Julie Christensen, a veteran of Leonard Cohen's bands of the 1988 and 1993 tours and 15-year resident of Ojai, has made four of her own well-regarded CDs of mostly original material in the interim, performing regularly with top musicians in Southern California. She's also been a voice-slinger for hire in the studio with the likes of Robben Ford, John Doe, Steve Wynn, and Exene Cervenka, as well as Van Dyke Parks.

Julie was a featured member of the Cohen song projects produced by Hal Willner. The "Came So Far for Beauty" concerts (on which the documentary film "Leonard Cohen I'm Your Man" was partly based) had four installments over four years. In Dublin, Julie performed a fiery Joan of Arc with Lou Reed.

Featured here is her song "Something Pretty" from her album "Where the Fireworks Are," and album that chronicled a tour of Julie's emotional landscape during these difficult times of war and trouble. Julie's planning a more stripped-down acoustic project next, with Jeff Turmes (of Mavis Staples' band, and his own Americana/Blues albums) at the producer's helm.

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