Jess Williamson is an American singer-songwriter based in Los Angeles. She released her EP ''Medicine Wheel/Death Songs'' in 2011. Her fifth and most recent album, ''

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'' was released in 2023.

Career

Williamson was born in the suburbs of Dallas, and began playing music while a student at the

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. She released her first two albums on her own imprint, Brutal Honest: ''Native State'' in 2014, and ''Heart Song'' in 2016. Following Williamson's move from Austin to Los Angeles, her third album, ''Cosmic Wink'' (2018) was released on the label

Mexican Summer Mexican Summer is an independent record label founded in 2009 by Keith Abrahamsson and Andres Santo Domingo. Based in Brooklyn, the label has released recordings from artists including Best Coast, Kurt Vile, Ariel Pink, Allah-Las, Weyes Blood, ...

. On February 26, 2020, Williamson announced her fourth studio album, ''

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'', and released its first single, "Wind on Tin". ''Sorceress'' was released on May 15, 2020, on

and received general praise, with a positive critic score of 74 on review aggregator sites

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and Album of the Year. In June 2020, Williamson released the single "Pictures of Flowers" with collaborator

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. National Public Radio's

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named it her favorite song of 2020. In July 2022, Williamson announced Plains, a collaboration project with singer-songwriter Katie Crutchfield of

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. They released their debut album, '' I Walked with You a Ways'', on October 14, 2022.

Discography

Studio albums

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'' (2014) *'' Heart Song'' (2016) *'' Cosmic Wink'' (2018) *''

'' (2020) *'' I Walked with You a Ways'' (2022, with

Katie Crutchfield Waxahatchee is an American indie music project, formed in 2010 by American singer-songwriter Kathryn Crutchfield (born January 4, 1989), known professionally as Katie Crutchfield, following the breakup of her previous band P.S. Eliot. The ban ...

as Plains) *''

'' (2023)

EPs

*''Medicine Wheel/Death Songs'' (2011) *''Texas Blue'' Digital EP (2022)

References

External links

* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Williamson, Jess Country musicians from Texas 21st-century American musicians Musicians from Dallas Year of birth missing (living people) Living people University of Texas at Austin alumni Mexican Summer artists 21st-century American women musicians