Jess Jocoy in the Valley

Jess Jocoy makes atmospheric Americana for rainy days and twilight hours. It's an honest, heartfelt sound, delivered by a storyteller whose songs ask big questions about her characters, her world, and her heart. On 2022's Let There Be No Despair, she sinks deep into her folk roots, creating a soft-hued album rooted in the power of resilience and the search for silver linings.

Raised two hours south of Seattle, Jess grew up beneath the drizzling skies and lush landscapes of the Pacific Northwest. "I'm a mountain girl at heart," she says, nodding to the scenery that shaped albums like her acclaimed debut, Such a Long Way, and its follow-up, Brighter Eyes, with the woozy, water colored beauty of her native Washington. She created both records in her adopted hometown of Nashville, a city whose songwriters had first captivated her attention as a child. Morning after morning, a young Jess…