For Protest Tuesday this week we're featuring Julie Waters, an activist and renaissance woman who is a noted diarist on DKos.
Julie is a bird watcher and rescuer, a photographer, a web designer, and a musician.
Conservatory training, and an interest in music from around the world pushed Julie to learn classical guitar, as well as latin, flamenco and jazz styles, studying ancient modal music along the way.
- http://juliewaters.com/...
She brings a lot to her music with a blending of styles and virtuosity on a number of instruments. She has developed her own guitar style.
Julie is a folk artist in the truest tradition, weaving stories, motion and rhythm, creating lyrical poetry through the strings of her guitar. This is more than simply a creative approach to music. This is performance which turns on a dime, first evoking ancient modal melodies, and then suddenly sliding into a rock and roll beat which takes you straight into the 21st century.
She hosts open jam sessions and plays benefits.
Julie Waters Performs at Benefit Concert for Greater Falls Warming Shelter
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As you can hear she plays three parts at once with apparent ease. That should tell you how hard she has worked on her guitar.
Listen to her as she explains how she uses improvisation in her compoistion.
Julie Waters performing at Greater Falls Warming Shelter benefit (clip #2)
As you just heard she shreds like a bad bee too. And she rocks.
There are more clips from this show here.
Julie Waters: Videos
Here she is channeling Django on the banjitar. Watch her right hand technique. It looks like she's just strumming up and down while a thousand notes come out.
Julie Waters plays "Swing Time."
She also plays banjo, bass guitar, baritone guitar, mandolin, tiple and mountain dulcimer.
She hosts a song circle/open mic. Here she is jamming on one of her own songs with Bill Strecker. The song has a Latin feel, like Calypso, but when she gives Bill a turn playing lead he's all over the Blues.
"Steel Strings" at Downstreet Cafe, 3/18/2011
You know I love the Blues so I have to give you one more. An original Blues, "Grand Central". Got a little of that Jug Band feel to me too.
Julie Waters plays "Grand Central"
Her website is here.
Julie Waters: Welcome
Where you can hear songs from her new CD "Book Of Light", enjoy her photography, read some stuff, and learn more about this amazing woman.
And if you're not following her already on DKos here's her page.
Julie Waters's Profile
Her second most frequent tag is Recommended.
And so I recommend to you, Julie Waters.
Thanks,
Hairy Larry