Julia Biel: Black and White

After a decade of international touring her original music with various line-ups, join the award-winning JULIA BIEL as she alights at Crazy Coqs for a special solo performance, taking her ‘Black and White’ album series as the springboard for an evening of electrifying sonic landscapes comprised solely of piano and voice.

Simultaneous improvisations on both piano and voice ranging from thunderous sonority given total abandon, hard grooves or passages of meditative calm and spoken word are interwoven with her critically acclaimed original songs that have been praised by some of the best in the business, including
Bob Dylan who invited her to open for his gala concert in Stuttgart in 2019, Ben Watt with whom she has twice collaborated, Jamie Cullum and Alabaster dePlume to name a few.

Those who have experienced her unmistakable voice and earthy and organic artistic vision first-hand, speak of a spell-binding and engrossing experience that involves the audience and the room almost as band members themselves. With each concert a seamless flow of free improvisation interwoven with in the-moment renditions of her original songs, expect a performance that is a journey to its own unique destination.

‘Billie Holiday, Chet Baker, Amy Winehouse.. today Julia Biel joins their ranks but doesn’t need the drugs’ – ANDRÉ MANOUKIAN, FRANCE INTER

‘the best British vocalist to emerge in an age’ – THE INDEPENDENT

‘A voice of supreme subtlety and honeyed depth’ – THE GUARDIAN

‘Her impressive voice and melancholic sensuality captivated the audience from the first note and did not let go during an impressive and hypnotising performance lasting almost an hour and a half’ – SÜDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG

‘It all adds up to an artist of unusual and extraordinary character. Whoever hears her once is instantly smitten – and you will be too, and that’s a promise!’ – ABOUTJAZZ.DE