Julie Dexter is a British singer, songwriter and producer, whose music spans the categories of jazz, soul and reggae.
[3][4] Born in Handsworth, England, to Jamaican parents,[5] Julie Dexter was about four years old when she moved to Kings Norton, where she attended Primrose Hill Primary School, Turves Green Girls' School and then Joseph Chamberlain Sixth Form College.
[1] Dexter toured the world with Courtney Pine as lead singer with his group,[12] before in 1999 moving to the United States, where she settled in Atlanta, Georgia.
[2][13] She set up her own label, Ketch A Vibe Records, on which she released in 2000 her EP Peace of Mind, followed by Dexterity (2002), Conscious (2005) and New Again (2011).
[12] Moon Bossa, a collaboration with Khari Simmons, was released in 2007, and Dexter's single "Ketch A Vibe" was featured in national radio ads for then Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.