2nd single off the debut album of one of the prominent voices of Neo-Soul during the early 90's.

Taken from Urban Hang Suite, the album introduced to the listening public the silky and sensual voice and groove of Afro donning singer, songwriter, Maxwell.

First single off the Queen of Neo-Soul's latest album and her debut under the newly revived, Stax Records.

Taken from "The Art of Love and War", the latest album features collaborations with artists like James Ingram & gospel veteran Betty Wright, who was responsible for coaching and working with Joss Stone on her debut album, "Soul Sessions".

The Queen of Neo-Soul herself. Taken from her CD, "Stone Hits: The Best of Angie Stone", the song is the 2nd hit for Stone which features generous samples of previous hits; in this case "Backstabbers" by the O'jays.

Incidentally her first hit in 1999, "No More Rain" also features another sampling; "Neither One of Us" by Gladys Knight.

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2nd Single from Julianne's debut cd. Title track of her album

Video directed by Joaquin Valdes

Link to video of Julianne's 1st single, "Tulak ng Bibig", off her debut album, "Grateful."

Video directed by Paul Soriano

Photos Courtesy of Sheila and reposting link from Julianne...

These were shots taken from last Saturday's SOUL 101, at the Teatrino in Greenhills.

OPM Singer/Songwriter Julianne's site.

Bringing Neo-SOUL into OPM with her hit "Tulak ng Bibig".

Some people say that artists are a dime a dozen. But if you are lucky some dimes just shine more brightly than others. Such is the case for me when I recently interviewed Julianne on my shift at Dream FM, 106.7

She came in towards my 2^nd hour and having to both interview her and prepare for the materials for the next day’s segment show, “Soul Candy”, my nerves were frazzled. But being the trooper that I am, I rose to the occasion and met with her.

What immediately drew me to Julianne is her immediate and truthful sense of self; from her early days of singing in bands, doing session work for artists like Gary Valenciano, Jay-R to traveling to Japan to perform for fellow Filipinos and Japanese nationals alike. Julianne is one person who didn’t have any airs and comes from the space of simply an artist who wanted to share her views and music to the world.

Among her musical influences she cites are Jill Scott, India Arie, Eryka Badu, Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone and Incognito. There are more artists that have truly caught her musical ear but this has only contributed to the richness of her own music.

She also shares the same views as I did about how the local music industry as thriving as it is, still needed new blood and new singer/songwriters, for the scene seemed to be dominated by bands once more and some times a single, solitary voice espousing their own form of realization of truth through music can be heard as effectively or even much more loudly than a rock band.

There is a fine line that an artist treads in addressing both what they feel from the wellspring of themselves and what they see around them as a member of society. Julianne is also incongruence to this fine line and hopes that thru her music, she would be able to do just that. Truly a breath of fresh air, not to mention, soul coming to breathe anew in the local music scene. One artist we would want to see evolve as she goes on perfecting her craft.

Had a chance to interview this new gem of an artist on my slot on Dream Fm, 106.7 today.

Soul, groove, heart are the best words to describe Julianne. She has been singing since she began talking. Being cradled to jazz, soul, rhythm and blues at a very early age and deriving her musical influences from the less mainstream but consummate artists such as Jewel, India Arie, Jill Scott and Eryka Badu just to name a few.

She devoted most of her 23 years unfolding as a musician and songwriter. Her music has now evolved into her own.

Julianne’s groove and charisma are far from typical but even when she renders her obscure jazzy repertoire, non-jazz but genuine audiophiles never fail to be wowed. Baring one's soul is but a trite description of any performer but in Julianne’s case, it essentially captures her moments on stage.

Guys, I know you're gonna like what you hear so go and get a copy of her debut album under MCA Records and help bring back the SOUL back into OPM.

You can visit her site, www.myspace.com/JulianneMusiko




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Live Performance of Maxwell
-Smooth R/B artist ;pioneering the Neo-Soul Movement along with Jill Scott, Eryka Baduh & Angie Stone

Soulful R/B Sounds....