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Released: Nov 12, 2010
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  • Genre: Acoustic / Country / Other

    Location Mölndal, Västra Götalands län, Sw

    Profile Views: 72419

    Last Login: 5/21/2013

    Member Since 8/21/2006

    Website www.jamesgale.org

    Type of Label Unsigned

  • Bio

    (PROMO HYPE!!!) James Gale, born and bred in Bristol, England, with deep West Country roots, is now based near Göteborg/Gothenburg on the Swedish west coast. Since his return to the music scene he has rapidly forged a reputation as a writer of original, sensitive and thought-provoking songs as well as a talented and charismatic singer and guitarist. - - - - - James's songs, numbering at the latest count well over 100, are for the most part solo efforts but include the fruits of several collaborations with other talented lyricists. He also has a repertoire of not far short of 1000 covers ranging from jazz-tinged standards to English traditional and touching most points in between - country, soft rock, blues, ballads... - - - - - Tracks currently on the player: all purely James Gale originals – words and music - except 'A whisper in the darkness' (words (c) Meiying/James Gale, music (c) James Gale 2007), 'Wishful' (words (c) Sirkka, music (c) James Gale 2007), and James's covers of Steve Goodman's 'City of New Orleans', recorded for the charity album 'Songs of Katrina', and Richard Thompson and Dave Swarbrick's Fairport Convention classic 'Crazy Man Michael'. - - - - - There are some videos of varying quality but including a few covers, on youtube at www.youtube.com/centaurian47 - click on the Playlists tab and explore.
  • Members

    "Thanx for the great gig James! I liked it a lot! Great guitar skills and a lovely voice." - Richard Wilson (Eddie Wheeler’s Late Night Club gig [Henriksberg, Göteborg], Nov 2010) - - - - - "James Gale recently played in Bristol at a ‘Mark Venus Music Presents…’ Acoustic Event. If you have not had the chance to see James play live you are quite simply missing out on quite possibly the most sincere Singer/Songwriter I’ve seen in years. As a former Bristol resident James played everywhere around Bristol & the South West and at many events put on by myself. The sincerity in his voice and the pure honesty of his lyrics always hit the right note with even the most difficult to please audiences and I’ve seen him first hand turn a noisy city bar into an ambient listening venue." - Mark Venus (www.markvenusmusic.com; Oct 2010) - - - - - “...You really have an irresistible voice and I love your song ‘Warm’” - Annelie P (Facebook comment after hearing JG live; Nov 2010; tack så mycket, Annelie :) ) - - - - - "James Gale has more than a touch of the Neil Youngs about him to my mind and weaves songs of rare beauty and melancholy. He has a turn of phrase to match and the tangled web of masterpieces such as ‘You can’t wrap your arms round a memory’ makes the comparison not quite as ambitious as it might initially seem." - 'SongSmith' (Mr Wolf’s gig [Bristol], 12 Nov 2007)
  • Influences

    Maybe Leonard Cohen, Dylan, Paul Simon, Al Stewart, Willie Nelson - lots really, I suppose, but I don't consciously model myself on anyone except me - unless I'm taking the piss when doing naff covers :)
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  • Angelina Darland

    Hej James!
    Ledsen att jag inte svarar dig förrän nu, har inte varit så aktiv på Myspace senaste året.. Kul att du gillar musiken, låter fint om dig med :) 

    Min senaste skiva finns numera på Spotify och Amazon om du är intresserad av att höra alla låtar! 

    Ha det gott!
    /Angelina

    11 months ago
  • Daniel Claeson

    Nu är det dags för 2012 års upplaga av GP Scen, tävlingen där du som västsvenskt band eller artist kan få spela i finalen på Järntorget under Way out west-lördagen den 11 augusti samt vinna studiotid med Oskar Lindberg i Svenska grammofonstudion och promotion av Skiva. Det blir femte året vi kör tävlingen och antalet medverkande har stadigt ökat för att 2011 landa på över 350. Helt fantastiskt, tycker vi. Går det att slå i år? Glöm inte att lyssnarna bestämmer åtta av finalisterna och alla röster räknas! Alla regler står på www.gp.se/scen och läs dem noga.

    1 year ago
  • Christian Lamitschka

    Ein Jahr Country Music News International
    First Anniversary of Country Music News International
    Großes Gewinnspiel im Wert von € 12.000,-
    Huge Raffle with prizes valued at a total of € 12,000
    http://countrymusicnewsinternational.blogspot.com/2012/02/ein-jahr-country-music-news.html

    Nashville Music Guide honors Christian Lamitschka http://countrymusicnewsinternational.blogspot.com/2012/02/nashville-music-guide-honors-christian.html

    Christian

    Country Music News International
    Editor / Publisher
    Christian Lamitschka
    An der Pfingstweide 28
    61118 Bad Vilbel
    Germany 

    1 year ago
  • Oh My Darling

    thanks james! 

    1 year ago
  • Christian Lamitschka

    The team at Country Music News International wishes you  the best for 2012 and we want to thank you for your great support in 2011.

    Country Music News International is coming up with a big surprise in 2012. It has to do with the one year anniversary of Country Music News International, your country music magazine.  Stay with us for more information and please inform your friends about Country Music News International,
    http://www.CountryMusicNewsInternational.blogspot.com .

    If you would like to help us, please add the banner of Country Music News International to your website, Facebook and MySpace pages or any social network website you're with. Several  examples of  banners can be found at our link page: http://www.countrymusicnewsinternational.blogspot.com/p/link-us.html

    Happy New Year

    Christian

    Country Music News International
    Editor / Publisher
    Christian Lamitschka
    An der Pfingstweide 28
    61118 Bad Vilbel
    Germany 

    1 year ago
  • 67 Purple Fishes

    Tack själv! Gott nytt år! 

    1 year ago
  • Nils Fälth

    Beloved listener!
    Me and my band Greengarden have now upped a band page, www.myspace.com/greengardensound, ;
    where u can listen to our new album Ride home. Enjoy and have a great day!!  

    1 year ago
  • J.M.Olay

    Hi there.
    New tune up, Song for Nora. Hope you like it.
    Have a great day.
     

    1 year ago
  • Vera Vinter

    Hej James. Tack för fina ord. Kul att du gillar musiken. Allt Gott// Vera.

    1 year ago
  • Daniel Claeson

    Nu är det dags för 2011 års upplaga av GP Scen, tävlingen där du som västsvenskt band eller artist kan få delta i finalen på Järntorget under Way out west-lördagen den 13 augusti. Dessutom får vinnaren studiotid med Hans Olsson Brookes i Svenska grammofonstudion samt promotion av Skiva.
    Det blir fjärde året vi kör tävlingen och förra året var antalet deltagare över 350. Helt fantastiskt! Kan vi slå det? Redan nu ligger www.gp.se/scen öppen för registrering och ni Myspace-vänner får därmed några dagars försprång gentemot andra. Gå in, läs reglerna, ladda upp låten och se till att få röster! Så ses vi kanske i augusti!
    I reglerna står bland annat att ni måste vara verksamma i Västsverige, till alla er andra får jag be om ursäkt för att jag tagit er tid.

    2 years ago
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'Songs of Katrina'

The album 'Songs of Katrina' has 17 tracks on it (including my cover of 'City of New Orleans' - on the player now) All profits go to Tipitinas Foundation in New Orleans which is supporting the purchase of musical instruments for children of the city, to reseed the next generation of New Orleans’ incredible musical legacy. A review in Maverick magazine says "...this extremely good album is not just a great listen but also helps others long after you have purchased it; a wondrous album is certainly an understatement of this delightful release. (Steve Goodman's) classic City of New Orleans finds itself being covered here in such a grand fashion. A minimalist sound it may be, but what a track it is and one worth buying the album for." - Maverick Magazine, March 2010.
Click on the pic to go to songsofkatrina.com where you can find out more - then one more click to reach the online shop where you can order the album on CD or buy downloads of individual tracks or the whole album.

Songs of Katrina

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pubs, clubs, bars, restaurants, concert halls, private parties, house concerts... all originals, all covers (a huge range to choose from!) or anything in between
also performances themed round interpretations of songs of Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan,
Lennon/McCartney, Paul Simon or Buddy Holly, or from the Elvis Presley repertoire
covers by JG are covers, NOT copies!


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