Julie Grower is a Nashville-based Folk/Americana singer-songwriter and a recipient of two Billboard Achievement awards for songwriting. She has released two albums, In a New Light, and Lucky 7, which includes “Hometown Hallelujah”. The song was originally written to celebrate the resilience and cooperative spirit of the people of Nashville, TN in the wake of catastrophic flooding in May 2010 and has been chosen as the theme song for author Michael Klein’s new spoken word podcast The Voice of Free Earth. Her song "Down Here" was recently showcased by Alive Hospice as a song of healing for those affected by grief. She is currently working on a song series devoted to animals with a focus on endangered species.