Austin360 Artist of the Month Jackie Venson is ready for a big 2018
Staff Writer
Austin 360

2017 was a big year for Jackie Venson. She took her trio to Europe, played to a hometown audience of thousands at KGSR’s popular summer Blues on the Green series and did a series of 10 national tour dates opening for homegrown blues superstar Gary Clark Jr. In September, she released “Transcends,” a five-song EP that features her strongest songwriting to date.
And 2018 is shaping up to be even bigger. She rattles off an exhausting itinerary:
“In January I’m going to go back to the Midwest to do all the towns I did with Gary on a followup tour. I’m also going to Nashville for a couple dates. In February, I’m going to Finland. In March, I’m going to Scotland, the U.K. and California. In May, I’m going to go to Germany.”