Julia Weldon
″Music was endlessly important to me from a young age,″ says indie-folk pop artist Julia Weldon, ″but sometimes it´s scary to actually strive to do what´s closest to our hearts.″ Thankfully, Weldon got over that fear and, since 2008, has released two albums. Her latest, Light Is a Ghost, aims to recreate ″the feel of the open road on a late summer evening.″ Praised for her authenticity, Weldon is proudly out, but she doesn´t want people to focus only on that. ″I have people of all kinds come up to me after a show and say they can relate to my songs, which is really the best compliment. On the flip side, I play for queer college groups all across the country, and it´s so meaningful to connect with queer youth and use music as a way to be a strong, unabashedly out role model for them.″ Weldon is also a role model for anyone wanting to follow a dream. Early on, she says, ″things picked up speed and it was clear that I should follow this path. I perform and make music because I can´t imagine doing anything else. It´s a passion in life, and more and more, it feels like a calling.″ – GH
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