Whether paying glowing tribute to Nina Simone or fusing the program’s disparate musical selections into a gratifying whole, Bullock delivers. … Bullock sings with a moving, mounting urgency set deep in the timbre of her lustrous voice and dramatic phrasing. Pay attention to the world as we find it, to its sorrows and joys, Lineage...

Her vibrant, dark-hued lyric soprano is gratifying to hear in and of itself, but it is also a deeply human sound, its vibrato seemingly quickened by the heart itself.

It is rare to find a classical singer who can truly project an aura onstage… [Julia Bullock] is a musician who delights in making her own rules—and when, in time, she learns how to break them, her artistry will be complete.