Kevin Bronson on February 25th, 2015

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Odessa Jorgensen has taken a circuitous route to “Odessa” — the debut album that, it was announced this week, will come out April 28 via Chop Shop/Republic Records. The L.A.-based singer-songwriter, who counts the violin, guitar and a singing voice from heaven as her weapons, was a member of Americana outfits Bearfoot and the Biscuit Burners; she has played with the likes of Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, Old Crow Medicine Show, Abigail Washburn and Gill Landry; and, having spent time in Nashville and Northern California, she released music under the name Odessa Rose. But Odessa it is now, and on the EP she released in September she revealed herself on the tip of modern folk, recalling contemporaries like Ellie Goulding with echoes of legends like Joni Mitchell. The four songs on the EP — you’ve likely heard “I Will Be There” either on the radio or in a car commercial, and “Hummed Low” was used in a fashion video — are wrapped up with seven new ones on the album, which was produced by Jacquire King. At a recent private showcase, Odessa indicated she intends grow the project beyond singer-songwriter fare, and she’s currently touring with a full band. The latter will be on display at her April residency in Los Angeles.

||| Stream: “I Will Be There”

||| Live: Odessa does the free Monday night residency in April at the Bootleg HiFi.

||| Also: Check out the video for “I Will Be There”