“A Little Whiskey In a Teacup”
Celeste Marie Wilson is a singer-songwriter based in Montgomery, TX who has never been what she appears to be at first glance.
During Prohibition, Southern women would gather in tearooms — delicate settings, fine cups, every appearance of gentility. What was sometimes poured into those cups wasn't tea, it was whiskey. The cup looked fragile, what it carried was not. That is the most honest description of Celeste Marie anyone has found: a woman who looks like softness and holds something unbreakable inside.
Born on the Gulf Coast of Texas, she grew up somewhere between a Southern rock playlist and a country heartbreak record. The music she makes reflects exactly that — quiet on the surface until it isn't, gentle in its delivery and devastating in its truth. Delta blues soul. Distorted guitar. Stories that find you in the places you thought nobody else knew about.
She's also a diamond that wants to stay coal. The credentials are real — Josie Award winner, International Songwriting Competition semi-finalist, charting on Music Row — but she has no interest in being polished into something easier to categorize. The unrefined places are where the truth lives. She knows that. She's staying there on purpose.
No filters. No formulas. Just Texas in her bones and a guitar that says everything she means.
Based in the Montgomery, Texas area, Celeste performs live Roots rock and Texas country music at venues, festivals, and events across Texas and beyond. She's writing the songs you didn't know you needed — until one of them finds you in a quiet moment and doesn't let go.
Stream her music on Spotify and Apple Music, or book her for your next show. 🎸🥃
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Celeste Marie Wilson in an Americana/Country songwriter from Montgomery, TX with the warmth of Dolly Parton and the fire of Janis Joplin. Her new single “What Else Could I Need” is a heartfelt ode to the simple things in life that truly make us happy - a grateful and gentle counterpart to her Music Row charting hit “Jesus, Tequila and Whiskey”. An upcoming feature of the Women Songwriters Hall of Fame (June 2026). Her full streaming catalog is available on all streaming platforms.