"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.