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Joshua James is an American singer-songwriter based out of American Fork, Utah, and Lincoln, Nebraska.

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Joshua James
Origin	Lincoln, Nebraska, US
Genres	Alternative rock, folk rock
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter
Instrument(s)	Vocals, guitar, piano
Years active	2003–present
Labels	Intelligent Noise/Northplatte Records
Website	www.joshuajames.tv

His original digital release of The Sun is Always Brighter on iTunes reached No. 1 on the service's Folk Album list in 2007 and sold in excess of 25,000 copies by the end of 2008.[1]^{[dubious – discuss]} The album caught the attention of the indie folk scene, with Paste Magazine naming him one of their "Next 25 Artists You Need To Know" in their September 2008 issue.[2]

NPR cited James in one of their "Song of the Day" publishings. They featured his "The New Love Song".[3]

Variety called James "a young Midwestern singer-songwriter who writes hard-bitten songs of family tragedies and sings them in a voice that's as sun-bleached and wind-battered as a Nebraska cornfield".[4]

On December 1, 2019, James released "Discover Responsibility Through Fatherhood" with fellow musician Nate Pyfer.[5] Later that month on December 24, 2019, James released "Magical Leaves Red White Black Heat", which he described as a compilation of "Songs about country. Songs about Christmas. Songs about acceptance. And solitude, commitment, and New Years".[6][7] On September 22, 2020, Joshua James released an album titled Dreams of Karen with his mother Reesa James.[8] The album consists of 8 cover songs including four originally by The Carpenters.[9] On June 18, 2021, James released an album titled Forever In Life, For Now dedicated to his friend Seth Howell who died on April 20, 2020.[10]

Discography

Albums

• B-Sides: It's Dark Outside (2006)
• The Sun Is Always Brighter (2008), iTunes "Best of 2008" Folk Album
• Build Me This (2009), iTunes "Best of 2009" Indie Spotlight Singer-Songwriter Album
• From The Top of Willamette Mountain (2012) US Folk No. 23
• Well, Then, I'll Go to Hell (2013)
• My Spirit Sister (2017)
• Discover Responsibility Through Fatherhood (with Nate Pyfer) (2019)
• Magical Leaves Red White Black Heat (2019)
• Dreams Of Karen (2020)
• Forever In Life, For Now (2021)

EPs

• Fields and Floods (2007)
• Crash This Train / The Garden digital EP (2008)
• Sing Songs EP (2009)
• Joshua James: iTunes Sessions (2010)
• BEWARE! (2013)

Singles

• Golden Bird b/w Pretty Feather (Need To Know, 2018)

References

External links

• Official site

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