Jeremy James (singer/songwriter) explained

Jeremy James is a singer/songwriter based in Albany, NY (born Rison, Arkansas 1977).^[1] He plays acoustic guitar and mandolin. Jeremy James' music has been featured locally on area radio stations, and on internet radio.

Performances

James has performed at Saratoga Springs, NY, storied venue Caffe Lena,^[2] Fagapalooza in New York City,^[3] ^[4] ^[5] Capital District Gay & Lesbian Community Council's Progressions Concert Series,^[6] ^[7] Columbia University's Postcrypt Coffeehouse, Union College,^[8] Valentine's in Albany, New York,^[9] ^[10] 60 Main Coffee House in New Paltz,^[11] Ballston Spa, New York's Old Iron Spring Festival,^[12] and Easton Mountain retreat center.

He has performed with Namoli Brennet, Adrianne, Chris Pureka, Kris Landherr, Mara Levi, and Nathan Duprey, among others.

Broadcast

Jeremy James's music has been featured on internet radio station RadioioAcoustic and Albany, NY, area radio stations WEQX, WEXT, and WRPI.

Discography

Jeremy James has released four independent albums to date:

Wasted Youth (2005)
Grey Gardens (2005)
Landlocked (2007)
Such Noble Men (2009)

Grey Gardens was not widely distributed, yet received some notice from independent reviewers.^[13] ^[14] ^[15]

Landlocked was recorded at Blue Sky Music Studios in Delmar, NY, and featured guest appearances by Namoli Brennet, Joely Schwenk, Scott Apicelli, Casey J. Chapman (of Almost Awake), Dave Shaver (of Almost Awake), and Gemma Halfi (of The Bookdrop Bees). Landlocked was released to critical acclaim from various publications and websites, including Roots Music Report,^[16] www.edgenewyork.com,^[17] Jed Ryan's Out Music Spotlight,^[18] Albany Times Union, and Albany's Metroland.^[19]

Landlocked was an editor's pick at Indie-Music.com^[20] and appeared in the national OutVoice Top 40 Chart of albums by LGBT artists for over a year, peaking at number 4 in August 2007.^[21] OutVoice voters ranked Landlocked as number 9 for 2007.^[22]

Such Noble Men was also recorded at Blue Sky Music Studios in Delmar, NY, and featured Katy Westfall, Donna Baird (of Scientific Maps and Sgt Dunbar & the Hobo Banned), Scott Apicelli (of Hair of the Dog), and Joely Schwenk.

James submitted his music to the Life Americana television show, but it has not yet been used.^[23] He also submitted music to Sing Out!, the folk music publisher.^[24]

James also performed on the group CD, Shine, a 2006 collection of performing artists from the Albany area.^[25]

External links

Notes and References

http://www.classmates.com/profile/user/view?registrationId=309287031 Classmates.com website
http://www.outmusic.com/artist.html?id=456 OutMusic website
http://www.fagapalooza.com/pastshows.htm Fagapalooza Past Performers
http://www.glee.com/music/view/artist.html?owner_user_id=14441&open_slider=1&ai=OTC-MUSICDOC_PRO Glee.com website
http://www.airplaydirect.com/music/bands/13757/index.php AirPlayDirect website
http://lgbtech.livejournal.com/5419.html LGBT Tech ("Just Another Geek Taking Up Cyberspace") website
"Three Songwriters To Take Progressions’ Stage", CommUnity, October 2007, p. 5, found at CDGLCC website. Accessed October 20, 2008.
http://www.union.edu/N/DS/edition_display.php?e=1383&s=6082 Union College official website
http://www.metroland.net/guides/2007_sum_guide/sum_listings.html Metorland Summer Guide 2006
http://www.metroland.net/back_issues/vol30_no23/noteworthy.html Metroland listing about CD release
http://almostawakemusic.blogspot.com/2007/06/asheville.html Almost Awake Music website
http://www.oldironspringfestival.org/performers.html Old Iron Spring Festival 2008 page
http://www.globalinventure.com/folk/folk_pop/jeremy_james_grey_gardens.html Global Inventure website
http://peaceworkmusic.net/0580/0580list.htm Peace Work Music website
http://www.stumbleaudio.com/#jjamesmusic/5 Stumble Audio website
http://www.rootsmusicreport.com/reviews/folk/folk.php Roots Music Report
http://www.edgenewyork.com/index.php?ch=entertainment&sc=music&sc2=reviews&sc3=cd&id=53266 Edge New York
http://www.jedryan.com/outmusicspotlight/JEREMY_JAMES.html Jed Ryan's Out Music Spotlight website
http://www.metroland.net/back_issues/vol30_no23/noteworthy.html Metroland
Web site: Indie-Music . 2008-10-08 . 2010-02-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100205074813/http://indie-music.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=6086 . dead .
http://www.outvoice.net/august07chart.htm OutVoice website chart for August 2007
http://www.outvoice.net/top402007chart.htm 2007 OutVoice Top 40 Chart
http://strawberrynixon.com/lifeamericana/index.asp Life Americana website about webpage
http://www.singout.org/index.html SingOut website
http://cdbaby.com/cd/shinescw DC Baby website page for "Shine"