Hailing from the Urals (Russia),
Julia Kay started singing back in 1988 at the age of 7 and her very first
performances appeared at her school. Given her ambitions, Julia dedicated her
time and energy to boost her vocal quality intensively and this turned into
reality after being directed by a qualified vocal and music tutor
Stanislav
Berdnikov, who helped Julia to discover and master her vocal range and
potentiality according to both style and musical genres. From a simple hobby,
this has turned into ambition and profession, and the real startup took place
back in 2001 when she started to sing with two full line-up bands under the
guise of
Lux Eterna (Progressive Rock Metal) and
Svetlojar (Progressive Folk
Rock).
In December 2004 Julia in collaboration
with
Yury Zlokazov and Stanislav Berdnikov (both from Lux Eterna) started
the solo project under her own name Julia Kay (Kay comes from the
letter her real surname starts with). Following their intensive work,
they recorded several songs including the two well acclaimed ones
'Angel
Teardrops'
(originally for 2nd Lux Eterna album 'Chips Of Mind') and
'Christmas
Night', a song aimed to be broadcast locally via major radio stations in Russia.
Following that moment, her project left a remarkable impact upon the audience
and this resulted in nothing but praises due to its quality and the amazing
vocal performance by the young talented singer. Shortly afterwards, Julia gave
several concerts with her fellow musicians featuring both local and foreign
performers, and she also shared stage with bands such as
Bad Boys Blue among others. This was a remarkable aspect for the singer as a push ahead in her
career.
In August 2007 Julia recorded two more
songs
'Baby Blues' and
'Spirit Of Moonlight Sax' in collaboration
with a singer/songwriter and arranger
Alexander Kulaev
and the talented
blind pianist
Rafil Mineev, who at various times used to perform with
such great musicians as
Ray Charles,
Deborah Brown
and
Oleg
Lundstrem Jazz Orchestra.
Smoke Feathers have been invited to play at the INDY Music Awards media launch and short list announcement party on Wednesday April 2nd 7pm at the Rock Garden, Covent Garden, London.
It’s no guarantee that we have been shortlisted for the final, but we hope it is a good sign....
Hey Everyone! Hope all is well. Just stopping by to say hi and to let you know that my CD Cosmic Playground is Now Available! Keep rockin’ and keep in touch!
Just dropped by to say: I have now made downloads available for free on all five of my MySpace websites (that's 30 tunes). Links to the other four can be found at the top of the friendlist of my main page. Hope your year is off to a great start. Thanks again for your friendship, I really appreciate it. My best, David
