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Julie Christensen and Stone Cupid returns to SOhO in Santa Barbara, this time with a jazz leaning

When: Monday, May 12, 8-10:30pm

What: Julie Christensen and Stone Cupid

Where: SOhO, www.sohosb.com, 1221 State St. Santa Barbara CA

Cost: $10

Information: (805)-962-7776

Julie Christensen and her band Stone Cupid returns to SOhO for a show—on Monday, May 12--with jazz leanings, and more. Christensen came out with a one-two punch recently, putting out the jazz-oriented Something Familiar in 2006 and the more varied, art pop project, Where the Fireworks Are, in 2007. Joining her at SOhO will be keyboardist/creative cohort Karen Hammack, guitarist Joe Woodard, drummer Tom Lackner, and bassist Chris Conner.

Christensen’s versatile voice found a home in the L.A. post-punk band Divine Horsemen and, for years, as a spotlighted singer with Leonard Cohen. The first steps of Something Familiar and Where the Fireworks Are came when Christensen, with Hammack in tow, did basic tracks in Brooklyn with noted jazz drummers Jeff Ballard and Kenny Wollesen. She then decamped for much of the subsequent studio work at the Tompound in Santa Barbara. The list of musical collaborators includes Lackner, Woodard, and Steve Nelson, pedal steel players Greg Liesz and Bill Flores, guitarist Buckethead, keyboardist Dave Palmer, saxist Tom Buckner, and multi-instrumentalist and singer Kenny Edwards.

Christensen and Stone Cupid’s earlier albums are Love is Driving (1997) and Soul Driver (2001), on her own Stone Cupid label. Among Christensen’s present musical activities, her connection to Leonard Cohen’s world continues, as a featured member of the Cohen tribute projects produced by Hal Willner. The tribute’s Sydney Opera House concerts became the core of the acclaimed documentary, Leonard Cohen: I’m Your Man, featuring Christensen and her longtime ally (and fellow Ojai-an) Perla Batalla on the classic Cohen song “Anthem.”
The Willner-produced concert series, dubbed Came So Far for Beauty, had two more performances in Dublin, Ireland, where Julie participated, singing a duet with Lou Reed, and joined a cast including Laurie Anderson, Nick Cave, Beth Orton, Jarvis Cocker and many others. When Reed performed a special concert at UCSB’s Campbell Hall in October of 2006, Christensen sat in on the song, “Joan of Arc,” and easily won the crowd’s affection.

PRESSTYPES:

“Julie Christensen is one of the truer singers you’ll ever hear — straight up, no mannerisms, perfect taste; listen to her takes on “But Beautiful,” “Stolen Moments” and “Blame It on My Youth,” from her piercing new Something Familiar, and recognize how she could sing with both Leonard Cohen and Chris D.” --Greg Burk, L.A. Weekly, Oct. 19, 2006

“Versatile singer Julie Christensen (yes, of the Divine Horsemen) works her new jazz album, Something Familiar (Household Ink). She’s retained the soulful arc of her sustained notes, and songs by Loesser, Mingus, and Oliver Nelson stud her repertoire…”

--Kirk Silsbee, L.A. City Beat, Oct. 29, 2006

Visit Julie on the web:

www.myspace.com/juliechristensenandstonecupid

www.stonecupid.com

www.householdink.com/juliechristensen.htm

Press clips and playlists are greatly appreciated.

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