I've been a fan of Joshua James since his debut album, The Sun is Always Brighter, was released a couple years ago - a folk record with modest beginnings that eventually garnered a good deal of acclaim from those that had the pleasure of hearing it. James possesses a genuine and seemingly natural songwriting ability, and combined with his uniquely raspy, whispered voice it often makes his songs...
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Album Review: Build Me This (* * * *)Provo, Utah is not exactly the entertainment capital of the West, but it's where I and many others discovered the songwriting talent of folk artist Joshua James - a native of Nebraska who found some success here, as unlikely as that seems, and has been steadily expanding his influence ever since. James released one of my favorite folk albums of 2007, his deb...
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With his opaque, inviting lyrics and his awareness of song dynamics, James is an original voice.Joshua James’s first album, The Sun Is Always Brighter, while frequently lovely, ran the risk at times of disappearing into the oceanic whisper of other breathy male singer-songwriter product. Many of the songs had a gloriously dark edge, but the arrangements were too pretty for the bitter pills to t.
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Digging For Days Reviews...Build Me This by Joshua JamesJoshua James was on my radar, but not really for the best reasons. I heard a few of his songs and wasn't that blown away. His voice was a quiet little thing, the music was quaint, and the whole vibe was just a little too coffee house for me. Well, all of that has changed with his new album and major label debut, Build Me This. And boy does...
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‘Build Me This’ is unbelievably compelling, a record with a ton of heart looking through an indie acoustic folk lens. “Coal War” starts off the record leading you to believe that if all the songs are of this caliber that this record could be unmatched. For some people these songs may be unmatched, but for [...]
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I'm going to make this short, but listen up, this kid Joshua James is freakin awesome. Singing tales of his brothers struggling with drug addictions, friends losing loved ones, and his thoughts on war (I know I know, the war thing is overdone sometimes) Mr James really sings like an angel though, his voice is amazing, and his lyrics are anything but forced, and the guitar backs him up, and you...
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I discovered Joshua last week. His work has blown me away and I listen to everything acoustic and "folk" that I can. Go buy his work. Run. I've yet to hear him produce a sub par song.
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Well, he's new to me, anyway. His name is Joshua James.I downloaded his The Sun Is Always Brighter from iTunes today; I saw it as I was browsing this week's new releases. I was in one of my impulse-buying moods, and I can't deny myself the iTunes. It's my favorite character flaw. Anyway, I liked the songs I previewed, and with a few clicks of the mouse, I was in awesome music paradise!If you li...
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With his opaque, inviting lyrics and his awareness of song dynamics, James is an original voice.Joshua James’s first album, The Sun Is Always Brighter, while frequently lovely, ran the risk at times of disappearing into the oceanic whisper of other breathy male singer-songwriter product. Many of the songs had a gloriously dark edge, but the arrangements were too pretty for the bitter pills to t.
More >
I've been a fan of Joshua James since his debut album, The Sun is Always Brighter, was released a couple years ago - a folk record with modest beginnings that eventually garnered a good deal of acclaim from those that had the pleasure of hearing it. James possesses a genuine and seemingly natural songwriting ability, and combined with his uniquely raspy, whispered voice it often makes his songs...
More >
I'm going to make this short, but listen up, this kid Joshua James is freakin awesome. Singing tales of his brothers struggling with drug addictions, friends losing loved ones, and his thoughts on war (I know I know, the war thing is overdone sometimes) Mr James really sings like an angel though, his voice is amazing, and his lyrics are anything but forced, and the guitar backs him up, and you...
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| 2 Tell My Pa |
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