Julien Ledru is a solo musician, self taught guitarist and his records are collections of instrumental folk and fingerpicking songs. Julien began playing solo acoustic guitar music influenced by Glenn Jones, John Fahey, Elizabeth Cotten, Mississippi John Hurt in 2018.
Along the Road I Had Traveled was released on vinyl in 2019 in partnership with Microcultures. A Découvrir Absolument sees it as "an intimate and precious record (...), trips like this are precious and rare".
White Oak Blues, released in 2020 on Marjan Records, deepens further the melancholy furrow of the blues.
Julien Ledru's third album, Mellotone Valley, was recorded by Guillaume Charret (Yules) at Under Roofs studio in Besançon, France and released in September 2023.
« Ouvert et clos par deux merveilles de sept minutes chacune – les brumes matinales de l’éponyme Mellotone Valley et le soleil couchant de Be Gone, Begonia, embrassant un monde qui s’éveille, s’anime et s’éploie, serpente puis se fond dans le lointain -, l’album s’écoute d’une traite, comme on respire, comme on vit. »
- Magic
"Julien Ledru’s Mellotone Valley was so welcome in its straightforward, gorgeous simplicity – not that his playing style is simple at all, just, it’s nice to focus on the guitar and guitar adjacent sounds. Because that’s one of the most beautiful sounds in existence."
- Petal Motel
