Kevin Bronson on January 31st, 2014

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There’s five decades’ worth of sweet soul music wrapped up in the vocals of Jessica Childress, and more than a little bit of tenacity, too. A native of Lancaster who attended Pepperdine University, she’s a refugee of the television show “The Voice” (“I want to marry her,” Adam Levine blurted after she nailed Bruno Mars’ “Marry You”), and she makes her debut next week with the EP “Don’t Forget My Name,” a five-song turn that finds her running the gamut from belter to torch singer. The moxie that Childress unleashes in her single “I Quit” is very real – she had an office job after college before ditching it to pursue music. In the video for the tune, director Zachary Rockwood imagines a restaurant worker wanting to the do the same. “I Quit:” Sing it loud and proud, and don’t look back.

||| Live: Jessica Childress performs Feb. 10 at the Hotel Café, and Feb. 14 at the Federal Bar in Long Beach.