Alright, it may seem a bit far fetched to start off a post about a soul singer with a throw back to Kris Kross, but when you hear Jessi Nicholson perform you know that anything is possible.

Jessi Nicholson peforming live at Raw Canvas/Bavubuka Passion Project Fundraiser November 28th.

Jessi Nicholson making it happen at Raw Canvas on November 28th.

Jessi Nicholson and musicians volunteering for the Bavubuka Passion Project.

I specifically went to the Bavubuka Passion Project fundraiser at Raw Canvas a few Saturday’s ago because I heard that Jessi Nicholson would be performing.

Catching Jessi on stage is like catching a train to a place where the furniture is made of candy and the air is all music. Take some soul, funk and reggae and mix that with something only Jessi can bring and you feel christened into this new world where candy is sustenance  and deepening your soul is as easy as rocking your hips.

*You can hear Jessi live this Sunday at Falconetti’s at 8pm and at the Backstage Lounge on December 18th.  It might just be the nicest gift you can give yourself this season.

*In the new year, M2M on CJSF 90.1fm will be featuring a show all about Jessi Nicholson as she hitches her own star to her upcoming CD release and dreams of touring western Canada -to her roots and  back.

In between sets I spoke to Jessi Nicholson. The following is an excerpt of her talking about her music. (Preamble: I gushed at her for three minutes about feeling changed hearing her perform and then finally asked a question: why sing about what she does and how do people react?)