Artist Lounge: Jim James
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If you loved the studio version of My Morning Jacket's cover of Elton John's Rocket Man, you need to stop and play this one now. Don't just listen but experience this acoustic version. There's something to Jim James voice. It's like he was born to cover this song.
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Fans of festivals owe it to themselves to take in the Newport Folk Festival at least once in their lives. To fans of Folk/Blues/Jazz/Rock this place is steeped in history. From Sir Duke's ressurection in '56 when he and his band dug in deep and struck gold, electrifying themselves, the audience, and when the recording, *, was unleashed, the whole world of Big Band Jazz was abuzz. *Paul Gonsalves secured his spot in History that night, and reignited the creati... MORE
Fans of festivals owe it to themselves to take in the Newport Folk Festival at least once in their lives. To fans of Folk/Blues/Jazz/Rock this place is steeped in history. From Sir Duke's ressurection in '56 when he and his band dug in deep and struck gold, electrifying themselves, the audience, and when the recording, *, was unleashed, the whole world of Big Band Jazz was abuzz. *Paul Gonsalves secured his spot in History that night, and reignited the creati... MORE
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jim james played a pretty fetching (mostly) solo acoustic set at the newport folk festival last weekend - he was joined, for a song or three, by m. ward - and we have the audio for you below. james is one of our personal favorite vocalists & musicians and we're sure you won't be disappointed by this performance. (see the festival write-up at aquarium drunkard for confirmation of james's place in the weekend's pecking order.) also, be sure to have a listen to james'... MORE
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NPR has been doing wonderful things with their Music Homepage. The content is updated on a weekly basis with all different genres of new music interviews, studio sessions, live recordings like the one below.
Jim and Band will be playing at Red Rocks August 21st with opening act The Black Keys. Its been awhile since I've looked forward to a show as much as this. I caught MMJ the last time they were at Red Rocks opening for Bob D. Some would say that they stole the sh... MORE
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