Julian Wild

With a singular, swoon-worthy voice, artist @actualjulian performs "Safe With Me" in his Tiny Desk Contest Entry - NPR Music

"...you may feel that you are standing in the heart of frontman and songwriter Julian Wild, his thoughts and feelings hanging like artwork on the walls and irresistibly activating identical thoughts and feelings in your own heart."

"...his own vocal instrument, an expressive, resonant baritone, that carries the weight of the album and delivers the goods."

"The Brightroom Sessions, Vol.1, offers thoughtful reflections galvanized by iconic images, a comfortable honesty, and engaging musicality. " - Melminter.com

Julian Wild is a soulful indie singer-songwriter from Washington, DC in the USA. I am so inspired by his music and am in such a thoughtful mood while writing this article about his new song. Julian’s voice is so pure and the guitar skills are absolutely magnificent. This is kind of music that is so rare these days.

”Life’s Too Good To Waste” is taken from The Brightroom Sessions, Vol. II, released on the 1st May 2020. I feel like I’m sitting on a comfy beanbag at an intimate music festival listening to Julian. His voice is so authentic and his music so chilled with a raspy tone that sticks in your head. This song is all about being grateful and optimistic about life no matter what is going on.

Julian Wild sings about peace and love. This is the kind of music that is needed right now in a world full of hatred and division. He is the kind of musician that our youngsters need to hear so they know that they're in a light at the end of the tumultuous tunnel.

To hear this very soothing song that I recommend for yoga and/or meditation go through to Bandcamp.

Review by Llewelyn Screen - Anrfactory.com

Following up last year’s volume 1 (reviewed here), which he described as a coming-of-age album, The Brightroom Sessions, Volume 2, indicates that Julian Wild has, indeed, come of age, more concerned with the world around him than with his interior landscape. Not that his interior landscape was uninteresting. It was just narrower in scope than what he addresses in eight original songs on volume 2: the endless cycle of eros and thanatos. Again, it’s just solo Wild, his warm baritone and his finger-picking on acoustic or electric guitar, with occasional, subtle percussion, and that’s enough. Recorded in February during a month-long self-imposed isolation, volume 2 finds his vocalization just as personal as before, but there’s a new freedom to it, and the understated guitar work has matured. Among the highlights are the album’s opener, “Life’s Too Good to Waste,” an oasis of peace and anticipation that sets the mood. “Eventually,” with a particularly nice guitar part, marries love and loss while acknowledging the temporary nature of things. Temporary is the nature of the loving in “Safe with Me,” and Wild finds the beauty in an encounter with no future. “Brief Candle” opens with this verse and chorus and goes on to further explore the topic:

"There’s a list of things that god regrets
Written on a pack of cigarettes
There’s a fine line and little time
Between when we live and when we die
There’s a fallen angel in my car
His wings are clipped so he can’t fly far
He says times are tough when push comes to shove
Hang onto what you love

Cry for me but not tonight
Life is short and then we fly
Out of sight and into heart and mind"

“It Would Be Love” is Wild’s one wish for the world, and it’s a stirring anthem that begs for a full band treatment in a big open space.

Wild has told me that he has pretty much given up on making a living from his music, but if he keeps writing material like this, he will have no choice but to do exactly that. - Melminter.com

Erik Satie's one-page piano composition titled Vexations, meant to be played for 840 consecutive repetitions, serves as the background for "Vexations in Time," an immersive, interdisciplinary, and semi-improvisatory performance art piece which invites audiences and performers alike to meditate on the extremes of order and chaos, of isolation and collaboration, and on the flexibility of time, specifically in response to the past two years of global uncertainty.

Originally premiered in October 2021 at Time Square's open-air performance space, Anita's Way and co-created by local classical musicians Sydney Anderson, Slavina Zhelezova, and Heather Jones, the durational piece will be remounted at Nancy Mandocherian's the cell theatre overnight from 8pm April 1st - 12pm April 2nd.

This production features visual artist Peter Ver Brugge, performance artist Dicky Dutton of Aural Compass Projects, and singer/songwriter Julian Wild, among others and will include interactive elements and themed cocktails curated by Christy Casey of Ruse. the cell theatre is located at 338 W 23rd St, New York, NY 10011 in Chelsea on 23rd St. between 9th Ave. & 8th Ave. The theater is accessible via the C and E trains at 23rd St. and 8th Ave. as well as the 1 train at 23rd St. and 7th Ave. Tickets range from $10-$34 with limited availability. Admission is free for artists willing to share their work as part of the installation.
All inquiries can be made at vexationsintime@gmail.com / 716-957-0539.
More information can be found at vexationsintime.com - Broadway World

"The series opens in February with Mixt: A Living Gallery, an immersive, durational performance exploring the collective processing of our intersectionalities of race, gender, and sexual orientation, set against the backdrop of an experimental soundscape, composed and performed by Julian Wild." - Broadway World