Jessica Michelle Semins

NYC-based singer, fiddler, and guitar player Jessica Michelle Semins, is a dynamic performer. Whether she's playing an acoustic set of originals with her guitar and harmonica or rocking fiddle tunes for thousands on a festival stage, Jessica knows how to captivate an audience with her warm vocals and honest performance.

Jessica's music is a fusion of Americana, country, folk, and Irish elements. With two solo EPs to her name, Jessica has established herself as a solo artist in her own right. Her 2024 release, Tracing My Tracks, is a compilation of five Americana cover songs, reinterpreted to reflect her influences, that speak to her musical journey over the years. Jessica's 2012 EP, American Dreams, is a collection of seven original songs she wrote herself. 

Hailed as a "passionate singer and fiddle player" who was "born to be on stage" by the Irish Echo, Jessica has also performed with some of the most well-known Irish music groups in the New York area as a singer and fiddler. She is currently a member of the NY- based country/southern rock/Irish band, The Wooden Nickels.

A Long Island native, Jessica has been singing since a very young age and attended the Long Island High School for the performing arts, where she studied musical theatre. She studied Irish traditional fiddle under the tutelage of renowned Galway fiddler, Pete Kelly. She also attended the University of Limerick's Blas Irish Traditional Music program in Ireland. Jessica learned old time style fiddle from Donna Hebert when she lived in Northampton, MA.

As the original fiddle player for New York's McLean Avenue Band, Jessica's vocals and fiddle appear on the group's debut album, Easy and Free. She has also appeared on stage with many of the finest Irish rock, folk, and ballad singers and musicians on this side of the Atlantic.

Over the course of the last two decades, Jessica has performed at countless venues from concert stages to coffeehouses and pubs – including those in the heart of Times Square and the most well-known Irish venues throughout New York City. Jessica has also traveled across the U.S. performing in major destinations such as Las Vegas, Atlantic City, and Disney World. In addition, she has played at Celtic festivals across the country, including the Milwaukee Irish Fest, the Weston Irish Fest in Missouri, the East Durham Irish Festival, and the Celtic Ceol Feis in Savannah, to name a few.