Description
Born in Louisiana, Julianna Barwick spent her youth singing in the church choir. Now based in Brooklyn, the music she makes certainly isn’t religious, but there is something spacious and otherworldly about it. Barwick’s songs are rooted in her own voice: Her early work often involved short looping refrains that blossomed and swirled, flanked by piano and sparse percussion, walking the line between experimental, ambient and folk. Her self-released debut LP, _Sanguine_, appeared in 2006, but it was 2011’s _Magic Place_ that put Barwick’s talents on a wider stage. For its followup, 2013’s _Nepenthe_, Barwick opened up her solitary process, recording with producer Alex Somers in Reykjavik, and collaborating with string ensemble Amiina and a youth choir. Following several years of intense touring, she returned with 2016’s _Will_, a more electronic-sounding record that included contributions from multiple musicians.
