Country Swing Dance with Miss Tess

Join us for a night of social dancing in the big hall with Miss Tess and her band. Miss Tess lives and works in Nashville these days but is a recurrent visitor to Lafayette in South Louisiana where she has been a frequent guest at the beloved Blackpot Festival. Don’t miss this chance to catch her as she swings through the east coast! GET TICKETS

Lauded as a superb songwriter and adept multi-instrumentalist with an extraordinary voice that can sing the birds from the trees, her music takes root and draws from an era when country music, contrary to popular belief, was downright sophisticated, and filled with instrumentalists who were every bit as hip musically as their jazz counterparts. She is not necessarily a “country” artist per se, although if she were invited to play the Grand Ole Opry, she would not be out of place, and would no doubt be very well received. Country Soul might be a better descriptor, but her music also has elements of rhythm and blues, jazz, country blues, rock n’ roll – but never manufactured to re-create a particular sound or era.

“Miss Tess swings and swaggers, rooted in a retro groove that’s equal parts blues, mid-century rock & roll and Booker T-worthy R&B.” – Rolling Stone

“Old-time warmth, 21st-century sass. It’s a potent recipe for that few artists successfully pull off — and Miss Tess is one of them.” – No Depression

“A distinct old-timey flair.” – Billboard