Jess Garland is a Dallas based singer/songwriter, recording and performing artist.

She is a multi-instrumentalist, using a combination of harp and guitar loops evoking elements of ambient folk and celestial tones.  Jess opened for Madame Gandhi at Babes Fest in Austin as well as for New Media Art and Sound Summit sponsored by Church of The Friendly Ghost. Jess co-produced the film and composed music for Their Lives Mattered: A Dialogue Honoring Stolen Lives by Dallas law enforcement at Texas Theatre, the project funded by the City of Dallas’ Office of Cultural Affairs.  Her music performance, “Resurrecting Gaia” was featured in New York’s Vulture Magazine and also listed as a top pick of events to see by KERA’s Art and Seek and D Magazine. Jess opened for The Academy member, Gingger Shankar for Fortress Fest Presents Modern Music Series at The Modern Museum of Ft. Worth. She has composed music for Art Pena’s play, Nameless/Endless where she also performed at The Reading Room Gallery. Jess is also the harpist with Sunshine Village Band. 

She received a grant from The Nasher Sculpture Center to record her single "Live Again" and create a music video on Fair Park grounds, a grant from the City of Dallas' Office of Cultural Affairs for her performance "Take Me Oya" for Dallas Arts Month in 2019 at South Dallas Cultural Center and a grant for Aurora’s 2018 Future Worlds theme for her performance "Resurrecting Gaia" at Kettle Art Gallery. Most recently she was named a Local Legend by Matthew McConaughey and Wild Turkey in 2021 and received $10,000 to donate to a cause of her choice which was Deep Ellum 100. 

Jess is an educator and has a non-profit free music education program, Swan Strings that has been featured in Dallas Morning News, Advocate Magazine and D Magazine.