Julia Gray
Julia Gray is a London-based singer-songwriter and piano player. Her musical influences include Tom Waits, Kate Bush, Blossom Dearie, Ani diFranco and Joni Mitchell. She frequently draws inspiration from contemporary and classical cultures, exploring universal archetypes and stories through the medium of song. She has written for television and film, has performed at Bestival, the Tabernacle, Bush Hall and the Union Chapel among many other places, and performs regularly at the legendary Troubadour, South-West London. After training in both classical and contemporary singing, Julia began her performing career at the Kashmir Klub. She then co-founded the trip-hop/jazz collective Second Person, which became the first UK-based band to crowd-fund an album via Sellaband, an online community of fans. Second Person played a residency at Pizza on the Park, released three albums, CHROMATOGRAPHY (2004), THE ELEMENTS EP (2007) and COME TO DUST (2008), and received critical acclaim for their inno