Chelsea Wolfe on songwriting, her country-tinged childhood and learning to perform overseas

Chelsea Wolfe benefited from living in a music-filled home. Wolfe garnered musical inspiration from jamming out to R&B music and Fleetwood Mac. She also tinkered around in her father’s at-home music studio. She wrote songs, learned how to use her voice, and played pop covers on a Casio keyboard.

Wolfe now creates skeletal songs that are sparse and soulful on the piano or guitar, all of which make a nice complement to her intense voice. She’s at the Jackpot this Sunday, August 26, and we recently emailed with her about teaching herself how to perform, what she learned while performing in a nomadic dance troupe, and what fans can expect to hear on her October release.