Julia Bullock & Christian Reif - Walking in the Dark (2022)

Soprano Julia Bullock is about to embark on an extraordinary career. She is one of the most unique artists of her generation. She is a singer with an enveloping tone, a remarkably mature presence and an unusually astute cultural, social and historical understanding." - New York Times

On the album "Walking in the Dark," Bullock is flanked by the London Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Christian Reif for Samuel Barber's "Knoxville: Summer Of 1915" and an aria from John Adams' "El Niño." With Reif on piano, she also performs a traditional spiritual and songs by Oscar Brown Jr, Billy Taylor and Sandy Denny. The album title comes from the lyrics of the Connie Converse song "One By One."

Of the album's diverse repertoire, Julia Bullock says, "The music and poetry included have contributed to my development as a singer. Over the years, I kept coming back to this material with new ways of looking at it, reworking it, and reassessing it. This is why I call the songs "classic" classics. They embrace traditions of different cultures and celebrate the diversities of expression, thought and experience."

Julia Bullock is an American, classically trained singer who "expresses authentic feeling as intensely as if she were drawing directly from her soul" (Opera News). She combines diverse artistic skills with probing intellect and commanding stage presence. She is also a weighty voice of social engagement and democratic citizenship. Vanity Fair highlighted how "young, highly successful and politically engaged" Julia Bullock is. "She has the ability to infuse every note she sings with a sense of grace and urgency, giving her performances both snapshot character and impressive timelessness." in 2021, Musical America named her Artist of the Year and Representative of Change. In December 2020, she performed a special (home) Quarantine Online concert as part of NPR Music's "Tiny Desk" live series. NPR's Tom Huizenga characterized the performance as "one of the most transcendent musical experiences I've ever had the privilege to have."

TRACKLIST

1. Julia Bullock - Brown Baby
2. Julia Bullock - One By One
3. Julia Bullock - Memorial de Tlatelolco, from El Niño
4. Julia Bullock - City Called Heaven
5. Julia Bullock - I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free
6. Julia Bullock - Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Op. 24
7. Julia Bullock - Who Knows Where The Time Goes?