Former Austinite jessswilliamson talks Texas roots and fantastic new LP.
Jess Williamson last visited the Continental Club to see Dale Watson on her 30th birthday. Now 35, the Austin-launched, L.A.- and Marfa-based songwriter lands an ideal musical homecoming. Williamson will play two nights at the Continental: June 9 with Jesse Woods, marking the release of her fantastic fifth record, and June 10 with Scott Ballew. Both openers are old friends from her days as a UT-Austin photojournalism student turned folk singer.
“When I lived in Austin, I loved it so much,” she says. “I really didn't want to leave, I just wanted a career. Because I wasn't able to find the sort of footing with my music that I was hoping to, there was a little bit of resentment I had towards Austin of just being like, ‘I want to stay here so bad, but you're not helping me out Austin.
“I can’t wait to get [to Austin] and play these shows, and I’m even wondering if it won’t be too much longer until I live there again, because I really miss it.” – Jess Williamson Among an array of Texas scenes on the new record, Williamson aims her poignant gaze on Austin in “God in Everything,” specifically referencing some ‘til 4am action at her favorite local brasserie. In her sweetly savage intonation, she sings: ““Well, that song was written in a moment where I felt like I had to really let go of Austin as a place that I could return to, like ‘I have to be in L.A.
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