“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
“Jessica Pearson & The East Wind played during a dinner service one beautiful evening in the summer. They were wonderful to work with- flexible with the setup and dates and so gracious. Their music suited Nova Scotia perfectly and it made our guests feel right at home!”
~ Kori Lightfoot, Lightfoot and Wolfville Vineyard, Nova Scotia
‘Jessica Pearson and the East Wind were the sort of act that completely reinvigorates you as a promoter, and reminds you why you do the job. Absolute dreams to work with, and such a joy to watch that I was plotting when I could get them back to play again before they'd even finished their set.’
~ Stephen Rotzsch Thomas, Folk Room UK
Biography
Like the yellow morning sun inviting fields of sunflowers to turn toward her, Jessica Pearson naturally draws her listeners in. Her love for storytelling, drawing on folk, outlaw country, and Celtic traditions, is evident in her songwriting.
In 2021, Pearson received the Folk Music Ontario ‘Songs from the Heart’ award for her song Ready My Heart. She was also selected for Global Music Match, a program created to connect artists internationally on social media platforms during the COVID-19 pandemic. Jessica Pearson & the East Wind was also nominated for ‘Group of the Year’ at the 2021 Capital Music Awards. Pearson’s forthcoming album has been nominated for ‘Album of the Year’ at the 2022 Faces Ottawa Awards.
Her long-awaited debut album On The Line was released on January 21, 2022 through Willow Sound Records, to a sold out crowd.