"On her new album, The Wish, Ms. Hardy burnishes her growing reputation as a musically astute and thoughtfully modern jazz singer." - Nate Chinen, New York Times “[Hardy’s] is a serious art, based in songs of longing and reflection with arrangements that challenge anyone's notions of what constitutes forward-thinking music.” – Ken Micallef, Downbeat "Three years ago, with her debut release "A Moment's Glance", Julie Hardy proved herself, as both singer and songwriter, a fresh force to be reckoned with. [With “The Wish”] Hardy is back to make good on that promise with an even finer, more bracingly intuitive, assortment of originals and covers.” - Christopher Loudon, JazzTimes “Julie Hardy's new CD, The Wish, builds on the reputation of a singer well equipped to handle everything modern jazz vocalism demands: candlelit standards (“I Wish I Knew,” “All Or Nothing at All”), repurposed pop hits (Lennon/McCartney's “I'm Looking Through You”), effortless improvisation and a strong writer's pen. See her now, while it's easy.” - K. Leander Williams, Time Out New York One of the most distinctive voices among the growing ranks of female jazz singers in New York City belongs to Julie Hardy. "The Wish" is Julie's most fully realized recording to date and her first release through World Culture Music, an artist collective label and multi-faceted music company created by drummer/composer Kendrick Scott. Hardy has performed at the Diet Coke "Women in Jazz" Festival (Jazz at Lincoln Center), the Jazz Standard, Birdland in NYC and received a 2006 ASCAP Young Jazz Composers Award for her composition "No Turning Back." Hardy grew up in Fremont NH and attended Oyster River High School in Durham. She then moved on to study music composition at UNH and received her Masters degree from the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. Visit www.juliehardy.com for more info!