Jesca Hoop: 'I used to live under a tree'

Tom Waits's former nanny Jesca Hoop is as intriguing as her boss. Maddy Costa meets herJesca Hoop is a troubled woman. The woes that waylay the Californian singer-songwriter range from major – the recent death of both parents – to minor: a war against slugs in her adopted home of Manchester. Somewhere in between sits a sense of puzzlement about her work. "I have an identity crisis every time I write a catalogue of songs," she says. "I think: what is this music? Where does it fit?"Her 2009 al...

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