Jess Williamson
Musical artist
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Jess Williamson is an American singer-songwriter based in Los Angeles.[1][2] She released her EP Medicine Wheel/Death Songs in 2011. Her fifth and most recent album, Time Ain't Accidental was released in 2023.
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| Origin | Austin, Texas |
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| Years active | 2011–present |
| Label | Mexican Summer |
Career
Williamson was born in the suburbs of Dallas, and began playing music while a student at the University of Texas at Austin.[3][4][5] She released her first two albums on her own imprint, Brutal Honest: Native State in 2014,[6][7][8] and Heart Song in 2016.[9][10] Following Williamson's move from Austin to Los Angeles, her third album, Cosmic Wink (2018) was released on the label Mexican Summer.[11][12]
On February 26, 2020, Williamson announced her fourth studio album, Sorceress, and released its first single, "Wind on Tin".[13][14] Sorceress was released on May 15, 2020, on Mexican Summer[15][16][17] and received general praise,[18][19][20] with a positive critic score of 74 on review aggregator sites Metacritic and Album of the Year.[21][22]
In June 2020, Williamson released the single "Pictures of Flowers" with collaborator Hand Habits.[23][24][25] National Public Radio's Ann Powers named it her favorite song of 2020.[26]
In July 2022, Williamson announced Plains, a collaboration project with singer-songwriter Katie Crutchfield of Waxahatchee. They released their debut album, I Walked with You a Ways, on October 14, 2022.[27][28]
Discography
Studio albums
- Native State (2014)
- Heart Song (2016)
- Cosmic Wink (2018)
- Sorceress (2020)
- I Walked with You a Ways (2022, with Katie Crutchfield as Plains)
- Time Ain't Accidental (2023)
EPs
- Medicine Wheel/Death Songs (2011)
- Texas Blue Digital EP (2022)
