About

Jessica Healey is an independent artist born and raised in Fort Worth. She has emerged as one of Austin's most distinctive new voices as an official SXSW performer and a recipient of the Austin Live Music Fund grant.​ 

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Compared to singer-songwriters such as Madison Cunningham, Joni Mitchell, and Corinne Bailey Rae, Jess writes with jarring self-awareness, laying folk storytelling over jazz harmony. Her music is emotionally raw and musically sophisticated, yet totally approachable.

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In July 2025, Jess released her debut EP "tryhard," which reveals the mental gymnastics of a striver: overthinking, overreacting, and over-caring. The EP contains groovy horns, bittersweet piano, and enough emotional analysis to give any navel-gazer a run for their money.

With impeccable intonation, wry wit, and a magnetic onstage presence, Jess invites live audiences into both the humor and the heaviness of her mind. Beyond the stage, Jess is a big fan of running half-marathons, reading self-help books, not cooking, and her golden retriever Romeo.