Jess Williamson Channeled Her Sadness Into Music. Can She Do the Same With Her Happiness?

Jess Williamson is excited. Thrilled. Ecstatic, even. Not because the reviews of her sixth solo album, A Mile South of Heaven, describe it as “subtle and powerful,” “her boldest journey yet,” featuring “the strongest songwriting” of her career—this is before then, at the end of September, a little more than a week before the album’s release. It’s a beautiful day in Marfa, Williamson’s adopted hometown; the singer, born and raised in Flower Mound, the Dallas–Fort Worth suburb, is about to celebrate her forthcoming record at a listening party hosted at Bull Room, a former cattle-auction barn converted into an event space. She’ll spin it over speakers and then close the session by playing a few of the new songs live, just her and a guitar.…

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