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I was playing old CDs recently and I listened to Happy Ever After and Where Does The Time Go by Julia Fordham.

She's an English woman who moved over to the USA some years ago.
Has a very unusual voice and an incredible range.
I was wondering if any of you guys have heard of her? Like her? Hate her?

And is she successful over there?

http://www.myspace.com/juliafordham

I've never heard of her. With out seeing her, you would almost think it's Anita baker.

I was curious to know how she is making enough money to pay her bills etc.
She must be writing for other artists and earning a crust from that, maybe.
Anyone else heard of her?

Did you like her voice Gunbot?

SusieP wrote:I was curious to know how she is making enough money to pay her bills etc.
She must be writing for other artists and earning a crust from that, maybe.
Anyone else heard of her?

Did you like her voice Gunbot?

Of course, she reminds me of you a little bit. I do have to be in the right setting to really enjoy it though. When I was in Japan, they had Jazz clubs on every corner in Tokyo and Roppongi. That's where this girl would have a better chance of being discovered.

Gunbot wrote:

SusieP wrote:I was curious to know how she is making enough money to pay her bills etc.
She must be writing for other artists and earning a crust from that, maybe.
Anyone else heard of her?

Did you like her voice Gunbot?

Of course, she reminds me of you a little bit. I do have to be in the right setting to really enjoy it though. When I was in Japan, they had Jazz clubs on every corner in Tokyo and Roppongi. That's where this girl would have a better chance of being discovered.

She reminds you of me???
Wow. Thanks.
She wasn't a jazz artist when I saw her live.
She did stuff like this {I think she looks like Ellen DeGeneres on this} - I love her low notes. That she has turned jazzy was news to me, but her voice does lend itself to that style.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9qGur8eTUg

Just saw that this one was fetured in a movie soundtrack. So I guess that would bring in some money.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQsvNucjM6s

Wow, she has already done a bunch of shows in Japan and has new dates lined up at the Cotton Club.

Her China Blue album is all Jazz from what I read.

She really reminds me of Anita Baker, even in the soundtrack song.

Wow there's a blast from the past. I had one of her CDs but it must have been 15 yrs ago. I haven't heard her name mentioned in a very long time!!!

SusieP wrote:I was playing old CDs recently and I listened to Happy Ever After and Where Does The Time Go by Julia Fordham.

She's an English woman who moved over to the USA some years ago.
Has a very unusual voice and an incredible range.
I was wondering if any of you guys have heard of her? Like her? Hate her?

And is she successful over there?

http://www.myspace.com/juliafordham

I was gonna ask the people here about her but I reckon she's not your cup of tea so I didn't bother. It is nice to know that she's got other fans here as well. I just love her smoky jazz low voice and she can hit the high notes too. Her songs bring back some memories as somebody sang Girlfriend to me before while I was still going out with my-then-girlfriend-now-missus

Apart from Happy Ever After and Girlfriend, I also like Love Moves in Mysterious Ways and Loving You

She must have a range of quite a few octaves.
Those beautiful low notes are really low and she can hit quite high, too. That's some skill.
And she has the same power on high and low.
I think the woman is underrated.

And mdaemon - what I like about this board is that people are open to listening to new stuff even if you don't think it's their cup of tea.

I've discovered loads of artistes I had never even heard of by being a part of this community.

xxx

Gunbot wrote:Wow, she has already done a bunch of shows in Japan and has new dates lined up at the Cotton Club.

Her China Blue album is all Jazz from what I read.

She really reminds me of Anita Baker, even in the soundtrack song.

Yep looks like she's become a fully fledged jazzer.
Her voice suits it - so it's quite surprising she didn't take that route earlier.

xxx