Nashville-based singer-songwriter Jessica Campbell is set to release her second
album, The Anchor & The Sail, on April 30, 2013. The album
traces romantic relationships from balmy beginnings to painfully complex
ends with bold emotionality. “The album title represents life,” says Campbell . “There
are things that hold us back and weigh us down, anchors...and things that
let us move forward, sails. The music on this album represents a reflection on
past relationships in light of my recent marriage.”
Produced by longtime creative collaborator Cason Cooley (Katie Herzig, Mat
Kearney, Matthew Perryman Jones, Sixpence None The Richer, Andrew
Peterson)—Cooley also worked with Campbell on her 2009 debut EP and the
follow-up Great Escape LP—the album was recorded over six weeks in
Nashville, with the two meticulously tailoring each song’s production
aesthetic. The Anchor & The Sail was carefully culled from a
pool of songs birthed from a flood of creativity. The album refines the
whimsical pop of her previous album but also adds elegantly essential
acoustic songs reflective of her intimate live shows. Special guest,
singer-songwriter Dave Barnes (Grammy-nominated for “God Gave Me You”), is
featured on the song “Mississippi .”
In the midst of writing for the new album, in April 2012 Campbell signed a worldwide co-publishing
agreement with Franklin-based The MWS Group, the publishing company
owned by acclaimed artist Michael W. Smith. Campbell previously won “Best Song” in the
esteemed USA Songwriting Competition. She’s had a self-penned song cut by
Gordon Mote, the two-time Academy
of Country Music Awards ’
Piano Player of the Year. She has had songs placed in ABC’s Ugly Betty,
CW’s Hart of Dixie, CBC’s (Canada ) Heartland, CMT’s Melissa
& Tye, and VH-1’s Tough Love New Orleans. Her 2011
album Great Escape climbed to the #5 spot on the iTunes
singer-songwriter chart. She’s been profiled
in American Songwriter magazine, Nashville Scene,
and Oklahoma Gazette. Brite Revolution says: “Campbell has the ability to turn the sentence
of your day from ellipsis to exclamation point.”
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