Vocalist/actress, Julia Keefe, is an old soul, connecting more with the music and performers of the ‘30s, ‘40s and ‘50s than the music of today. Julia thought her passion for jazz and theater made a musical theater major a natural, until a year into it, when she realized that contemporary musical theater is more Hamilton than Kiss Me Kate.

Julia honors her love of early jazz in her tribute shows to fellow Native American vocalist, Mildred Bailey. I talked with Julia Keefe in Manhattan a few days after she received her Masters Degree from the Manhattan School of Music and when she was still celebrating her first red carpet experience for her first feature film, Virginia Minnesota.