Joshua James

about

Joshua James is an American singer-songwriter currently based out of American Fork, Utah and Lincoln, Nebraska. On his second album, Build Me This, the follow-up to his critically acclaimed The Sun is Always Brighter, produced by industry veteran Shannon Edgar, James expands his musical palette to foreboding doom-laden hard rock. Progressing from folkish harmonies, to country twang, world beats and southern home rock while further exploring themes of spiritual searching and heartbreaking loss. Possessing a whispery and intimate vocal style that works its way into the ear peacefully and directly, Joshua James is pitched midway between seminal influences like Bob Dylan and Neil Young. “I find solace and beauty in darkness and depression,” admits James, who grew up in his native Lincoln, Nebraska, skateboarding and sneaking listens to music his parents banned, like classic rockers Jim Morrison and The Doors, Led Zeppelin, and Pink Floyd, “But there are contrasts to everything. You have to combine the sweet and salty, the ugly and beautiful. Music is very therapeutic for me. It’s all about making a connection with humanity, with the audience, in ways that I normally wouldn’t be able to.” Over the past three years, James has been doing just that. His debut was the #1 Folk Album on iTunes, and “FM Radio,” a song about a childhood friend coping with the death of his father, amassed more than 150,000 downloads as part of an iTunes promotion. In addition to performances at Sundance

top songs

albums

The Sun Is Always Brighter

Build Me This

From the Top of Willamette Mountain

My Spirit Sister

Build Me This (Bonus Track Version)

Seven Swans Reimagined

Joshua James and the Runaway Trains

B-sides It's Dark Outside

Well, Then, I'll Go To Hell

Crash This Train / The Garden

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From The Top Of Willamette Mountain (Deluxe Edition)

Fields & Floods

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