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James Hollingsworth
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Bristol, Southwest
United Kingdom

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Member Since1/2/2006
Band Websitewww.jameshollingsworth.com
Band MembersMostly solo - James Hollingsworth - vocals, guitar, harmonica, percussion, bass, piano and stuff (various objects, beaten, strummed or banged together)

- I also work with:
Sean McBride - flute, sax, harmonica
Sandro Granda - percussion
Zac Gregory - double bass
JEBO - a rock band
Johnnie Burns - a producer

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join my mailing list and I'll email you a FREE mp3, then you can find out what I sound like away from your computer.

Still, people variously refer to me as being a bit like the following: Yes Cat Stevens Roy Harper John Martyn Nick Drake Nick Harper Ben Harper Peter Gabriel Traffic Clifford T Ward Tim Buckley James Taylor Dylan Bish Paul Simon Francis Dunnery Don Mclean Pink Floyd Neil Young Nic Jones Joe Jackson Billy Mackenzie Counting Crows Richie Havens Sam Cooke Hendrix Fred Neil Paul Weller Miles Davis Jeff Buckley Bob Marley Ray Lamontagne Jack Johnson Jason Mraz, um...

oh, and (apparently) Damien Rice, Dave Matthews, thingie, and the other one.

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Buy my album Coming Home to Stay on i-Tunes, or click the Paypal 'Buy Now' button to buy the CD. It's acclaimed! Lucky me. Alternatively, get the mp3 version of the album for just $4.99 on Soundclick or TuneTribe.com and even IAC, the Independent Artists Company where you can also find Rachel Fuller and Pete Townshend, nevermind me, eh?

Unless you're in the USA, that is! In which case click the album cover above to get the CD from CD Baby, those tremendously motivated people halfway across the globe who stock 3 of my cd's and can mail them to any of 2400 Independent Record Stores around the globe. Here's a list on my website.

"It’s rare nowadays for it to be irrefutably true that a vocalist genuinely means every word he sings. This much doesn’t so much confirm itself to be true as leap out from behind a nearby rock and slap you about the face with a frozen kipper. Hollingsworth’s guitar playing is also gloriously uncalculated and astonishingly heartfelt, sometimes giving little concern to structure. If it wasn’t for the excellent production I’d believe that these tracks were recorded on a portable tape in a mountain forest in a single afternoon." - Live Music Scene

"These are deep, powerful songs, not your ordinary mainstream fluff." - Van Casey - MUSIC AND SPIRIT

""Musically, lyrically and vocally, it's stunning and thought-provoking... James Hollingsworth is UNIQUE and dare I go out on a limb, I don't think he has an equal" - ..EDEN of Albuquerque

"you will love this CD from what must be one of the best song writers in the country." - Bristol Rocks

"The timer on my music player tells me this is exactly one hour long. What it doesn't tell me is the words and phrases that James squeezes into that hour. 12 minute plus epics feel as at home as two minute blitzes." - FATEA Records


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   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Nov 6 2009 9:00P
The Fox and Hounds Heacham, Kings Lynn, East
Nov 7 2009 9:00P
The Boar’s Head Horsham, London and South East
Nov 10 2009 9:00P
The Boat Penallt, Monmouthshire, Southwest
Nov 13 2009 9:00P
The Bear Marlborough, Southwest
Nov 14 2009 9:00P
The Bell Inn nr Martock, Southwest
Nov 18 2009 9:00P
Finn M’Coul’s Falmouth, Southwest
Nov 20 2009 9:00P
The Carpenters Arms - CANCELLED Bristol, Southwest
Nov 27 2009 9:00P
The Ship Inn Langton Matravers, Swanage, South
Nov 28 2009 8:30P
The Prince Of Wales Shrivenham, nr Swindon, Midlands
Nov 29 2009 12:00P
Weyhill Village Hall Weyhill, Andover, South
Dec 2 2009 9:00P
The Thomas Tripp Christchurch, South
Dec 3 2009 9:00P
Oranges Bar Cafe Ashford, East
Dec 5 2009 9:00P
The Queens Head Kidderminster, Midlands
Dec 11 2009 9:00P
The Royal Oak - Winter Beer Festival Bath, Southwest
Dec 17 2009 8:00P
The SouthBank Club - supporting Tim van Eyken Bristol, Southwest
Dec 27 2009 9:00P
The Hare on the Hill Bristol, Southwest
Jan 3 2010 9:00P
The Queens Head Inn Monmouth, Wales
Jan 15 2010 9:00P
The White Star Stoke-On-Trent, Midlands
Jan 16 2010 9:00P
The Bay Horse Higham, Pendle Witch Country, Northwest
Feb 5 2010 9:00P
Ye Olde Jolly Sailor - PINK FLOYD NIGHT Teignmouth, Southwest
Feb 27 2010 8:00P
Private Party Somerset
Mar 4 2010 9:00P
The Man of Kent Rochester, London and South East
Mar 7 2010 9:00P
The Queens Head Monmouth, Wales
Apr 10 2010 9:00P
The Rose & Crown Charlbury, Midlands
Sep 26 2010 3:00P
Michaelmas Fair Weyhill, Andover, South
Oct 7 2010 9:00P
The Man of Kent Rochester, London and South East

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   About James Hollingsworth
"The much-touted young Bristol-based guitar wizard and songwriter, who has been compared to Richard Thompson, Al Stewart and early Fleetwood Mac, travels in possession of a mean harmonica style and a rapid-fire, Spanish-influenced guitar-picking technique." - 5 best gigs - The Independent

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I've been playing music since the age of 6 first on the piano then violin then later bass guitar and finally guitar and harmonica. Today I'm also dabbling with the snake-like vibrations of the Indian flute and the Ocarina. I've been full-time music since late 2006. Now, in 2008 I'm incredibly busy doing my own promotion and writing, recording, producing and hand-making CD's of my music mostly to sell at gigs, although I sell also on the relatively maintenance-free i-Tunes, Napster and so on (made possible by the highly recommended CD Baby).



"one of the best song writers in the country" - Bristol Rocks

Now playing: James Hollingsworth
Feel free to listen, but if you like it, please buy it, even if it's just one song.
Alternatively, join my email list and I'll send it to you for free.




Life is good, I'm living in a flat in Bristol with plenty of loft storage, a small herb-garden, off-road parking and situated near a patch of ancient woodland conveniently within two miles of the city centre. And it's reasonably cheap being a converted council house on the edge of a (fairly peaceful) estate, and bought to be let to wayward people, including itinerant musicians such as myself.

I remember someone else's gig in Swansea in about 1990 when I was at University living with an eclectic bunch of other boho's and drop-outs, and one of the band members launched into a passionate Christian monologue about how the band getting a lighting rig for free was a miracle. Uncomfortably skeptical at the time, I later realised that such serendipitous grace doesn't appear to know the difference between religions.

Anyway, I stayed in Swansea playing in various bands, until, jobless, in 1993 I made a near prodigal return (having graduated with a BSc 2.2 hons in Marine Biology), spent a few months in London catching my breath, saw Jeff Buckley play a solo set at The 12 Bar Club in Tin Pan Alley, London, which inspired me to relaunch myself following an offer to play bass guitar and sing in a West Country-based rock band, The Electric Druids. I'd known them in Swansea. I also had friends in the area, so accepted the offer, did a cluster of gigs with them, but left the band 9 months later (for a number of reasons) and I've remained here in Bristol ever since. In the latter half of this period I have been able to leave the temp jobs and part-time (yawn) salaried employment and move to sustaining myself through making original music, mostly solo, but also being singer and frontman for JEBO, a rock band produced by John Burns whose work includes definitive albums by Genesis, Jethro Tull, Burning Spear and John Martyn in the 70's. During my time with them we played at the Royal Abert Hall and built a strong following in Germany. Now I'm looking forward to working alonein my new studio as well as producing a chaotic Catalan poet/rhapsode, Xavier Panades and the CAT.

Actually, I am still grateful for the skills I learned in my mostly admin-related, temp jobs which helped kick-start my practical ability to make a living from music. In the few years of professional life I've had to spend far more time on the phone, dealing with large amounts of the data necessary for the operation of the business than actually playing guitar. But at least I was working for myself and I'm pleased to say it's paying off.

Now I have time to be creative again! For 20 years I made little recordings of ideas on cassette and wrote reams of lyrics on scraps of paper saved from bins near photocopiers (my equivalent of the back of an envelope). Of course, I finished a few songs along the way, but now I've reached the period I always planned for: to turn that resource into songs, and thanks to the internet there's something I didn't plan for too: the concept of a website to tie all those songs together.

I can't afford a mortgage. I love it anyway.

Bristol is fast gaining a reputation for being a Music-City and is a convenient central point to base myself. Meanwhile there is an increasing necessity for me to travel all over the place in order to find live audiences, which I enjoy as a kind of reward for all the hard work I do. I'm mostly working the pub circuit, but I also play a few festivals including Priddy Folk Festival, which is a fairly big deal in the folk world. I've been lucky enough to play some great supports for accomplished artists including Hazel O'Connor and Cara Dillon.

See my website for the unfolding fruits of my labours. And a nice bread recipe.

As well as writing songs, I've been interested in the profound implications of these sorts of things: John Pilger, Permaculture and Terence McKenna and Rupert Sheldrake, Nassim Haramein and Graham Hancock. My songs reflect such interests, as well as the usual influences such as love, hardship, random events, cups of tea, punctuation etc.

So, I can let you know if/when I'm playing in your area (or whatever area you specify!), if you join my mailing list I'll send you a FREE mp3.

Well, cheers for now!

Peace

James
www.jameshollingsworth.com

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"Probably the first thing to strike every listener is James striking voice. The only comparison I can readily make, is to the voice of Tim Buckley, and this is something I do not suggest glibly. Listen to the songs and hear the vocals rise clear and pure, soaring high as they deliver the words. But listen carefully, in places they will drop in pitch to bring emphasis to certain lines and phrases. This is a talent few singers possess and in the right hands it becomes a most effective tool. It is little wonder that legendary producer John Burns (Genesis, Jethro Tull, etc) recently exclaimed "What a voice!" I only wish I'd heard it before now." - Woven Wheat Whispers.




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James Hollingsworth's Friends Comments
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Kay Huggins



Nov 11 2009 4:55 AM



hey now

gr8 tunes!

have a happy...

luv,

((*_*)) xoox


 



Will Hodge

Will hodge



Nov 5 2009 11:16 PM

Hi James How are you, I got your message.
 I just love that ' in your own time ' I want to hear it all its great. I got your number now so I will ring you tomorrow cause your probably gigging now.
Speak later mate.
Will
Venus Eleven

Venus Eleven



Nov 4 2009 7:30 AM

Hi James,

Lovely to meet you at the Garden of Awen gig. What a fantastic voice you have - and what a great set! I enjoyed it so much.

Will be singing at one of the upcoming Gardens when I get a new guitarist lined up.

Good luck with it all - and let me know when you're playing again...

Tracey x
Rufus T Firefly

Rufus T Firefly



Nov 2 2009 6:24 PM

No problem, sir! Make sure you come down and play for us sometime! :D
ADAM O NEILL

ADAM O NEILL



Oct 28 2009 2:43 PM

ha ha sunny plymouth who told you that   lol   take care   adz
Quiet Evolution

Quiet Evolution



Oct 27 2009 6:28 PM

Thank you... Love & Light... Quiet Evolution...
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Oct 27 2009 1:51 PM

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Oct 27 2009 11:44 AM

my act of shared magic!

thanks for

accepting my invitation again.

always appreciated!
Ash (TOUR BUILDING) Mandrake

Ash (TOUR BUILDING) Mandrake



Oct 24 2009 11:38 PM

Enjoying your site.

Returning to The Swann Inn, Stone, Staffs
on Mon 26th Oct 2009
This is to let you know what's in store:



Hope you enjoy it.
Ash :o)
Baka Beyond

Baka Beyond



Oct 18 2009 10:13 PM

We are playing at Komedia, Bath on Friday night. It'll be the last chance to see the full lineup this year so come if you can Details HERE We'll be off stage by 11.30pm in time to get last train to Bristol, but we'll be partying til 2am to DJ Liberati One Love!
*~saf~*

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Oct 18 2009 2:58 PM

took a breather...thanks!

Infected Minds

Infected Minds



Oct 9 2009 1:16 PM

Hey there.

Just a quick message to let you know the new Infected Minds EP is out now to purchase for £1.99

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froggy

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Sep 29 2009 7:10 PM

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Sep 20 2009 9:22 PM

Hello, this is an invitation for you to check out my latest self-released album. Give it a shot and comment if you feel like it. See ya!

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Tim Cheatle

Tim Cheatle



Sep 7 2009 1:53 AM

Hiya James!
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God Bless,
                Tim.
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Aug 25 2009 12:27 PM

Hi James, how is life threating you?? long time since visiting your page but always a pleasure to come here and listen your music!!
Much Love always your way...E
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Aug 14 2009 1:59 PM

hello friend , how are you ?
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Aug 4 2009 6:47 PM

brandnew DVD "the rpwl LIVE experience" out now!!!
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also added new tour dates..
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froggy

froggy



Aug 3 2009 7:35 PM

Hi,
please go to my blog about the young man with cancer and
leave an encouraging comment.
He reads my blogs and will be encouraged by knowing that
there are some loving and compassionate people in the world
who care enough to reach out to him and offer their support.
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Of course if you're too busy, I understand, and thanks
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Thank you for your time and attention.
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Will McCarthy

Will McCarthy



Jul 31 2009 12:40 PM

Hi James,
              Good to hear from you and great to hear that you may be gigging in Spain. I  have some good  live music contacts in Valencia so let's keep in touch.

            Gonna dedicate a new song from my new album "La Femme francaise" to you and all your friends this week. It's off my new album' Some songs'.
 
I have finally returned to regular live music and played 2 gigs in Valencia  last week , including a jazz club!

Good luck with your many gigs this year and congratulations once again for living the life of a full-time musician. It takes guts and perseverance to live a life this way... so you deserve your success.

            Cheers!

               Will McCarthy
Will McCarthy

Will McCarthy



Jul 31 2009 12:39 PM

Hi James,
              Good to hear from you and great to hear that you may be gigging in Spain. I  have some good  live music contacts in Valencia so let's keep in touch.

            Gonna dedicate a new song from my new album "La Femme francaise" to you and all your friends this week. It's off my new album' Some songs'.
 
I have finally returned to regular live music and played 2 gigs in Valencia  last week , including a jazz club!

Good luck with your many gigs this year and congratulations once again for living the life of a full-time musician. It takes guts and perseverance to live a life this way... so you deserve your success.

            Cheers!

               Will McCarthy
TyLean

TyLean



Jul 30 2009 7:35 PM

Thanks for your friendship and support!

My music is like a morbidly depressed Tori Amos blended with experimental/tortured cello. http://www.tylean.com

Check me out on August 9th at The Bridge House 2 - Bidder Street, Canning Town, London. London and South East E16 4ST. Hope to see you there!

I am booking many shows right now, not only in the UK, but in Europe and Australia, and possibly even America.  If London is too far travel, help me come to you by letting me know where you are:

Maple Mountain

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Jul 22 2009 12:35 PM

Hey James,
I have three new songs on myspace! Hope you like them
All good,
Emil
Digital Revolution Records LTD

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