Jess Martin
Jess Martin, a singer-songwriter from Western Massachusetts, fuses gothic folk, punk, and modern rock with haunting melodies and poignant lyrics. Dubbed "a punk rock Joan Baez," Jess’s music explores themes of identity, transformation, and belonging.
Beyond music, Jess ventures into innovative storytelling through Shadow, Sound, Spectacle, a puppetry and performance project which features the talents of Amy West and Abby Hanna. Their debut production "Literary Monsters" has been enthusiastically supported by Drawing Board Brewing Company in Florence, MA. This boundary-pushing collaboration combines intricate puppetry with immersive music, captivating audiences with narratives that blur the lines between sound and visual art. learn more about shadow, sound, spectacle by listening to their interview on valley free radio’s town crier.
Equally passionate about celebrating nature’s voice, Jess co-leads Echoes in Nature: Hampshire County with poet and environmental educator Kim Hoff. This project weaves spoken word and song to explore themes of environmental preservation and the profound human connection to wilderness, amplifying the natural world’s stories. This production will be touring Hampshire County in 2025.
