I grew up singing in school choirs, and southern gospel at church. I spent 7 seasons in the Opera Carolina Chorus after graduate school, before returning to my passion and roots of contemporary music, and finding song-writing. I perform around town as a guest artist, featured song-writer, and gig with my duo, “Beauty & the Blues” at local venues, parties and weddings. A lover of old jazz/blues standards, folk & pop/rock, and old country/bluegrass songs, these styles influence my writing, and provide a wide palate of cover tunes to sing. I have also been a member of the Tosco Music Party house band/choir since 2015. Next event:: Tosco Holiday Party Dec 18, 2024. Get Tix!

My first EP - SPARK - came out fall of 2023, a small collection of 4 original songs. A second EP of songs will be out by February 2024. You can hear some early acoustic renditions of first songs at the Tiny Stage series here. You can follow me on Facebook and Instagram for current gigs, happenings and musings. Not on Spotify?
My music is streaming on all platforms - just find Julie Dean

Songwriter Sundays (Showcase) at Madison Perk Coffee Bar (South Blvd)
Sunday, January 21st - 2pm

BEAUTY AND THE BLUES

Find us next at…

Heist Brewery & Barrel Arts - Fri, January 26th (6-9pm)
The Artisan’s Palate (NoDa) - Sat, February 24th (6:30-9:30pm)

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Keith Serpa and I teamed up a few years ago sharing favorite songs. An exceptional blues and country rock guitar player, Keith’s grooves are energetically infectious. He’s also my sweetheart! Pairing his raspy voice with my clean and dusty voice, brings a unique spin on our favorite jazz, blues, country, pop/rock cover tunes, and we love to sing our original songs as well. Here’s a taste of some of our tunes. We’ve got a little something for everyone’s musical tastes!