Recent Chicago transplant, Jess Yoakum, has just completed a 2-month long national house concert and coffeehouse tour. Yoakum's style, described as "Patty Griffin joined forces with the Sundays" Coffeehouse Tour, Heather Corcoran, is a great fit for intimate venues.

Traveling by Greyhound bus, Yoakum's tour stops included Philadelphia, New Bern (NC), Memphis, Minneapolis, Bozeman, Portland (OR), Seattle, Atascadero (CA), Las Vegas, Yuma (AZ), Dallas, Santa Fe (NM), Nashville, and Syracuse (...