Transformers, Will Oldham, Daniel Johnston, Gillian Welch, Ratatat, Elliott Smith, Songs:Ohia, Amalgamated Sons of Rest, Jayhawks, Neil Young, Grand Drive, The Starries, The Carter Family, Sparklehorse, Devendra Banhart, , American Football, Iron & Wine, Nebula, Papa M, Richard Burke, Nick Drake, Motorhead, Alasdair Roberts, Smog, Dinosaur Jnr, Ten Benson, Willy Mason, Robert Johnson, Bill Monroe, Pantera, Pavement, Canyon, Jackson Browne, Bon Ivor, Band of Horses, Robin Williamson, Joanna Newsom, Laura Cantrell, Fu-manchu, The Fucking Champs, Appendix Out, Lambchop, Vetiver, Tortoise, Slint
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Will Oldham, Daniel Johnston, Gillian Welch, Ratatat, Elliott Smith, Songs:Ohia, Amalgamated Sons of Rest, Jayhawks, Neil Young, Grand Drive, The Starries, The Carter Family, Sparklehorse, Devendra Banhart, , American Football, Iron & Wine, Nebula, Papa M, Richard Burke, Nick Drake, Motorhead, Alasdair Roberts, Smog, Dinosaur Jnr, Ten Benson, Willy Mason, Robert Johnson, Bill Monroe, Pantera, Pavement, Canyon, Jackson Browne, Bon Ivor, Band of Horses, Robin Williamson, Joanna Newsom, Laura Cantrell, Fu-manchu, The Fucking Champs, Appendix Out, Lambchop, Vetiver, Tortoise, Slint
IF YOU ARE EXPERIENCING ANY PROBLEMS PURCHASING ANY OF THE FOLLOWING ALBUMS (USUALLY DUE TO A BROKEN LINK), THEN PLEASE GO TO THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE BY FOLLOWING THIS LINK: www.jamessummerfieldmusic.com
MOJO- Sutton Coldfield is not best known for its lonely prairies but, but theyre beautifully evoked on these 10 songs
UNCUT - Paced like Gillian Welch at her Bible-black best
MAVERICK - High class and oozes a brooding authenticity. Music is about feel and emotion and he has those in spades
AMERICANA UK - Lovely delicate dark brooding Americana
THE SCOTSMAN - One of the finest exponents of moss hung backwoods Americana you'll find in the UK
SUBBA-CULTCHA.COM - My favourite song? Can you have an album made of favourites?
WISPERIN AND HOLLERIN.COM -His voice offers a style that is quite unique
ABOUT JAMES SUMMERFIELD
James Summerfield has seen much in his 27 years; still in his teens when his first band, Buick 6, came to the attention of the late John Peel's audience through the wonderful "Drunk on my Porch" single and 2 sessions for the show, and not even 20 before the band split after major label dithering and management company disasters. Only 21 when he self-recorded his debut album, ‘Hailah, Hailah’, and to follow, ‘Paint The Road’, hit the streets in 2005 to great reviews from Mojo and Uncut. Since then, the acrimony of divorce and all the chaos this brings has dogged him. He endured a period of self doubt and reflection that saw him briefly retreat from music, his genuine true calling, dealing with troubles that could and have broken a weaker artist. On ‘Count To 10 and Start Again’, his 3rd solo album, Summerfield returns with a lightness of touch, dark and strange humor and his finely-honed, fantastic ear for melody to tell sweet tales of the biggest blows. It is his best work yet.
The album, co-produced with fellow Peel veteran Simon Fox (Grover), is undeniably frank and deals with his dark period yet contains the beautiful melodies and musical arrangements that followers of James' work will fondly remember. His 12 new songs and the 43 minutes of your life that this record asks for are more than a hint of what the future holds for this fantastic artist.
"I know that feeling sad brings out the best in songs, but I wouldn't recommend this to anyone". James Summerfield 'Paper bag' from the album Count to ten and start again.
James joined Scott Matthews '12 Harps' on 2009 tour
People Talk- Live 2009
James asked folks to dance for a pound at the Moseley Folk Festival 2008....
Hey! James..you have some really great tracks..the music is brilliant..your voice is very calming..i'm sure you will have a great future..:)*DeeRose* x
Hey.Just to let ya know if you have any gigs coming up I'm still doing gig photography for only £30(not for too much longer though).Also doing portraiture/promo and documentary.I've added some new examples recently so have a look to see if you like it.Let me know if ya want owt doing.Cheers.Thanks for the add if I havent said so before.
Thanks for your friendship; was good to see you support Scott Matthews in Wolves. Would be nice to get some of your tracks to play on air and also maybe arrange an interview sometime.
PS: If you have friends who are in Unsigned Bands then
please get them to add themselves to my Myspace.
Hello, it's that time of the month again when we add more lovely music to our site. This month's happy foursome are The Barker Band in wistful mode, the summer of love-ish Old Californio, the anything but summer love-ish Christopher Rees and, wait for it..."Travelling Salesman's Young Wife Home Alone On Christmas In Montpelier, VT" from Casiotone For The Painfully Alone, which evenr if it was rubbish (and it's not) just had to be included for the names alone.
Itâs that time of the month and our site has four new tracks up for your listening enjoyment.
This monthâs box of delights include the swaggering groove of Blackie & The Rodeo Kings, the insanely catchy folk-pop of Antje Duvekot, the languid Great Lake Swimmers and, a little belatedly but better late than never, The Young Republic.
A particularly strong month, even if we do say so ourselves. Check them out, you won't regret it.
Yes that sounds good - I might be away in August for 2 weeks in Andalusia playing street music with the guys from the Villa - maybe you should come along? See you soon
You put my two favourite songs off your album at no's one and two. Glad to know that you still listen to what i have to say. Are you coming to Pauls Wedding?
Hello, we're back again with great new tracks on our page. This month we have some rural bleakness from The Roe Family Singers, the dark intensity of Eamon Dowd, a new song from roots legend Neal Casal and frenetic but compelling from Novillero on the delightfulyl titled but not-at-all-smelly Paco Rabanne. Hope you like them all.
