Dubbed as a "21st century Emmy Lou Harris" by Grammy nominated songwriter, Skip Ewing, Montana's own award winning songwriter, Jessica Kilroy, lives and breathes the life of a troubadour. Capturing each moment with heartfelt lyrics and a voice that Bluesman Guy Davis once described as "beautiful and pure, it takes me somewhere deep and way back" her songs have the depth of the land she is from.

Raised in a modest home spending much of her youth in leg braces, Jessica learned at an early age that there is no short cut to the top of any mountain. She has fought hard to overcome many obstacles, and through compassion and music strives to help others climb mountains of their own. During Kilroy's former careers as a hotshot firefighter, rock climbing guide and wilderness therapy instructor, she was able to spend the off-seasons making up for lost time, traveling and giving back to society. From aiding abandoned/orphaned children in Mexico, climbing the big walls of Zion and Yosemite, trekking across South East Asia to scale beautiful limestone cliffs, to learning the legends and stories of her ancestors while playing Celtic folk with local fishermen on the Irish shoreline, her guitar has been her companion.

After watching Jessica perform live, Grammy nominated songwriter Skip Ewing expressed, "Jessica's voice is honest and pure, it's nothing like I've ever heard before. She's a 21st century Emmy Lou Harris." In 2005, Skip invited Jessica to sing at the legendary Bluebird Cafe in Nashville, Tennessee where she performed "in the round" with Ewing, Viktor Krauss, Pat Flynn, Barry Walsh and Tommy Harden.