Jess Thristan

In a genre that&#39;s increasingly inspiring female empowerment anthems and outspoken artists such as <a href="spotify:artist:70kkdajctXSbqSMJbQO424" data-name="Kacey Musgraves">Kacey Musgraves</a> and Mickey Guyton, comes Jess Thristan. Jess wrote her first song, “The Shield”, at the early age of 15 which, a couple of years later, ended up in the hands of A&amp;G Songs with whom she signed her first publishing deal.

Fast forward to 2018, Jess took a step back to focus on her new musical direction writing the music she loves with a strong country music influence from the likes of <a href="spotify:artist:6WY7D3jk8zTrHtmkqqo5GI" data-name="Maren Morris">Maren Morris</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:5GDZ6xhBwk7Yja97CFLmV7" data-name="Jillian Jacqueline">Jillian Jacqueline</a> whilst retaining her own roots and style and testing the new tunes around the London, Manchester and Leeds area.

The year of 2019 saw Jess make her festival debut at award-winning Buckle &amp; Boots, opening for Nashville&#39;s <a href="spotify:artist:6hQxXJuBnpCcS2VLTezQv1" data-name="Kelsey Waldon">Kelsey Waldon</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:2pGohcwFzoVMo86mOIhaCv" data-name="Jade Helliwell">Jade Helliwell</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:5Wdp41rmWpJkNup21EJsT8" data-name="Jess and the Bandits">Jess and the Bandits</a>, as well as release her single <a href="spotify:album:2zIzIJuy0Q7bnyaOv1Nloe" data-name="The Old Me">The Old Me</a>, heavily supported by radio DJ Baylen Leonard, Chris Country, Paul Sexton, <a href="spotify:artist:13YmWQJFwgZrd4bf5IjMY4" data-name="Brad Paisley">Brad Paisley</a>, BBC Introducing, Matt Spracklen and Spotify editorial playlists. Jess also gained support from none other than Country Music legend <a href="spotify:artist:5e4Dhzv426EvQe3aDb64jL" data-name="Shania Twain">Shania Twain</a> who added her cover of <a href="spotify:artist:0u2FHSq3ln94y5Q57xazwf" data-name="Keith Urban">Keith Urban</a>&#39;s Blue Ain&#39;t Your Color to her Kick-Ass Women of Country playlist. Jess has been booked to play C2C Festival, The Long Road and will take to the stage at The British Country Music Festival in Sept 2021.

Her powerful country rock banger Woman Up - co-written by <a href="spotify:artist:2Je2rVeM43CLtw4ORK3fFr" data-name="Fred Abbott">Fred Abbott</a> (Noah &amp; the Whale) and platinum-awarded writer Sara Eker - is set to be released on August 13th.