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Artist description
Jazz for the Soul Starved. Piano Trio that Rocks
with soul vocalist Julie Christensen who used to
sing with Leonard Cohen, John Doe, Van Dyke Parks,
Oingo Boingo, Stev Wynn, Exene Cervenka and more |
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Music Style
jazz, soul, R&B, pop |
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Musical Influences
Early Aretha, Les McCann, Dinah Washington, Joe Williams/Basie, Billie Holiday, Etta James |
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Similar Artists
Fiona Apple,Van Morrison,Bonnie Raitt,Joni Mitchell,Cassandra Wilson,Medeski M&W,Ben Folds Five, |
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Artist History
Julie performed jazz, blues and country in the
midwest and Texas before coming to California in
the mid-'80's and hooking up with swamp rock post
punk SST band Divine Horsemen (with Chris D).Af
ter a tour singing backup and duet with Leonard
Cohen in 1988, Julie put together the band and got
signed to Polydor, made a record with Todd Rund
gren producing, which never came out for typical
corporate political reasons. The band played on
with various members, Julie did another LC tour
in 1993, and the self-produced indie CD was made
in 1996-7. New one coming up, and Love is Driving
all the way.
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Group Members
Julie Christensen, vocals and songs.Karen Hammack,
piano Cliff Hugo, acoustic & electric bass
Jim Christie, drums. appearances by guitarists
Greg Leisz & Robben Ford, trumpeter Lee Thorn
burg from Tower of Power, singer Perla Batalla |
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Instruments
vocals, keyboards, acoustic bass, drums |
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Albums
love is driving (1997) stonecupid 001 |
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Press Reviews
Christensen has been described as singing with
"angelic, folky charm to truly badass bluesy wails;
...one of the loveliest, purest voices in contempo-
rary music"--John Payne, L.A. WEEKLY.
"an inspired songwriter who has everything it
might take to revive the torch-song tradition
among the rock crowd."--Chris Willman, L.A. TIMES |
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Additional Info
upcoming California dates w/ Todd Rundgren in June: 6/8&6/9 AT Slim's in SF, 6/11 at Ventura Theater, 6/12&6/13 at the Roxy in L.A., and 6/14 at the Galaxy in Santa Ana |
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Location
Sherman Oaks, CA - USA |
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