Julia Biel’s voice reveals her love of jazz harmony, fused with the influence of Talk Talk and Radiohead, and songwriters like Dylan and Joni Mitchell. Nominated for a MOBO Award, an Urban Music Award and a BBC Jazz Award, and one of the many British artists to come through the Serious Take Five talent development scheme, Julia has just released her latest solo album Black and White Vol.1 which comprises solo piano and voice versions of her original songs. She's played major festivals in France, Germany and right across mainland Europe, and last year she opened for Bob Dylan 

'Biel's unique piano style is one of the album's great strengths.  Once you step inside Biel's musical sphere with that remarkable voice at its centre, you can't help but become completely immersed in it'  (Jazzwise) 

'If you had to make a comparison then only Prince's album Piano & A Microphone 1983 comes to mind.  This is spirited, intimate and vulnerable but also proud and defiant.  This is music for our time' (Kultkomplott, Germany)