julia joseph
Julia Joseph is a singer, songwriter, vocal arranger and performer based in New York City.
Having been compared to Phoebe Snow, Joni Mitchell and Karen Carpenter, Julia's writing incorporates jazz, folk, blues and gospel elements with rich vocal harmonies and intelligent, poignant lyrics that explore universal sentiments.
Julia also works as a support and session vocalist. Her voice can be heard on the NBC hit show, 30Rock, Highly Suspect's chart topping album MCID and Red Hot Record's Red Hot + Arthur Russell. Julia is regular guest singer in NYC based Loser's Lounge and co-leads the grooviest band on the East Coast, The Loyales with fellow songwriter Milton.
Julia's debut album, Hush, won the 2008 Independent Music Award's popular vote for Best Folk/Singer-Songwriter Album; a debut complimented by her inspired and well-honed live act.
"Julia Joseph is one of the finest performers of song out there today. She lets you know in every note that soul, swing, heart and intelligence can never go out of style.
Julia conveys a vast range of emotion with her voice, not only in her own very strong material but also in the many songs from many different genre that she works into her repertoire. Though Julia has very strongly formed roots in classic soul, jazz, latin and rhythm and blues, her music is timeless. It allows you to leave your contemporary moment and float in it's world. In Julia's world, dreams come alive and the human heart speaks clearly for all.
I love the way Julia performs a song. She closes her eyes and lets the feeling pour out from her heart into each note. She savors each word that she delivers. She dances to every beat. There's a fearlessness about Julia that's totally inspirational. She lets herself really feel the joy, the heartache and the perplexity of every moment she lives in song."
— Milton