Jessica Ridley

2015 brought a trip to the United Kingdom as tour support for Ward Thomas for 18 dates.

In the spring of 2013 she opened up for fellow Canadian George Canyon.

In late 2011, Jessica auditioned for a new social-reality show created by Bud United to air on ABC in 2012. "The Big Time" was a competition show that featured a different genre each week. She was a cast member for the music episode going head to head with Nashville's Justin Nault and England's Laura Jeanne. The four round competition set in Las Vegas, Nevada featuring the contestants battling through singing their national anthems, then writing a radio jingle, followed by a live performance before the grand prize of being the opening act for the 2011 iHeartRadio Music Festival at the MGM Grand in front of 17,000 fans. The show featured guest judges Narada Michael Walden, the famed Whitney Houston producer and Julie Pilat from Los Angeles' KIIS FM. The show aired January 21, 2012.

As of May 11, 2012 Bluer Than Bluegrass was at #17 on the Belgium Chart and #32 on the ECMA Pan-European Chart.

In total five singles have been released; Hit and Run to Canadian and European radio, Flaming Red to Canadian, American, European and Australia radio; The Spirit of Christmas to Canadian and American radio, Bluer Than Bluegrass to Europe and Australia and most recently The Highway to Canadian and American radio. With Bluer Than Bluegrass reaching #4 in the UK during November 2011.

A year after high school, she married Kent Ridley and together they have four kids. He works in the sports industry as a football scout. In 2011 they moved to Nashville, Tennessee where they currently reside.

The full album was scheduled to be released on EMG Universal in the fall of 2010 but issues with Fused Management delayed it again. Because of the delay, though, another song was able to be recorded and added to the album. "Flaming Red" was written by Bob Carlisle and was destined for a female country voice and it found a home with Jessica. In the spring of 2011 it became the first song released to American radio where it reached the 62nd spot on the Billboard Top 100 Country Chart and in Canada it was a top 50 song on the Canadian Country Chart.

Although Jessica had performed in school plays as a youngster, she didn't believe that a future in professional music was an option until a music producer happened to catch her singing in church one week. A series of follow up meetings led to the decision to create a 5-song demo to see where things would head. From that first trip to Nashville, Jessica was hooked on trying to make this work. Working with the duo of Don Somerville and Billy Simon, the first set of songs came together over three trips to the Music City. That included the first single to Canadian airwaves "Hit and Run" which was released to Canadian radio in the spring of 2009. That first song made its way onto the Country Music News Top 100 CanCountry chart where it topped out at 91.

Most of Jessica's childhood was spent growing up in Airdrie, Alberta. As a youngster she played hockey and baseball in the community and played on the high school varsity volleyball team earning Most Improved honors. During her growing up years she worked at McDonald's and saved up to buy her first car - an orange 1974 VW Beetle. She graduated from Airdrie Koinonia Christian School in 2002.