Julie Lavery was born and raised right outside of Boston, MA. She graduated from Berklee College of Music in 2010 where she studied songwriting and performance under some of the greats including Livingston Taylor, Jack Perricone and Pat Pattison.
Right after graduation, Julie moved to Orlando, FL for her first paid gig as Ariel in, "The Voyage of the Little Mermaid." Wanting to pursue her dreams of writing and performing original music, she moved to Los Angeles and met up with her future husband Spencer Broschard. They started a band together called The Running Mates and had success via YouTube with over 185k subscribers and upwards of 15 million views.
Since moving to Nashville in 2020, Julie has gone on a national tour with recording artist, Sarah Darling. In September 2022, Sarah and Julie opened for Carly Pearce on the European leg of her 29 tour. Two of Julie's original songs (A Woman's Touch and If You Wanna Break Up) aired on episode 9 of FOX's, Monarch starring Susan Sarandon and Trace Adkins. In a dream come true moment, Julie sang background vocals on a track for Dolly Parton's album, Rockstar. Her original song, "Stars and Stripes," went viral on Tik Tok, with it's poignant and piercing lyrics cutting right to the heart of her listeners. Windsong, Cleveland's Feminist chorus performed “Stars and Stripes,” for their spring concert entitled, “A Concert for Rage,” which was inspired by the writings of author Myisha Cherry.
Most recently, Julie has been in the studio writing and recording new music for her upcoming EP Wild Child to be released in the fall of 2024. Julie's latest single off of the EP, “Everything at Once,” is available everywhere 7/11/24
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