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David Byrne Journal
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Monday September 14, 2009 at 08:00 AM |
by Streeter
My friend Amir turned me on to this young lady on YouTube, Julia Nunes, who plays Ukelele. So far, so normal. But Julia, who has her own website, JunuMusic.com, is so more than your normal cute ukelele cover-song playing girl on the Internet (isn't it amazing that we live in an age where I can truthfully say that). Julia seems to be headed for a nice little career as a sing/songwriter/performer all thanks to the popularity of her YouTube videos, just like Bo Burnham before her. Now let's see why, in no particular order...
1. She has a nice voice: It's lower than your average girl voice, but there's a husky smokiness to it that's compelling and refreshingly different.
2. She's doing something different: Just check out her videos and you'll see. She mixes songs with talking and she suppliments the small sound of her uke with harmonies, knee-and-pillow drumming and other small instruments.
3. She picks good songs to cover: The variety is great - The Beatles, Weezer, Ben Folds - it's a very appealing cross-section of popular music over the last fifty or so years.
Now, let's see this young lady play. Here's her doing the aforementioned Beatles.
But here is where her story gets great. Rumor has it that Ben Folds saw her cover of "Gone" (http://www.youtube.com/jaaaaaaa#play/uploads/40/7pmpo8THQJk) and invited her up on stage when he was playing near her school to accompany her. Pretty amazing if you ask me. Make sure you watch past "Gone" for what had to have been the most terrifying and exciting moment of her life.
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