Jess Williamson is coming back to Urban Lounge, three and a half years later

Her last Salt Lake City show was at the same room in August 2023; on Saturday, Feb 6, 2027, she returns with a new album and a new label behind her.

The last time Jess Williamson played Salt Lake City, it was a summer night at Urban Lounge: Aug 22, 2023, on the run behind her album *Time Ain’t Accidental*. She has not been back since. That changes on Saturday, Feb 6, 2027, when she returns to the same room, with the show starting at 7 p.m. The date was announced Oct 13, and tickets are through the Urban Lounge site.

A lot has happened between those two shows. *Time Ain’t Accidental* came out on Mexican Summer in 2023, and that summer’s tour is what brought her through Salt Lake. Around the same time she and Waxahatchee’s Katie Crutchfield were working together as Plains, a duo built on shared Southern roots and close harmonies.

The bigger news is the new record. In July, Williamson announced A Mile South of Heaven, her sixth studio album, on a new label, New West Records, produced by Shooter Jennings and slated for an October release. She previewed it with the singles “Goodbye To All That” and “Tracking The Tropics”. A Nashville-leaning producer and an Americana label suggest she is leaning further into the country side of the indie-folk sound she has built over the years. The February show is part of the A Mile South of Heaven Tour, which also lands at The Sinclair in Cambridge on Jan 15.

She has not been back since August 2023. That changes on Feb 6, in the same room.

So the Salt Lake show is a chance to hear these songs live for the first time here, and to hear how they sit next to the older material. If the 2023 set was built around *Time Ain’t Accidental*, this one will be built around a new record with a new team behind it.

The room is a good one for it. Urban Lounge holds about 200, which makes it one of the more intimate stops for an artist at this level. It is a room where you can hear the lyrics, catch the small turns in a vocal and stand close enough to see the band work. For a singer-songwriter whose music depends on detail, that is a gift. It is also a room with history for her in this town: the return is to the same stage she last played here.

What to know before you go: it is a Saturday show in early February, so plan for winter weather. With a 7 p.m. start time and a 200-capacity room, it is the kind of show that tends to go early once people realize it is happening. The date is three months out, but it is worth putting on the calendar now.

Three and a half years is a long time between visits. Williamson comes back with a new album, a new label and a new set of songs. Salt Lake gets to hear them in a small room, on a Saturday night, in the middle of winter. That sounds like a good trade for the wait.

Sources: There’s a new album on a new label on the way from Jess Williamson (Americana UK) (americana-uk.com); Jess Williamson tag (Stereogum) (stereogum.com); Jess Williamson Announces New Album A Mile South of Heaven (mxdwn) (music.mxdwn.com); Jess Williamson shares new song “Tracking The Tropics” (The Line of Best Fit) (thelineofbestfit.com); Jess Williamson — A Mile South of Heaven Tour, Cambridge MA (thebostoncalendar.com); Jess Williamson Announce ‘Time Ain’t Accidental’ (Mexican Summer) (mexicansummer.com); Jess Williamson announces summer ’23 tour (mxdwn) (music.mxdwn.com); Waxahatchee and Jess Williamson announce debut collaboration as Plains (Treble) (treblezine.com)