"Jess Klein grabs an emotional subject, wrestles
it to the ground, makes it cry or moan with
passion, then rises demurely, dusts herself off,
and gives the audience a big, sweet grin. We've
seen the future and it is Jess." [Marilyn R'
Beyer, Music Director, WUMB 91.9 fm, Boston].
Perhaps this is why Klein was nominated for a
1998 Boston Music Award, Best New
Contemporary Folk Act, even with her debut cd
yet to be released. A relatively new artist, she is
already receiving voluminous praise from
audiences, the press and her peers. The Boston
Globe calls her "a soulful dynamo . . .vibrant",
and The Boston Phoenix insists, "If you haven't
seen Klein play, you're doing yourself a
disservice." When her cd, Wishes Well Disguised,
produced by Crit Harmon (Martin Sexton's Black
Sheep) was released in June, 1998, she
celebrated the occasion with two sold out shows
at the legendary Club Passim in Boston, MA.