Miss Tess and the Bon Ton Parade

"They pull off that tightrope trick that is modern vintage"-NBC New York

Miss Tess is a Baltimore native and New York City-based songwriter and performing musician who tours regularly with her band, as "Miss Tess & The Bon Ton Parade." In addition to Tess's tasty licks and jazz prowess on her 1940s archtop guitar, the current lineup includes Will Graefe on guitar, Danny Weller on upright bass, and Matt Meyer on drums. Encompassing styles of vintage jazz, blues, country, and folk, Miss Tess draws comparisons to artists such as Patsy Cline, Willie Nelson, Peggy Lee, and Chuck Berry, but maintains a style all of her own, with mostly original songs. "She's a musical chameleon, recalling at various moments Tom Waits' barfly humor, the cabaret-rock of Beirut, or even the wink-wink wit of early Bette Midler," says Holly Hughes of the Blogcrtics site.