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Jesika von Rabbit(aka “The Queen of the Hi-Desert”) is an artist, singer, songwriter, musician and entertainer. Her second solo album “Dessert Rock” is an avalanche of appetizing amalgams that incorporate hints of calypso, sci-fi, psychedelic, rock, electro and funk.
“I’ve always been into music since I came out of the womb… I started taking piano lessons when I was five and I loved music immediately. It was always around my house.”
“I knew from a very young age that’s what I wanted to do. So I was lucky in that way, I knew that was my journey.”
“It wasn’t till I moved to Minneapolis after high school and I started getting into bands. I had an all girl punk band called the porn flakes for a brief moment there.”
“It wasn’t actually until I moved to Joshua Tree that I met my ex band mate and we formed my old band Graham Rabbit and did that for a little over 10 years or so.”
“I like to create a whole vibe, you know. I like it to kind of be a party on stage and to take people out of their normal reality.”
“I love the landscape. I love that you can be at the ocean or you can be in the desert and then you can see the mountains. I think there’s a little bit of everything here and the people are really, I feel like I run into a lot of like warm, friendly people here. I mean, there’s all types, but I just like the vibe in California. I think it’s beautiful state.”
Jesika von Rabbit cover art “Dessert Rock”
Coachella Magazine Talk Radio: Ep. Nº5
Host Treem Heff
With special guest Jesika von Rabbit
Directed, shot, edited & produced by Jorge Perezchica
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