

2x PERFORMING ARTIST OF THE YEAR NOMINEE Folk Music Ontario 2024/2025
RECORDING ARTIST OF THE YEAR NOMINEE Folk Music Ontario 2025
MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR NOMINEE Capital Music Awards 2024
SONG OF THE YEAR WINNER Folk Music Ontario 2021
Highlights
Over 500K Streams
Over 100M Videos Views
Featured on "All In A Day with Alan Neal" on CBC
Official Showcase Artist at Your Roots Are Showing Conference Ireland 2023 / 2025
Guest on "Refolkus Podcast - Reflections on Going Viral" by Folk Canada
Mariposa Emerging Artist Showcase Winner 2025
Official Showcase Artist at Folk Music Ontario 2024
Vísir Feature "...Dreymir nú um að halda tón leika á Ís landi" 2023
Official Showcase Artist at Folk Alliance International Conference 2022
Ottawa Citizen Feature "Ottawa Artists that are Creating Buzz"
CCMA Off-Country Showcase Artist
Featured Performance for Canada's Olympic Team for Tokyo Olympics 2020
SIRROMA Diamonds In The Rough Showcase Artist and Winner at CCMA 2022
ARTIST OF THE YEAR NOMINEE CMA 2022
Opened for The Good Lovelies, Hillsburn, The East Pointers, Blue Rodeo and more
"Jessica is an absolute joy to work with. Her empathy knows no bounds. Her heart is endearing and true. Her storytelling is gentle and fierce. She sings of truths that span generations—not only her own, but of the ones before her and for the ones yet to come—and she is absolutely captivating and empowering in her vulnerability."
- Hill Kourkoutis, JUNO award winning Engineer & Producer
"Raring to go, her live show delights and engages as much as the songs do on her incredible debut. This person charms without being cute, arrests without force, and brings more goosebumps per hour than a windchill. Jessica Pearson and the East Wind remind us that a mighty music show is not how many people you put on stage: it's who stands on that stage beside you.”
- Amanda Putz, CBC
“Impeccable musicianship, great singing and a wide variety of material all served up with with good humour... with Jessica's warm and genuine personality shining through and creating an instant rapport with the audience.”
- Mike Kirrage, Festival Director of Gate to Southwell Music Festival, UK
Music
Biography
Like sirens calling from an ancient shore, the haunting three-part harmonies of Jessica Pearson & The East Wind will bind you in a timeless folkloric spell. Alchemizing roots, classic country, Americana and Celtic soundscapes, the trio spin tales of outlaw heroics, matriarchal power, resistance and resilience, and the unrelenting beauty of becoming who you are. JPEW's live show will first bring you to the edge of your seat, and then to the edge of tears - before spilling over into joy, community, and a sense of sacred, shared power.
Backed by the impeccable harmonies of Sam Stone and Malia Rogers alongside clawhammer banjo, mandolin, and tasteful percussion, Jessica's storytelling and songs centre kindness and vulnerability while imploring audiences toward a better future for all. Audiences will enjoy versatile Americana stomp-and-holler, upbeat Celtic sing-and-sway, and intimate, high-lonesome folk ballads, replete with singalong choruses, energetic audience banter, and the occasional unexpected party trick.
JPEW's newest song cycle balances complex topics such as gender-based violence and mental health with moments of levity, empowerment, and reminders to embrace the beautiful imperfections that make us unique. With an upcoming two-part album produced by JUNO-winner Hill Kourkoutis featuring an all-women team, JPEW is rising up to offer a powerful musical battle cry against the status quo.
Don't be afraid to show up alone; from the minute the first chord plays, you'll be among friends.
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