Leigh Jones

Leigh Jones is a Portland, OR-based singer, songwriter, and musician. She grew up in coastal North Carolina, performing in lots of local plays and musical theater. She went on to earn a Drama degree from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, then spent several years in the NYC music scene before moving to Portland in 2014. She has toured across the US and abroad, and in the fall of 2012 she released her debut LP, Worth Wild, which showcases the intersection of her theater background and southern roots. With her former band, Portland-based modern bluegrass outfit Crow and the Canyon, Leigh traveled to East Africa on an American Music Abroad tour in the spring of 2018. Her current band, harmony-driven folk trio Five Letter Word, won the 2018 Northwest String Summit Band Competition. With an unforgettable voice that has been compared to Dolly Parton and Alison Krauss, Leigh's musical performances show remarkable versatility as she bounces between stringed and percussive instruments, occasionally leaning on her dance background to round out the show.