Singer-songwriter concert
"Every time I've made a record, I've tried to make it different from the last one. But no matter what I do, it's still my voice and my sense of melody that holds things together."
Hailing from Manchester, James Harries is a singer-songwriter and film composer
who splits his time between the UK and the Czech Republic.
Known for his eclectic songwriting and stunning live performances, he has spent the
last 20 years touring internationally (UK, Europe, USA and Asia).
Harries has enjoyed mainstream radio success across Europe, amassed millions of Spotify streams and received critical acclaim.
It's his 10th solo album, a lush alternative folk-pop record, a triumph of understated
grace. It was received with great empathy in his adopted country as "Album of the Week" in the
Czech music press and the single "Diamond Girl" was played by a number of radios (national
and local), as well as in the USA and the Netherlands.
"This is my post-Covid/post-accident therapy album," jokes Harries, "I escaped to a friend's remote house in the mountains to record a long list of songs I'd
written over an 18-month period when I couldn't tour. It's probably the most intimate and uncompromising record I've made so far.
It was supposed to be a solo record, but then I met friends from the Czech
Philharmonic Orchestra, got two more friends to play drums and added guitar to a few songs. In the end, the record took on a life of its own."
"....Wie Ryan Adams on steroids." (Time Out London)
"A born minstrel" (Uncut magazine, UK)
"Raw, pristine, exquisite" (Observer Music Monthly)
"One of the best singer-songwriters in Europe" (Uni Culture Magazine)
