Originally from Bozeman, Montana, Julie now makes her home in Raleigh, 
North Carolina, where she has indeed noticed the climate is much warmer  
and more humid.  She teaches banjo, guitar and vocal lessons in Raleigh,     
occasionally flies around the country to perform with several different 
bands, conducts workshops, and has recorded all kinds of cool music on
various projects throughout the past two decades.
With family roots in East Kentucky, Elkins comes from a long line of
bluegrass musicians and singers.  By age 12, she was the three-time winner
of the Classic West Open Banjo Competition and was invited to join her first
band before she was old enough to drive.  She's been a professional musician
ever since.  Elkins received her bluegrass education while performing a long
stint with North Carolina's renowned bluegrass band, New Vintage.  In 1999,
she joined the trailblazing bluegrass/Americana band, Kane's River.  Elkins was
awarded an IBMA award for "Recorded Project of the Year" for her contribution 
to "Back To The Well," with the Daughters of Bluegrass.  In 2005, she released 
"My Feet Won't Miss This Ground," with friend and long-time musical collaborator,
David Thompson.  The duo have begun work on a follow-up recording to that mega hit. 
At the rate they work, you can expect it to be released in the next 5-10 years.
Julie Elkins has appeared on the following recordings:


"My Feet Won't Miss This Ground" by Julie Elkins & David Thompson 
"Fishing Music" by Ben Winship & David Thompson
"I Am A Stranger" by Jeremy Garrett
"Same River Twice" by Kane's River
"Kane's River" by Kane's River 
"Back To The Well" by Daughters of Bluegrass
"Runaway" by Megan McCormick
"The Lost Coast" by Ivan Rosenberg
"Sands Of Time" by New Vintage
"Northern Track" by Lee Watson 
"Old Friends" by Danny Gotham
And many, many others...