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Born in the U.S and raised in France to a French father and Chinese mother, Jessica Fichot’s multicultural upbringing had an early influence on her songwriting.

Fichot’s music career began in small coffee shops in Paris. After traveling to Boston and becoming a graduate of the Berklee School of Music; she wrote childrens’ music for educational programs and has now traveled to Los Angeles to focus on her own music and songwriting. The result is a wonderful debut album called ‘Le Chemin’ which finds her beautiful voice singing in English, French, Spanish and Chinese. The songs ranges in style from classic Django-esque swing to a dreamy Anglo French rendition of the song ‘Dream a Little Dream of Me’.

Tom Schnabel, host of Café L.A was immediately captivated by this young chanteuse and quickly arranged to have her come and perform on his show. Despite confessing to being nervous, Jessica and her acoustic ensemble turned in a vivacious and enchanting set of five songs, featured on her CD ‘Le Chemin’. Check out this marvelous star on the rise

• check out Jessica on the web
• go to Jessica's myspace page
• buy her debut cd, ‘Le Chemin’

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Tom Schnabel

Cesaria Evora, Buena Vista Social Club, Ravi Shankar, Caetano Veloso, Bebel Gilberto…regular fixtures on the KCRW playlists, but world music didn’t used to have a home on radio in the U.S. That is, until Tom Schnabel started Morning Becomes Eclectic as KCRW’s first music director in the ‘80’s, and made it his mission to expand LA’s horizons. He continues to do so as the program advisor for the Hollywood Bowl and Walt Disney Hall.

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