Spotlight On: JULIA BAILEN

Written By Carmel Holt

ABOUT THIS WEEK’S SHERO IN THE SPOTLIGHT:
(radio hour featured interview and podcast)

Guitarist and singer-songwriter Julia Bailen is one third of the NYC power pop trio BAILEN with her elder twin brothers, David and Daniel. On the heels of releasing the second full length BAILEN album, Tired Hearts, Julia sits down with Carmel Holt to discuss her journey to discovering the empowering stability that her instrument and"owning it" brings her, the democratic process of making records with her brothers, and working through some of the negative effects and thought patterns caused by our ageist and sexist music industry. Julia started playing guitar when she was just 7 years old, taught by her father. While the elder twin siblings began playing in bands, Julia was exploring musical theater, and started writing songs. Together, BAILEN is a triple threat of gorgeous harmonies, dynamic, tight arrangements and a collaborative chemistry only siblings could have. On the heels of releasing their new album Tired Hearts, Julia Bailen joins us as this week’s SHERO in the Spotlight.

SHEROES Radio Hour:

SHERO BIRTHDAYS:During the SHEROES Radio hour, we also celebrate SHEROES born this week

  • Grace Jones 75th 5/19

  • Sarah Jarosz 5/23

  • Patti LaBelle 5/24

  • Rosanne Cash 5/24

Listen to the syndicated public radio SHEROES Radio hour:

Carmel Holt http://sheroesradio.com
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