Julia Stone | |
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_(5356668456).jpg) Stone performing at the 2011Southbound Festival inBusselton | |
| Background information | |
| Born | (1984-04-13)13 April 1984 (age 40) 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 |
| Website | juliastonemusic |
Julia Stone (born 13 April 1984) is anAustralianfolk singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. She is the sister ofAngus 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 theARIA Albums Chart.
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 isAngus Stone (born 27 April 1986).[1] Stone attended Newport Primary School andBarrenjoey 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 saxophone and Angus trombone with Kim singing and John on keyboard or guitar.[2]
After finishing secondary school and while on a holiday with her brother inSouth America, Stone was impressed by his musical talent. "[Angus] was writing amazing songs ... [he] had shown me how to play guitar inBolivia, and those songs had gotten me through that year."[2] Subsequently, Stone started writing her own songs.[1][2] By 2005 Stone was playing atopen mics; sometimes Angus performed backing vocals – at their first such gig, at theCoogee 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 debutextended 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.
Angus & Julia Stone's second album,Down the Way (March 2010), debuted at number one on the ARIA Albums Chart and was certified 3× platinum in 2011.[4][5] It was the highest-selling album by an Australian artist for 2010.[6][7] At theARIA Music Awards of 2010 the duo won ARIA Album of the Year forDown the Way and ARIA Single of the Year for "Big Jet Plane".[8] The track "Big Jet Plane" was voted number one in the Triple J Hottest 100 in 2011 by the station's listeners.[9]
Despite reaching critical acclaim as a duo, Stone had initially embarked on her musical career to become a solo musician.[10] In September 2010, after five years of recording and touring with the duo, Stone released her debut solo album,The Memory Machine, which charted on theARIA Albums Chart into the top 100.[11] It was well received by fans and critics. Poppy Reid of The Music Network found that "Julia uses clever vintage horror film posters painted by UK artist Caroline Pedler. The posters depict themes from each song; all of them of course, starring Julia as herself".[12]
In June 2011, she sang backing vocals on "Do You Realize" forThe Flaming Lips andEdward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros at a sunrise concert at theHollywood Forever Cemetery.[13] In August that year Stone supported her collaborator,Doveman, at shows inCalifornia andNew York.[14]
On 25 May 2012, Stone released her second solo album,By the Horns, simultaneously around the world,[10] which debuted at No. 11 on the ARIA Albums Chart.[4] Stone described writing the songs and temporarily parting with Angus: "[w]e had already been working on a new record together but it didn’t feel right ... I was thinking 'I'll make it now and we'll figure out what happens when it happens'".[15] "Then Angus and I were talking on the phone and he'd been working on more stuff on his own as well and we both just agreed – we were both in the same place, ready to put together a collection of our own songs". She worked on the album in California,France,Australia andIndia.[16]
Originally released in 2010, Julia'scover version of "You're the One That I Want" has been featured on UK and Irish TV channelSky's identification ad. The track entered the UKiTunes charts after airing on the commercial.[17]
In 2015, Stone was featured onJarryd James' single "Regardless", which peaked at number 48 in Australia in August.[18]
In February 2020, Stone released a cover version of "Beds Are Burning". The song is the lead single from the collaborative albumSongs for Australia, released on 5 March 2020.[19]
In July 2020, it was confirmed that Stone had signed with BMG Australia[20] and on 31 October 2020, Stone announced that her third studio album,Sixty Summers, would be released on 30 April 2021.[21] In November 2021, Stone announced the release of a Christmas album titledEverything Is Christmas.[22] In an accompanying statement, Stone said "Christmas music has always been such a beautiful and nostalgic part of my life. This is a record I've always wanted to make. It has been in me for so long."[22]
In March 2023, Stone featured onPeking Duk's Like a Version ofCrowded House's single "Fall At Your Feet" with Dean Brady. The song reached number 64 on theTriple J Hottest 100 2023.[23]
In September 2012, she featured in a campaign, 30 Songs / 30 Days, to supportHalf the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide, a multi-platform media project inspired byNicholas Kristof andSheryl WuDunn's book of the same title.[24]
TheAPRA Awards are presented annually from 1982 by theAustralasian Performing Right Association (APRA), "honouring composers and songwriters".[25]
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Angus & Julia Stone (withAngus Stone) | Songwriter of the Year[26] | Won |
| "Big Jet Plane" (with Angus Stone) | Song of the Year[26] | Won | |
| 2015 | "Get Home" (with Angus Stone) | Blues & Roots Work of the Year[27] | Nominated |
| "Heart Beats Slow" (with Angus Stone) | Blues & Roots Work of the Year[27] | Won | |
| Song of the Year[28] | Shortlisted | ||
| 2018 | "Snow" (with Angus Stone) | Song of the Year[29] | Shortlisted |
| 2019 | "Chateau" (with Angus Stone) | Blues & Roots Work of the Year[30] | Won |
TheARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres ofAustralian music.
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Angus Stone, Julia Stone and Josh Groom for "Just a Boy" by Angus and Julia Stone | Best Video | Nominated | [31] |
| 2021 | Jessie Hill for Julia Stone – "Dance" | Nominated | [32] |
TheEG Awards (known asMusic Victoria Awards since 2013) are an annual awards night celebrating Victorian music. They commenced in 2006.
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012[33][34] | Julia Stone | Best Female | Nominated |
