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Named by the Boston Globe as a "Local on the Verge" for 2008, Miss Tess is a young, Boston-based performing songwriter. Aptly naming her style “Modern Vintage” , her music bridges eras and genres. Miss Tess is celebrating being named “Outstanding Folk Artist of the Year” at the December Boston Music Awards. The Folk part was a surprise but the award is much appreciated. She has been nominated
for another BMA this year, this time in the jazz category
Miss Tess has just released her fifth album, "Darling, Oh Darling", a collection of original songs, drawing inspiration from many roots genres including swing, blues, jazz, country, and folk.
Brian Tucker of Bootleg Magazine on the new album: "Miss Tess has grace, and the chops, to deliver an album of new material brimming with ‘30’s era jazz and swing or bouncing energy of the 1950’s. Tess sounds transported from decades past without ending up a caricature. She’s sultry, sassy, fun, and all heart. While steeped in the era that spawned Fats Waller or Bessie Smith she’s completely her own voice, capable of stepping outside traditional sounds altogether.
What’s imperative, and fantastic, about an artist like Miss Tess is that she sounds real, the music equally real. Her singing is like someone looking you in the eye, the feeling genuine and meaningful. Miss Tess doesn’t attempt to borrow an old style; she exudes a breathy style of performing that’s both timeless and new."
Miss Tess continues to tour around the country with her backing band, The Bon Ton Parade: Alec Spiegelman (sax & clarinet), Ben Davis (upright bass), Matt Meyer (drums), bringing her sound to theaters, nightclubs, bars, and coffeeshops. $10 requested
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