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JULIA BARDO
WHO ARE YOU? My name is Julia Bardo, I am a person, a woman, an artist. I am originally from Italy but four years ago I moved to Manchester. I used to play guitar in the band Working Men’s Club but I left to embark the solo career, when I signed with Wichita Recordings. WHAT DO YOU DO? I play guitar, bass, I write songs and I sing, mainly. I also like to cook, I read, I write, I watch many films, I take long walks. Sometimes I forget to breathe. WHY DO YOU DO IT? I do what I do because it makes me feel proud of myself and because I haven’t done anything else apart from this in years; I like doing it and Words by Julia Bardo
I will do it until I am sick of it.. WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW? I have just finished recording my first solo album, in November I released a single called “It’s Okay (To Not Be Okay)” on Wichita Recordings. I am learning how to play the saxophone, I feed the squirrels in the park near where I live, I take photographs, I am looking for a job. At the moment I am reading a book by Susan Sontag, my new muse, called “Against Interpretation and Other Essays”. I think I will cut my hair soon and then regret it every day until they grow back. WHAT'S THE HOT TOPIC? Right now the hot topic is live music and “best albums of the year”. 35
People can’t wait to attend and/or play gigs in real life. I am more of a studio person so I am not too bothered about it, for now; obviously it would be nice to be able to play the new music I’ve just recorded, but I am an extremely anxious person and live gigs are definitely a very overwhelming experience. They are also very emotional, which is the beauty of it. I will avoid to say my opinion on the latter. There is no plan to do proper live gigs so far, so I take this opportunity to try and live day by day. It’s really hard but it's the only thing you can do right now. I will release another single in the new year, followed by the album.
