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James

Hey Ma

About Me


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US Electronic Press Kit ..
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Hey Ma - Live at The Premises Rehearsal Studio
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James Interview

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Tim interviewed after their recent Later With Jools performance ..

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/18/2007
Band Website: wearejames.com
Band Members: Tim Booth, Jim Glennie, Larry Gott, Saul Davies, Mark Hunter, Dave Baynton-Power, Andy Diagram
Influences: The Velvet Underground, Phil Spector, Doris Lessing, The Doors, Can, Joy Division, Patti Smith, Robert Anton Wilson, Roy Orbison, Bill Hicks, Talk Talk, The Fall, Eno, The Beatles, Coen Brothers, Captain Beefheart, Television, The Byrds, DV8, The Shadows, Robert Quine, Santo & Johnny, Daniel Day-Lewis, Talking Heads, Hendrix, Violent Femmes, Leo Fender, Neil Young, Arcade Fire, Rumi, Iggy Pop

Sounds Like:
Hey Ma (UK)

Hey Ma (US)

Hey Ma Vinyl LP (US)

Download new single Waterfall from iTunes (US)

Fresh As A Daisy - The Complete Singles Collection 1983-2007

Contact Details:

Booking Agent:

UK Martin Horne [email protected]
US Marty Diamond [email protected]

US Press: [email protected]
Record Label: Mercury

US: Decca
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Free 7" single in US with purchase of Hey Ma at select shops

             Support your local independent record store and get a free 7" of the new single Waterfall, including a live version of Laid, with pu...
Posted by James on Tue, 16 Sep 2008 04:29:00 PST

Hey Ma now available on US iTunes and will be issued on Vinyl

Hey Ma is now available for purchase in the Alternative section on iTunes in the USA, two weeks before the cd arrives in stores (16th September). We are very pleased to confirm that the album will als...
Posted by James on Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:19:00 PST

Vote for James for Best Live Return at Vodaphone’s Live Music Awards!

James have been nominated for Best Live Return at the Vodafone Live Music Awards on September 18th, to be broadcast on Channel 4.  Other acts in the category are Led Zeppelin, Spice Girls an...
Posted by James on Fri, 15 Aug 2008 06:32:00 PST

James on Jonathan Ross this Friday

James will be appearing on the Jonathan Ross show this Friday the 27th of June at 10:35pm on BBC2, playing a song from Hey Ma. Other guests on the show are Will Smith and Jay-Z who turned out to be g...
Posted by James on Thu, 26 Jun 2008 02:42:00 PST

James on Radio 2 & 4 this Saturday

James will be appearing on Radio 2's Dermot O'Leary Show between 2  5pm on the 21st of June to perform two tracks  Whiteboy from the new album Hey Ma & and an exclusive version of a classic  this ...
Posted by James on Sat, 21 Jun 2008 06:18:00 PST

Live in session on KCRW *Updated with video of the performance*

We are pleased to announce that James will be joining Nic Harcourt on his Morning Becomes Eclectic show on KCRW in Santa Monica this Thursday, 5th June, for a live session and chat, gearing up for the...
Posted by James on Thu, 05 Jun 2008 07:06:00 PST

Hey Ma to be released Stateside at long last

We are pleased to announce James have just signed a deal with Decca Records in the US who will release Hey Ma this autumn.  They are very enthusiastic about the band and the album, and put ...
Posted by James on Thu, 05 Jun 2008 06:47:00 PST

Larry Gott in your bedroom

Fancy learning to play Laid or Whiteboy from the master, in the privacy of your own home? Well you don't even have to enter one of our dodgy competitions this time... just, er, cough up a wee bit...
Posted by James on Tue, 10 Jun 2008 02:56:00 PST

Update: Theres still time to join Olivers Army

click here to find out how Little Oliver is dead chuffed with the enthusiastic response to our latest competition.  So as a little thank you we've decided to throw two more signed & personal...
Posted by James on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 06:55:00 PST

Olivers Narcissistic MySpace Competition

Little Oliver, our cover star, tells me his life-long ambition is to have his chubby cheeks plastered all over MySpace.  So we’ve got two signed copies of Hey Ma to give away and all you ha...
Posted by James on Sat, 05 Apr 2008 11:06:00 PST