Since releasing the single "He Don't Know a Thing" on Friday, July 31, 2026, Chicago singer-songwriter Jules Klee has performed the song live while on her Slow Tour' via bicycle, which made stops in Traverse City, MI (where she played the Botanic Gardens at Historic Barns Park (fitting as she is an avid gardener and has her own 'Garden Design'/landscaping business), Sheboygan, WI, Racine, WI, Milwaukee, and Grayslake, IL. She has since performed the song live in-studio at Chicago's Que4 Radio, where she did an in-depth interview with host (and fellow songwriter) Val Leventhal.

“He Don't Know a Thing” has also received airplay via WGN Radio, where she was interviewed via the station's art & culture show Outside the Loop, WDCB's Folk Festival, The Midnight Special on WFMT, CHIRP Radio, WLUW, WNUR, WZRD, Harper Radio, and the podcast Best Radio You Have Never Heard. 

Additionally, “He Don't Know a Thing” and the 'Slow Tour' have received a warm response from the press with features published via The BugCast, Beehive Candy, Static Multimedia, The Deli Magazine, and Here Comes the Flood.

"She is blessed with a crystal clear delivery - country twang included - that should get her on stage on the Grand Ole Opry some day." -Here Comes the Flood

"In an era of high-speed touring, Klee is choosing to slow things down: one pedal stroke, one song and one unexpected stop at a time." -Static Multimedia

"He Don't Know a Thing" is the first single from her forthcoming album, Roses on My Table, to be released in 2027. "He Don't Know a Thing" (and the album, overall) explores a love that endured distance, addiction, and loss.

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Songs for the places we find, and the worlds we make there.

Jules Klee has always been drawn to the places people overlook and the people who make a home out of unlikely circumstances.

Her own path into music began with a departure. After seeing Iron & Wine perform, Klee dropped out of music school to start a band, and follow the pulse of Chicago's independent Americana and roots music community. Performing under the name Julia Klee, she became known for her expressive voice and emotionally direct songwriting.

In 2009, she joined Joe Pug and his band at Lollapalooza and contributed vocal harmonies to his album Messenger. She later recorded with Colin Gilmore, on The Best of Times Compilation, an album featuring Austin songwriter Colin Gilmore, Willie Nelson, Rhett Miller, Shawn Colvin, and The Flatlanders, as well as Gilmore’s Wild and The Hollow release.

Her own full-length album, Big Charade, brought together a cast of Chicago musicians, including a haunting duet, “Overpass,” with Jim Becker. Her performances and recordings earned attention from Chicago press, with Time Out Chicago praising her powerful vocals:

“She’s got pipes that rival Neko Case and Kelley Hogan.”

Life, as it tends to do, took its own turns. Now recording and performing as Jules Klee, she is building on that musical history with a renewed body of Americana songs shaped by love, addiction, distance, memory, and loss.

Maybe that's what makes her a songwriter. Or maybe it's what makes her strap a guitar to a bicycle and ride more than 400 miles across the Great Lakes, following an echo.

Over fifteen days, Klee carried songs from her forthcoming album, Roses on My Table, into gardens, bars, boats, and rooms that weren't necessarily venues until somebody said yes.

Through collaborative performances, thoughtfully curated shows, and unconventional touring, Klee is interested in creating those spaces as much as performing within them.