Jeremy James is a singer-songwriter based in Albany, NY. 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,OutMusic website. Accessed October 20, 2008. Fagapalooza in New York City,Fagapalooza Past Performers. Accessed October 20, 2008.Glee.com website . Accessed October 20, 2008.AirPlayDirect website. Accessed October 20, 2008. Capital District Gay & Lesbian Community Council's Progressions Concert Series,LGBT Tech ("Just Another Geek Taking Up Cyberspace") website . Accessed October 20, 2008."Three Songwriters To Take Progressions’ Stage", CommUnity, October 2007, p. 5, found at CDGLCC website. Accessed October 20, 2008. Columbia University's Postcrypt Coffeehouse, Union College,Union College official website. Accessed October 20, 2008. Valentine's in Albany, New York,Metorland Summer Guide 2006. Accessed October 20, 2008.Metroland listing about CD release. Accessed October 20, 2008. 60 Main Coffee House in New Paltz,Almost Awake Music website. Accessed October 20, 2008. Ballston Spa, New York's Old Iron Spring Festival,Old Iron Spring Festival 2008 page . Accessed October 20, 2008. 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.Global Inventure website. Retrieved October 20, 2008.Peace Work Music website . Retrieved October 20, 2008.Stumble Audio website . Retrieved October 20, 2008.
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,Roots Music Report www.edgenewyork.com,Edge New York by Alan Bennett Ilagan Jed Ryan's Out Music Spotlight,Jed Ryan's Out Music Spotlight website . Retrieved October 20, 2008. Albany Times Union, and Albany's Metroland.Metroland Metroland article
Landlocked was an editor's pick at Indie-Music.com 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.OutVoice website chart for August 2007. Retrieved October 6, 2008. OutVoice voters ranked Landlocked as number 9 for 2007.2007 OutVoice Top 40 Chart. Retrieved October 8, 2008.
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.Life Americana website about webpage Life Americana website Life Americana Friends web page . Both accessed October 20, 2008. He also submitted music to Sing Out!, the folk music publisher.SingOut website Sing Out! website list of "Publication Noted" Both accessed October 20, 2008.
James also performed on the group CD, Shine, a 2006 collection of performing artists from the Albany area.DC Baby website page for "Shine" . Retrieved October 20, 2008.
References
External links Official web site Jeremy James' MySpace Roots Music web page NY Cap Music web site DJ Listing for Little Rock, AR Last.fm web page Jeremy James' Face Book page