Julia Stone

Description

Julia Stone (born 13 April 1984) is an Australian folk singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. She is the sister of Angus Stone, with whom she has collaborated in professional music, and is also a solo musician. Her debut solo album, The Memory Machine, was released in September 2010. Her second solo album, By the Horns, was released in May 2012, and peaked at No. 11 on the ARIA Albums Chart.
Born: 13 April 1984 (age 39) Sydney, Australia
Genres: Folk, acoustic
Occupation(s): Musician, singer-songwriter
Instrument(s):  Vocals, guitar, mandolin, piano, trumpet
Years active: 2005–present
Labels: EMI, Flock/PIAS, Nettwerk, Discograph

Biography

Early life
Julia Stone was born on 13 April 1984 and grew up in Sydney. Her parents, Kim and John Stone, were both folk musicians.[1] Stone’s older sister is Catherine (born ca. 1982) and her younger brother is Angus Stone (born 27 April 1986).[1] Stone attended Newport Primary School and Barrenjoey High School.[1] At primary school she joined the school band with her father teaching and her siblings accompanying.[2] At family gatherings when the children performed, Stone played trumpet, Catherine on saxophone and Angus on trombone with Kim singing and John on keyboard or guitar.[2]

2005–present: Julia and Angus

After finishing secondary school and while on a holiday with her brother in South America, Stone was impressed by his musical talent, “[Angus] was writing amazing songs … [he] had shown me how to play guitar in Bolivia, and those songs had gotten me through that year”.[2] Subsequently, Stone started writing her own songs.[1][2] By 2005 Stone was playing at open mic nights, sometimes Angus performed backing vocals – their first such gig, at the Coogee Bay Hotel, they performed “Tears”.[3] After playing split sets with each singing backing vocals to the other’s material, in 2006, they started a duo, Angus & Julia Stone.[2] In March that year the pair recorded their debut extended play, Chocolates and Cigarettes, which was released in August.[2] Since then the group has released five EPs, a compilation album and four studio albums.