ABOUT JESSIE KILGUSS

Jessie Kilguss released her 5th album, What Do Whales Dream About at Night in September 2022.

“Stellar, pure, inspired and inspiring – Jessie Kilguss is an artist to watch in 2022.” - The Spill Magazine

"It’s one of the best albums of 2022" - NY Music Daily

“Jessie Kilguss follows in the footsteps of such iconic artists as Sharon Van Etten,PJ Harvey, Lucinda Williams, and perhaps even Kate Bush. Those artists have been able to take folk music, alternative pop, and singer-songwriter creations, call them what you will, and polish them into perfection, give them a rare poise, turn the good into the great, and that is exactly what is going on here.” - Dave Franklin for the Big Takeover

In 2015, she sang harmony and played the harmonium with Freddie Stevenson, opening for the Waterboys all over Europe on their Modern Blues tour.

Kilguss is a former actress who made the switch to songwriting after working with some of her musical heroes, Marianne Faithfull and Mary Margaret O’Hara, in the London and Sydney productions of The Black Rider, a musical written by Tom Waits and William Burroughs, directed by Robert Wilson. This experience inspired her to start writing her own music. Other acting highlights include a UK production (and subsequent UK & US tour) of As You Like It, directed by Royal Shakespeare Company founder, Sir Peter Hall and the film adaptation of Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, starring Daniel Day Lewis and Winona Ryder.

She currently also sings with Gramercy Arms , Jim Andralis and the Syntonics and Benjamin Cartel.

In addition to her own music, Jessie is passionate about the transformative power of the arts and committed to helping provide artistic opportunities to underserved communities. She served as the Executive Director of Musicambia, an organization that brings music programs to prisons throughout the US, for several years. She stepped down from this position at the beginning of 2023 and now serves on the board of directors.