Kilroy will be here for Hoot Set
Article by Vijay Thorkildsdottir, Planet Jackson Hole

Jessica Kilroy experienced her first Jackson Hole Hootenanny as a high school student and quickly fell in love with the homespun, all-acoustic weekly mini music fest. The singer-songwriter-guitarist started performing there in the winter of 2004, and before long had an invitation to appear at Nashville's famous Bluebird Cafe.

A few years later - with a bunch of gigs with the region's finest bluegrass artists, festival appearances as far away as Maryland and Ohio, two CDs and a backpack full of adventure in the Rockies, Southeast Asia and Ireland under her belt - she finds herself back in Jackson Hole for her first featured set at the Hoot.

Kilroy will celebrate the release of her second CD tentatively titled "Big Dreams," at this Monday's Hootenanny before embarking on a tour of Colorado to promote the new disc. On Sept. 2, she will kick off a Montana tour with a set at the Yellowstone Music Festival and Art Show in Gardiner, Montana.

While she cut most of her new disc in her current hometown of Bozeman, Montana, she recorded four songs at Ben Winship's Henhouse Studio in Victor, Idaho. Winship joins on a few tracks as do Brian Wicklund, Eric Thorin, Anne Sibley, and John Lowell, who praises Kilroy's singing as "clear, accurate and wonderfully soothing."

The Jackson Hole Hootenanny opens the doors to the Lodge Room in Snow King Center at 5:30 PM every Monday, when local and visiting musicians can sign up to perform two-song sets. The music starts at 7 PM and Kilroy takes the stage for a set of her originals at 8 PM. Children are welcome with a responsible adult. Full bar service available and patrons may bring their own food.

Admission is $3. To learn more about Kilroy, visit her MySpace page at www.myspace.com/jessicakilroy. For other details, call Snow King Resort at 733-5200.

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