Julie Christensen

Blessed with a clear, expressive voice that can adapt to everything from jazz to rootsy punk, Julie Christensen is best known as a sought-after backing vocalist who recorded and toured with Leonard Cohen, Van Dyke Parks, k.d. lang, Rufus Wainwright, and many more. Not just a gifted accompanist, Christensen was a member of the seminal roots-punk group Divine Horsemen and has also enjoyed a well-respected solo career, writing literate, emotionally thoughtful songs and recording with musicians coversant in her blend of blues, jazz, folk, and country idioms. Christensen had been s...