“as warm and achingly intimate as the best work of Gillian Welch and David Rawlings.” - The Georgia Straight “For starters, she comes across as an old soul thriving in an increasingly modern world, and somehow she makes it look easy. Recombining traditional folk and blues elements to fit her unique artistic vision seems to be her forte, and there’s something terribly romantic about her music that constantly tugs at the heartstrings.” - BestNewBands.com “If Tom Waits and Regina Spektor spawned a child it would be the talented Jess Hill. She writes colorful music that lifts her poems to new heights. I say poems because they do not feel like ordinary song lyrics.” – Melodic.net Jess Hill is a unique singer-songwriter risen from the talented denizens of Vancouver. She is a storyteller whose delicately constructed lyrical worlds captivate, standing firmly with her blues-draped compositions. Her music will smash your heart, pinch you in your sweetest nerves, give pause to the present and sing you to sleep all in one gently fierce moment. Jess invites the audience into her realm, engaging them with a voice like the sound of a well-rosined bow across your heartstrings and telling tales over her skillfully crafted guitar playing. She can pull a room of strangers into her palm, crushing them with stinging emotions and releasing them reborn into the night. 

Her second full length album Orchard, produced by the multi-talented Aaron Joyce, pushed away from the dock of her folk roots, and onto the frontiers of new creative fires. Orchard cast a more ethereal and fantasy-tuned mood over the entirety of the recording while still showcasing Hill’s signature sound. Critics warmed by Orchard offered accolades placing Hill and her songwriting talents among the ranks of greats like Gillian Welch; they mused that Hill could very well be the progeny of dreamy pairings like Regina Spektor and Tom Waits.