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Julie Christensen has uploaded a collection of her songs. This artist's long professional career and her passionate spirit are reflected in the virtuosity and diversity of her work.

She has been described as having a chameleon quality. Yes, maybe so. However, while nuanced for the occasion, there is a distinctive element that remains constantly pure, rich, and signature Christensen: lyrical and thoughtful and, perhaps only to me, almost hynoptic in its melancholy. [Maybe memories of her Joan of Arc still haunt me - see below.] Coming to grips with where the fireworks are will be a challenge.

I added her song, "Today I Sing the Blues," to my jazz playlist rather than to my blues playlist; but I dunno, it's hard to pinpoint her distinctive and wide-ranging style in any genre. Check out her songs and decide for yourself.

And while your at it, please watch and listen to her moving duet with Leonard Cohen. Man, with that fiery hair and obvious aura of engagement, Julie Christensen is Everybody's Joan of Arc.



NB: a note to readers of my reviews: the text of my reviews at this site may change from time to time. As I listen for futher nuances in a song or body of work, I keep modifying or adding to my thoughts, making my reviews an organic "moveable feast". Since Fuzz artists are constantly evolving, as are our own perspectives, I think Fuzz reviews should not be frozen in time. It's time to extend the power of real-time, web-based music discovery, by making our reviews, "wiki-reviews."