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Julia Nunes plays ukulele super hard, she sings her face off, and she turns terrible moods into toe tapping sessions. She s most well-known for her videos, which serve as a window into the list of her favorite songs, as well as a platform for her heart wrenchingly honest originals. You will find several layers of voices and instruments in her reinterpretations of 90's pop songs, breathing new life into those 'oldies but goodies'. In videos she s covered Nat King Cole and N*Sync, to name only a few, and it's impossible to watch just one. Viewers are willingly sucked into an alternative reality, where everything is harmonized and ukulele-ized, and Julia's lyrics and delivery somehow perfectly describe the feeling which no song on the radio can touch.

The power of her personality comes through in her songs, but you'd never guess she's a bona fide comedian unless you stick around for the bloopers at the end of her videos. She doesn't hold anything back from her fans. Her live shows are a veritable variety hour of jokes, songs, dancing, and choking back tears. Her confident vulnerability draws people in. When they hear they want to pick up their guitars again. They want to lean to play the ukulele. They want to be her best friend.

At age 22, Julia has a great deal of musical experience. She started writing songs at age 13, performing at open mic nights in her hometown in upstate New York. From there she took a big jump into an opening slot for Ben Folds. They both played solo sets but came together on the song that helped Ben find Julia in the first place. She covered his song, 'Gone' in a video and he too was taken in, like so many before him. They took to the stage, adding her uke to his piano as they harmonized to close the shows. Nunes has also toured England, and headlined countless US tours. It seems she s got a weakness for Bens, because in November of 2011 she went on a 2 month tour with Ben Kweller. She s also shared the stage with Weezer, Matt & Kim and Katy Perry. Not to mention she's rocked the stage at the Bonnaroo Music Festival two years in a row.

Her crowd-funded album 'Settle Down' (release date: Feb 28, 2012) will be her fourth album of original material. She broke records on kickstarter.com raising $78,888 and selling over 1,200 copies months before it was even finished being recorded.