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Dolly James

About Me

Dolly James is a singer-songwriter who has worked nationally and internationally with established artistes such as Belinda Carlisle, Bronski Beat, Van Morrison, Mike Oldfield, Michael Bolton, Simply Red, James Taylor Quartet and Drizabone to name a few. She has appeared on national and American television and toured extensively world-wide.
Her debut album, The Journey, released in July 2006, is a collection of songs inspired by personal and life changing experiences:
"Over the years, friends and relations have come and gone. They filled my life with their presence and created a void in their absence. Writing this album has given me an emotional outlet to share my thoughts and feelings about all that has happened with them in my life, our personal experiences, as well as current issues that I feel strongly about. I hope that I can carry on doing what I love best - only time will tell."
I also perform a tribute show to Tina Turner and have been doing this nationally and internationally for a good few years. I admire her a great deal and have such fun performing either as a solo act or with a full band.
I would also like to introduce my SoularUK- Live Workshop for beginners, aspiring singers and professional vocalist in the Midlands and Worcestershire area in the UK. You can email me at [email protected] for more details.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 05/07/2006
Band Members: The Soular UK collective consists of top session musicians and singers from the West Midlands and Gloucestershire region:

Dolly James - Lead Vocals SoularUK Band featuring Patsy Gamble- Gloucestershire's female saxophonist
Influences: Dolly's influences are drawn strongly from numerous classic soul, R&B and jazz artists, such as Bobby Womack, James Brown, Al Green, Otis Redding, Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Gladys Knight, Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holliday as well as the contemporary sounds of Johnny Legend, India Airie, Alicia Keys, Joss Stone and Angie Stone She also loves many diverse acts inspired by these, for instance Jamiroquai and James Morrisson.
Sounds Like: Herself....but have been compared to sounding a bit like Tina Turner....
Record Label: None
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

2009

2009, what a year! Such a mixture of music projects and playing with talented musicians. Collaboration with the talented Patsy Gamble, female saxophonist and vocalist in September and up and coming fe...
Posted by on Thu, 17 Sep 2009 05:34:00 GMT

Dolly James - Addicted to Love Video by Dolly James - MySpace Video

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids....Dolly James - Addicted to Love Video by Dolly James - MySpace Video Shared via AddThis The soulful vocals of Dolly James as Tina Turner
Posted by on Sun, 26 Jul 2009 16:27:00 GMT

Dolly James with Gibberish & The Little Big Horns Video by Dolly James - MySpace Video

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids....Dolly James with Gibberish & The Little Big Horns Video by Dolly James - MySpace Video Shared via AddThis Amazing smokin' Dolly James with Gibber...
Posted by on Sun, 26 Jul 2009 16:22:00 GMT