ABOUT JAMES
BOOKING & PRESS USA: LaurelCanonLA @ gmail.com, 323 369 1540
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BIO
A prolific songwriter with a poetic flair, James has been called "one of folk-pop's best kept secrets" by the LA Weekly and "the missing link between Low and John Lennon" by UK's Guardian newspaper. His musical ride has included a BBC Peel Session, a Lollapalooza, a co-written True Blood end title sung by Iggy Pop/Best Coast, nine albums (including releases on the super cool Priority and Ubiquity record labels), live performances from Berlin to London to New York to New Orleans to San Francisco to The Laurel Canyon Country Store, and stages shared with Jackson Browne, Van Dyke Parks, Tom Verlaine, Yo La Tengo, Marianne Faithfull, Inara George, They Might Be Giants, John C. Reilly, more... In 2019, James was invited to play with his band Great Willow at Laurel Canyon's prestigious Love Street Festival, the only current LA band invited to share the main stage bill with surviving members of 60s legends The Doors, The Monkees, The Mamas and The Papas, and Love.
James also just might be the only songwriter you know who has had a song he wrote featured in a question by Alex Tribek on Jeopardy! His songs have been featured in some of the coolest shows on TV, including Six Feet Under, True Blood and Shameless and many more. His latest album Falling Under Spells was released to rave reviews, extensive airplay in Europe and LA, and was named a top 20 album of the year by UK Music site Blues Blues.
James is one half of the close harmony duo GREAT WILLOW with Erin Hawkins (www.greatwillowmusic.com), is the co-founder and Director of Sync Licening at the agency Laurel Canon Music, original co-founder of Bloomington, Indiana’s Lotus World Music and Arts Festival, a board member at FAR-West (the annual west coast songwriter festival) as well as curator for FAR-West’s monthly concert series, FAR-West Presents.
