James Gale

(PROMO HYPE!!!) James Gale, born and bred in Bristol, England, with deep West Country roots, is now based near Göteborg/Gothenburg on the Swedish west coast. Since his return to the music scene he has rapidly forged a reputation as a writer of original, sensitive and thought-provoking songs as well as a talented and charismatic singer and guitarist. - - - - - James's songs, numbering at the latest count well over 100, are for the most part solo efforts but include the fruits of several collaborations with other talented lyricists. He also has a repertoire of not far short of 1000 covers ranging from jazz-tinged standards to English traditional and touching most points in between - country, soft rock, blues, ballads. - - - - - Tracks currently on the player: all purely James Gale originals – words and music - except 'A whisper in the darkness' (words (c) Meiying/James Gale, music (c) James Gale 2007), 'Wishful' (words (c) Sirkka, music (c) James Gale 2007), and James's covers of Steve Goodman's 'City of New Orleans', recorded for the charity album 'Songs of Katrina', and Richard Thompson and Dave Swarbrick's Fairport Convention classic 'Crazy Man Michael'. - - - - - There are some videos of varying quality but including a few covers, on youtube at www.youtube.com/centaurian47 - click on the Playlists tab and explore.