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Jess
Klein
"Pressed
for a description, one might say it's a cross between Dolly
Parton and Aretha Franklin." ~ The Tam Notes
Jess
Klein was nominated for a 1998 Boston Music
Award, Best New Contemporary Folk Act, even with her
debut cd yet to be released. A relatively new artist, she is
already receiving voluminous praise from audiences, the
press and her peers. The Boston Phoenix notes, "Her lyrical
prowess evokes the smooth, focused trajectory of a short
story." When her cd, Wishes Well Disguised, produced
by Crit Harmon (Martin Sexton's Black Sheep)
was released in June, 1998, she celebrated the occasion with
two sold out shows at the legendary Club Passim in
Boston, MA.
For
Klein, songwriting was the natural evolution of many years
of short-story writing and formal musical training. A
veteran of college a cappella groups, high school theatre
and thirteen years of clarinet, saxophone and ballet
recitals, she adapted quickly to the interactive
performance/audience relationship of the folk world. Klein
is included on the nationally distributed cd compilation,
This is Boston, Not Austin (Vol. 2) [Eastern Front
Records, 1997].
Klein
has opened for: Ani DiFranco, Dar Williams, Martin Sexton,
Dan Bern, Marc Cohn, Moxy Fruvous, The Nields, Catie Curtis,
Ellis Paul, Jennifer Kimball, Jim's Big Ego, Peter Mulvey,
Mike Errico, Carol Noonan, Rose Polenzani and many more . .
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"Jess
Klein grabs an emotional subject, wrestles it to the ground,
makes it cry or moan with passion, then rises demurely,
dusts herself off, and gives the audience a big, sweet
grin."
~ Marilyn Rae Beyer, WUMB 91.9 FM, Boston
Check
out her web site at jessklein.com
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