Time: 41:49
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2014
Styles: Jazz Vocals
Art: Front
01. Tomorrow Person (5:23)
02. Get Off The Ghost Train (3:19)
03. In The Gloaming (5:02)
04. Upstream (3:24)
05. Rocker's Lament (6:26)
06. The Bells Of St Clements (6:02)
07. Dancing For Tips (3:56)
08. No Room For The Dreamers (4:24)
09. Indiscreet (3:49)
Julie McKee is a London-based singer-songwriter-pianist. If you like early Goldfrapp or a dash of Tori Amos melodrama, or if the wit and pathos of Randy Newman is your thing then Julie will be right up your street. Her latest album, 2014's Light on the Ledge, features a cast of lost souls, many of whom are depicted on the specially commissioned artwork for the sleeve: beer-swilling MCs, journalists, politicians, wanderers, prohibited wartime encounters and misguided protégés are all depicted in the songs.
A classically trained pianist who studied voice and jazz at London's prestigious Guildhall School of Music & Drama, Julie interpreted other peoples' songs before turning her hand to composing. She hasn't looked back: "I like my songs to tell stories and to avoid the cliches of angst-ridden love."
Her music has taken her to a number of prestigious venues, including London's National Theatre, LSO St Luke's, 606 Club, The Vortex, National Portrait Gallery, the Troubadour, Darbucka, the Drill Hall and the Bedford. Stateside, she has performed at New York's The Cutting Room, Chicago's Davenport's and Hot House. Across the UK, Julie has also played shows in the Edinburgh Festival (one with renowned solo bassist Steve Lawson), Greenbelt Festival, Brighton Festival, City of London Festival, Milton Keynes Stables and Birmingham's Kitchen Garden Cafe, to name but a few.
A classically trained pianist who studied voice and jazz at London's prestigious Guildhall School of Music & Drama, Julie interpreted other peoples' songs before turning her hand to composing. She hasn't looked back: "I like my songs to tell stories and to avoid the cliches of angst-ridden love."
Her music has taken her to a number of prestigious venues, including London's National Theatre, LSO St Luke's, 606 Club, The Vortex, National Portrait Gallery, the Troubadour, Darbucka, the Drill Hall and the Bedford. Stateside, she has performed at New York's The Cutting Room, Chicago's Davenport's and Hot House. Across the UK, Julie has also played shows in the Edinburgh Festival (one with renowned solo bassist Steve Lawson), Greenbelt Festival, Brighton Festival, City of London Festival, Milton Keynes Stables and Birmingham's Kitchen Garden Cafe, to name but a few.
Light On The Ledge