JULIA NUNES + Greg Holden

Sat 27th Jun 2009

Ear Music presents
JULIA NUNES
 + Greg Holden

Doors 7.30
£10 via TicketWeb


Julia Nunes is a ukulele and guitar playing singer/songwriter from upstate New York, whose self-made videos on YouTube have brought her to the attention of fellow college students, folk purists and the wider-world. Piano rocker Ben Folds found one of Julia's YouTube covers and asked her to open four shows for him in May 2008, and she duetted on stage with him in April 2009. And 1980's icon, actress Molly Ringwald, who took up the ukulele recently, famously said on "Good Morning America" about Julia, "I've always wanted to play the ukulele, and she completely inspired me."  

So what's her appeal? Julia conveys intelligent honesty, humor and a knack for picking or writing songs which appeal to both the ear and the heart, with crafted lyrics and singable melodies both inspiring and insightful. Her cover songs, from the Beatles, Beach Boys and Nat King Cole to Say Anything, Motion City Soundtrack and Spoon, express her love of music and demonstrate a knowledge of popular sounds which transcend genre.

A child and grandchild of musicians, Julia's heritage includes Portuguese fado music, jazz and rock and roll. Her own journey began at the age of 7 when she started piano lessons, but didn't really take off until she was given a guitar in her early teens. Her first CD of original songs, no longer available, was released when she was 17. The second CD, 'Left Right Wrong', the title of which reflects Julia's difficulties with direction, was released at 18.  Her third, 'I Wrote These' followed a year later. She is currently in the studio recording a new collection of original songs.

Julia's appeal, aside from her talent and charm, has spread because of her online social networking savvy, specifically YouTube. This fact has not escaped the blogosphere, where one can read everything from an analysis of Julia's videos as compared to Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada (here) to a description of what Julia does on YouTube and how to do it yourself, here. 

 

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