Miss Tess & The Talkbacks

Miss Tess & The Talkbacks are a now Brooklyn-based Americana band specializing in their own unique sound steeped in the sounds of jumpin' swing & rockabilly, classic country, and low-down blues. Sometimes compared to a female Willie Nelson, or a modern Patsy Cline, Tess has been writing songs and touring nationally with her band for the last seven years.

A few months ago the band released "The Love I Have For You", their second on rootsy record label Signature Sounds [Lake Street Dive, Eilen Jewell, Chris Smither, Erin McKeown…]. The 7-song album features six covers and one new original and pays homage to some of Tess’s favorite songwriters. It was produced by Miss Tess & The Talkbacks and recorded and mixed by Devin Greenwood (Norah Jones, Anais Mitchell, Amos Lee) in Brooklyn, NY. Miss Tess explains how the band chose the 6 songs to cover: “Each artist we covered has held a special place in the history of our lives, as well as in the history of American music. These folks are all musical giants who dedicated their lives to music, and for that I hold them in the highest esteem.”

"I don’t know of anyone else right now touring in the Americana scene that has such an eclectic, jazzy, old school and interesting vibe. There’s an authenticity present in Miss Tess’ music. She is real.And she is rare." – No Depression

"There's nothing wrong with casting a wide net... Her versatility is a rejoinder to how we expect to put musicians into neat little boxes according to genre." – The Boston Globe