Julie Moffitt

It's been four months since I won the Singer / Songwriter Fenom and Critics' Pick, and things are fabulous! Check my MySpace page for blogs and tour dates!

A girl walks into a bar to see "The Erotic Adventures of the Static Chicken." Though she's disappointed that the band is neither sexy nor covered in electrically charged feathers, by the end of the night she's onstage belting out a drunken rendition of "Stormy Monday" and local bands are clamoring for her to sit in with them.

Four years later, she's living in Chicago with two albums, four Summerfest appearances, multiple national tours and radio play on hundreds of stations across the country to her credit.

Since the night with the chicken, Julie has played live on television, commercial and college radio stations; headlined the Chick Singer Night Anniversary shows in Los Angeles and Milwaukee; and performed at clubs, colleges and festivals all over the country - from Albuquerque's Hyperactive Music Fest to Austin's SXSW, from the Walnut Room in Denver to WXPN's World Cafe Live in Philadelphia and the Bluebird Cafe in Nashville.

Sony sponsored the Julie Moffitt Remix Contest in 2006 to celebrate her second studio album, The Stolen EP (Burst Records). The album's first single, "Try," has been featured on college and independent radio around the country, as well as on the 2006 GoGirlsMusicFest CD and Australia's popular Sounds Like Cafe series (volume 14). In February 2007, "Let Him Be" (also from The Stolen EP) appeared in Paste Magazine's Issue 28 sampler alongside new tracks from Lucinda Williams and The Shins.

2007 was a breakout year for Julie, kicking off with a nomination for Best Acoustic Act by the Wisconsin Area Music Industry just as she was leaving Milwaukee for Chicago's lush musical scene. She enjoyed her first headlining spot at Milwaukee's Summerfest, spent the fall racking up over 20,000 miles on a college tour across Minnesota, Canada, Wisconsin, and the Dakotas, and opened for major acts including Sara Bareilles (Epic), Mat Kearney (Columbia), Matt Nathanson (Acrobat), The Gufs and Willy Porter.

The icing on the proverbial cake came in December, when Julie beat out hundreds of other artists to be named both the Critics' Pick and fan-voted $10,000 Singer/Songwriter Fenom in the international online competition FameCast.com.

Julie started off 2008 with a trip to Europe to celebrate her win, followed by two performances at SXSW and a week at the ASCAP Expo in Los Angeles. She plays regularly in Chicago, Minneapolis, Nashville, and Milwaukee.

OTHER ARTIST WEBSITE:  http://www.myspace.com/juliemoffitt

HOME TOWN: 
Chicago, IL

GROUP/BAND MEMBERS: 
moi

INFLUENCES: 
jazz, blues, pop, folk, hip-hop, country...check out my playlist, it

ON MY PLAYLIST: 
Straight off my iPod:
Aimee Mann, Amber Rubarth, Amy Winehouse, Amycanbe, Andrew Bird, Aretha Franklin, BB King, The Beatles, Beck, Ben Folds Five, Ben Harper, Beyonce, Black Eyed Peas, Bob Dylan, Brandi Carlile, Brianna Lane, Bright Eyes, Cake, Cassandra Wilson, Cat Power, Charles Mingus, Cibo Matto, Counting Crows, Dave Matthews, The Decemberists, Diana Krall, The Ditty Bops, Dixie Chicks, eastmountainsouth, Elliot Smith, Eric Clapton, Erin McKeown, Erykah Badu, Etta James, Eva Cassidy, Evan and Jaron, Everlast, Faithless, Fiona Apple, Folk Implosion, The Fray, Frou Frou, The Fugees, Gabriel Mann, Gaelic Storm, A Girl Called Eddy, Gnarls Barkley, Gorillaz, Green Day, Guster, Her Space Holiday, Imogen Heap, Incubus, india.arie, Iron & Wine, Jack Johnson, Jack's Mannequin, James Taylor, James Yorkston, Jenny Owen Youngs, Jessica Sonner, Jill Sobule, Jimi Hendrix, Joe Purdy, John Cougar Mellencamp, John Lennon, John Mayer, Johnny Cash, Jolie Holland, Jonatha Brooke, K's Choice, Kate Earl, Keller Williams, Kelly Clarkson, Keren Ann, Kid Beyond, The Killers, KT Tunstall, Kyler England, Lauryn Hill, Led Zeppelin, Leona Naess, Lily Allen, Lisa Loeb, Liz Phair, Lori McKenna, Lucinda Williams, Margo and the Nuclear So-and-Sos, Marvin Gaye, Mat Kearney, MC Solaar, Melissa Etheridge, Melissa Ferrick, Michelle Branch, Moby, Nichole Nordeman, Nickel Creek, Nine Inch Nails, Nirvana, No Doubt, The Offspring, Over the Rhine, Patty Griffin, Paul Simon, Paul Thorn, Peach Stealing Monkeys, Pearl Jam, Phantom Planet, Pink Floyd, The Police, The Postal Service, Prodigy, Quincy, REM, Radiohead, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Regina Spektor, Rilo Kiley, Rosie Thomas, Rufus Wainwright, Sade, Sara Bareilles, Sarah Harmer, Sarah Slean, Savage Garden, Save Ferris, The Shins, The Shirelles, Simon & Garfunkel, Snow Patrol, Something Corporate, Soul Asylum, Stevie Nicks, The Stills, Stillwater, Sting, Stroke 9, Sublime, Sufjan Stevens, Suzanne Vega, Tegan & Sara, Tenacious D, Third Eye Blind, TLC, Tom Petty, Tom Waits, Tori Amos, Tracy Chapman, Train, Tricky, Tristan Prettyman, U2, Umbrellas, VAST, Violent Femmes, The Waifs, The Wallflowers, The Weepies, Weezer, The White Stripes, The Who, Wilco, Willy Porter, Yellowjackets