New York singer-songwriter Heather Masse grew up in rural Maine and began singing at an early age. Trained at the New England Conservatory of Music as a jazz singer, she is steeped in the jazz tradition, which informs her distinct approach to singing folk, pop and bluegrass.

A member of the Billboard-charting folk supergroup The Wailin’ Jennys, Heather has performed at the top venues, sharing the stage with the world’s most acclaimed pop, classical and jazz acts, including Elvis Costello, Wynton Marsalis, Sheryl Crow and the Boston Pops Orchestra. She has been a frequent guest on Garrison Keillor’s A Prairie Home Companion, both as a solo performer and as a member of The Jennys.  Heather has performed with the contemporary bluegrass band The Wayfaring Strangers, fiddle virtuoso Mark O’Connor’s Hot Swing, and in 2006, recorded an album with Joy Kills Sorrow, a contemporary stringband.  She also released Tell Me Tonight with the Brooklyn-based collaboration Heather & the Barbarians.

In 2008, Heather released Many Moons, an EP of jazz-inspired folk duets with pianist Jed Wilson.  Releasing her first full-length album in 2009, she delivered Bird Song--her solo debut on Red House Records.  The Wailin Jenny’s newest recording Bright Morning Stars, also on Red House was released this February 2011 and features original songs from all 3 members of the band.