NEW MUSIC COMING SOON!
For the first time in SEVEN YEARS, Jj is back in the studio and working on her highly anticipated upcoming 2025 album.
She also has tour dates in Europe and South America in 2024 and 2025.
The Makings of Hurricane Jj Thames
Motown Baby
Grown Woman Blues
Mississippi Diva
The fertile Detroit music scene has always been a major contributor to blues, soul and all combinations of both. Clara Smith, Sippie Wallace and Alberta Adams laid the foundation, followed by Aretha Franklin, among others. But people better make room on the list for classically and jazz-trained; Billboard charting and award winning JJ Thames.
Mississippi Diva
Grown Woman Blues
Mississippi Diva
Although dubbed the Mississippi Blues Diva, tall, powerful and beautiful Thames – pronounced “Timms” — is a full-bodied, sultry-voiced Detroit native, the daughter of a General Motors worker/reverend and grand-daughter of a Virginian Green Book Juke joint madam of the 40s and 50s that offered a safe room, home-cooked meals, and artisenal
Although dubbed the Mississippi Blues Diva, tall, powerful and beautiful Thames – pronounced “Timms” — is a full-bodied, sultry-voiced Detroit native, the daughter of a General Motors worker/reverend and grand-daughter of a Virginian Green Book Juke joint madam of the 40s and 50s that offered a safe room, home-cooked meals, and artisenal Moonshine to many race music stars in exchange for a late night set- a good deal for a colored artist in the Jim Crow segregated south.
JJ started performing and song-writing as a child, and has worked as a backup singer for the reggae/rock band Outlaw Nation and toured with rockers Fishbone, The Beat, Bad Brains and Slightly Stoopid. And she’s shared the stage with chittlin’ circuit superstars Marvin Sease, Bobby Blue Bland, Peggy Scott Adams, Denise LaSalle and Willie Clayton after following her heart to Mississippi.
Grown Woman Blues
Grown Woman Blues
Grown Woman Blues
She has been called "The future of the blues" by the legendary "Misty Blue" icon, Dorothy Moore and It’s clear that soul-blues and blues rock is her calling.
Marty Gunther from Blues Blast Magazine wrote "At age [40], Thames’ stage presence and vocal delivery are more reminiscent of singers from the golden era of the artform than they are
She has been called "The future of the blues" by the legendary "Misty Blue" icon, Dorothy Moore and It’s clear that soul-blues and blues rock is her calling.
Marty Gunther from Blues Blast Magazine wrote "At age [40], Thames’ stage presence and vocal delivery are more reminiscent of singers from the golden era of the artform than they are of most blues belters on the scene today. Her delivery is never rushed, and her ability to express deep emotion is on par with someone twice her age as she delivers everything from downhome juke joint stylings to full-blown torch songs, all containing messages of positive affirmation" feminine mystique and empowerment.
The Hurricane
Grown Woman Blues
Grown Woman Blues
The Detroit Free Press said it best, "She’s young and beautiful to look at, she’s a wonderful storyteller and her vocals are consistently breathtaking. Her shows are electrifying, and crowd-pleasing. This doe-eyed Motown (Detroit, Michigan) native has the "it" factor...look out world.”
Her band nicknamed her "Hurricane" because when she h
The Detroit Free Press said it best, "She’s young and beautiful to look at, she’s a wonderful storyteller and her vocals are consistently breathtaking. Her shows are electrifying, and crowd-pleasing. This doe-eyed Motown (Detroit, Michigan) native has the "it" factor...look out world.”
Her band nicknamed her "Hurricane" because when she hits the stage, she leaves everyone blown away with her passion, power, personality and presence.
Jj Thames is what the blues represents, whether she is singing Rock-N-Roll, Soul, Jazz, Reggae, Alternative Rock, Brazilian rhythms or R&B (All genres that often make appearances in her music) her voice is distinctively "blue" and uniquely hers. To hear her and see her live is to be thrilled, mesmerized and colored amazed.
"The first thing that hits you is that this Woman can Sing, and she can also belt it out, and she knows right when to pull it back a bit. Do you want Blues? Soul? Gospel? R & B? She has it all and a powerful voice that can rival just about anyone else around. "
-Bob Gottlieb No Depression Magazine
"...Her delivery is never rushed, and her ability to express deep emotion is on par with someone twice her age as she delivers everything from downhome juke joint stylings to full-blown torch songs, all containing messages of positive affirmation."
-Marty Gunther Blues Blast Magazine