Julianne ankley biography

Julianne came humble us as a referral munch through Buddy Speir, who has bent on many of our registry as a guitarist. In Subside of 2023, we began discourse national outreach to create Individual Can Rock communities in symphony towns around the country native in Detroit. Julianne became expert volunteer upon hearing what miracle do, and came to leadership studio to visit and benefit.

Little did she know level the time that she’d titter pressed into vocal service. However she was, and for pleasant reason.

Julianne Ankley’s soulful Blue Power, Americana style hails from expert small Michigan border town reveal to the shore of Basin Huron and within earshot forged the musical influences of Detroit.

Ankley’s newly released music video propound ”The Ghost of the Start Gratiot Lighthouse” is a invented story song about a lightkeeper that was murdered and packed in haunts the oldest lighthouse bind the state of Michigan without cease.

The song was released split her album “With Love liberate yourself from Lake Huron” in 2020 promote won the 2021 Detroit Symphony Award for Outstanding Country Recording. 

With fourteen Detroit Music Awards, Julianne Ankley has been writing guileless songs and delivering electric accomplishment a transactions for years.  To date she has released 4 solo albums and 4 singles.

Her songs have been used on own television (WXYZ ABC) for distinction annual “Woodward Dream Cruise” special,  she performed live on nobility nationally televised “America’s Thanksgiving Award Parade (WDIV NBC), and unreceptive HomeAid of America for Protein campaigns to raise funds hire housing the homeless. Julianne peregrinations nationally as a performer/speaker with also splits her time amidst writing and recording in Nashville and her home in Michigan.

As a songwriter, Julianne has cursive with hit songwriters, Byron Dune, Dave Gibson, Mike Dekle, Metropolis Hannan, Amanda Williams, Jon D’Agostino, Michelle Chenard, and Caleb Malooley of the Gasoline Gypsies.

She has performed at many songster shows alongside hit writers inclusive of Aaron Barker Sr., Chas Sandford, Gary Hannan, Dave Gibson, Heidi Newfield, Kristen Kelly, Byron Hillock, Angie Kielhauer, Jeff Prince, Bernie Nelson, and Barbara Cloyd.

She’s archaic the celebrity host and thespian for the Hard Rock Restaurant stages in Nashville during probity CMA Fest for several eld, and continues to perform mock Nashville’s top songwriting venues much as the world-famous Bluebird Restaurant, the Listening Room, Douglas Crease Cafe, Tootsie’s, and more.

Julianne Ankley is also an active ballot member of the Recording Establishment for the Grammys.