James Combs

Video Premiere: James Combs “High Pine Steeples” Feat. The Well Pennies

May 4, 2023 Andrew Frolish 0

we’re pleased to share with you the latest single from Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter James Combs. Combs’ love of the redwood trees in California is clear from his heartfelt lines: “In the redwood cathedrals I found my […]

James Combs “Falling Under Spells”

May 25, 2022 Martin Johnson 0

Byrds and Beatles influenced folk-pop filtered through 21st Century americana with ambient textures. James Combs has featured in numerous Americana UK pieces over the years as a member of the LA band Great Willow and having […]

Video Premiere: James Combs “Until This Old Wave Rolls By”

May 23, 2022 Andrew Frolish 0

With foot-stomping percussion, rhythmic humming, powerful and melodic vocal meandering and a dose of twang, James Combs delivers an engaging new song, ‘Until This Old Wave Rolls By’. It’s a song of resistance and perseverance, an […]

Video Premiere: James Combs feat. April Mann “Strange Signs”

February 26, 2021 Andrew Frolish 0

Los Angeles-based James Combs has set himself the ambitious project of releasing a series of bi-monthly double singles with his long-time collaborators Matt Hergert (drums) and the multi-instrumentalist John Would, who also takes on production responsibilities. […]

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Something for the weekend: Keyside “Lemon and Lime”

May 15, 2026 1

Well that’s it from us for this week, and bear with me dear reader with the track we’re leaving you with for the weekend which despite starting off sounding like we’ve veered into covering 90s-era Britpop, […]

Cowboy Junkies “Open to Beauty”

May 15, 2026 0

Americana legends celebrate 21st-century releases on latest career retrospective. Forty years in, the Cowboy Junkies remain one of the great under-the-surface bands in Americana: despite having a million-selling classic to their name, they rarely make best-of […]

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