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Julie Abbe
Numberless Dreams
(julieabbe.com)
★★★★
JULIE ABBE is a Bristol-based folk and jazz singer who, as well as possessing a beautiful voice, is a talented cello and concertina player.
Her debut folk album brings together poems by WB Yeats which she has put to music as well as some traditional folk songs, mainly from Ireland.
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