South-West England-based James Hollingsworth has a unique, complex acoustic guitar finger-style, reminiscent of Andalusian guitar, fusing elements of folk, blues, trance, metal and psychedelic rock.
James'approach to MySpace.com was that he gave a personal comment to everyfriend he “added”, with the result that he was rewarded with ahuge number of comments on his page, with over 1000 comments from 2000+ friends from all over the world
“Ijust love your voice and your song-writing!"Faster Than Light"isa great song! You really must come to the States, (so I can hearyou"live")!; )" - CarolAlban;"welove your stuff too! is it just delay you use on the guitar or is ita 12 string????" - AlphaCae;"reallylike your voice - it's great to hear stuff like this !" - SilverWizard Project;"Icouldn't resist adding a fellow Roy Harper fan, especially one whosounds so fantastic on live recordings. I look forward to hearingmore from you!" - HoneySea Red;"greatsongs - beautiful voice..." - Kateand Kacey Coppola;"Beautifulmusic!" - Dawoud;"James,your reputation preceeds you. Love your voice.., and your gracefulstylings." - BrotherEden Douglas;"Loveyour voice , good stuff." - ZUBA;"You'vea great voice, and your melodies are awesome." - GerardSmith;"i'mlistening to One saturday right now, beautiful." - Ollie– Film Music;"Nicework. Rumi is my favorite. Quite a range with your voice. Very prettyguitar." - GavinRobert McGowen;"Greatguitar sounds and a beautiful and compeling voice... It's quiteeclectic and original. I'm looking forward to hearing Jebo as well."- LisaItts;"I'veenjoyed listening to your tunes as well... I must admit they'reincredibly soothing." - AdrienneGray;"Loveyour live tracks...especially"The Same Sky"...very verynice!" - DonnaPanzer;"ilike your rendition of this poem. do like your energy. you put a lotinto each song. thanks for finding me." - ShahramShiva;"HailJames! Superbeautiful tunezzz, man!" - MadcatLeo Martins;"Ienjoy everything I hear of yours" - JoeVolk;"Ilove Rumi, great folky guitar and I like your range and voice."- JustinThorne;"reallyliking your writing style and your expressive voice. connects deepdown." - MariaYuriko;"Stunningvocals" - KevinPallot;"verypleased to find you here. i enjoyed your set very much at theplayroom in london ,your voice and songs are wonderful. and I canhear a bit of the Roy Harper influence." - MarcTeamaker and The Soul shop;"Youhave some soul, shine on my friend. Jeff Buckley came to mind when Iheard you, please keep that emotion coming through …" -Surianne;"Greatgig again at the Tantric last night." - RockinmikeMikeWilson;"Your'One Saturday' sounds a bit like Jim Croce, although Tim Buckley didcome to mind too" - Frostat Midnight;"Ireally like your music - keep up the good work." - LisaMorgan;"lovethe tunes. I've seen you play a couple of times and always beenimpressed. Keep up the good work!" - JoeUrwin;"Myword your tunes are just marvellous!" - Lolly(Laura R);"Youhave got some beautiful vibrations! Keep up the good work." -InfamousNetwork;"James......yourmusic is BEAUTIFUL.....keep doin your thing." - MichaelKahn;"Ilove your passionate voice!! It reminds me (a little) of PeterGabriel and Dave Matthew but is still very distinctive." - CarolAlban;"greattunes...keep it coming!" - SimonRushby;"Digginyour tunes, man. Wow!" - RickyFitzpatrick;"Yourmusic is awesome." - DragonRose;"youhave a really classic voice" - 10Ton Tongue;"Ihave admired your music for sometime now. I respect that you toochallenge the genre limits. Its what keeps guitarist's like usalive!" - AndrewJackson;"Nicestuff - great voice." - doghouseroses;"Godyou're good. Kinda reminds me of super early Bowie! Keep on rockingbrother" - MattSage;"You'vegot a rare talent, especially the great outdoor sound." - 10Ton Tongue;"Ireally like your music; you're a real pro!" - SarahJones;"Veryimpressive musicianship and memorable songwriting!" - VladShusterman;"Justthought I needed to say hello.., and let you know how much your music'lifts' me, in those times I need to touch the divine.." -BrotherEden Douglas;"Ireally enjoyed your set when I saw you live at the Prom." -GeoffDavis;"absolutelylovely" - Mellie;"Ireally loves your acoustic soul." - PabloRegnando;"yoursong One Saturday totaly hit the spot, a wee bit of the old harmonicatoo, Love it!" - wilbUrnsilver;"Greatstuff. Loved...Walk the Earth..Fantastic..." - LeeMitchell;"Greatsongs and voice what more can I say!" - JonProthero;"Greatsound and superb playing. Great to listen to" - DaveGibb;"Ilistened to your tracks last night, really good!" - DaveDark and the Sharks;"Greatmusic" - ArtSebastian;"Verytantalizing." - MariaJoao and The Sound Strippers;"Coolio!your work is so so brilliant!" - TheJaw-Line of Julianne Moore;"Very,very good. Some extraordinary guitar work, especially on 'Faster ThanLight'. Our favourite track has got to be the 'live' trackthough-'The Same Sky'. Wonderful vocals too." - thestonefaces;"youmake gorgeous music." - Andreas-BerndMoennich;"Greatnew song James! Love the lyrics... very inspirational vibe you havein your voice and music." - SEER;"Johnwas so so soooo pleased to have you here to play. he just kept saying'he's a star, that guy, don't you think? he's such a star.' andpraise from him is a rare thing indeed." - 10Ton Tongue;"Enjoyedwhat you did at The Eldon the other night, nice one." -FoLK2FuTuRe;"Justlistened to your stuff again and very much like the cut of your jib"- KEVINBUXTON;"trulyfantastic album James - listening to it a second time without abreak." - Gareth;"ThanksJames, a superb set and a great CD too. Kind Regards, Nick" -NickCourtney;"Yourmusic is superb. A fantastically full sound with just guitar andvocal (you swine). Definitely in the same musical super-league as thegreat Nick Harper(and not many in that league)." - DaveTaviner;"greatsongs brother with great words." - RichardLeo;"manypeople were really knocked out by your gig here, still talking aboutit." - 10Ton Tongue;"Lovedyour set at the Barn and enjoying the CD alot!" - LauraLauraMorang;"Lovethe new song James. Fantastic." - PigsMight Fly;"nicework. wish i was as cool as you yep i do." - richiethe rishi;"Thisnew song is very pretty." - Jaumet;"musically,lyrically and vocally, it's stunning and thought-provoking and justsits well in your spirit as you listen..." - BrotherEden Douglas;"lovelymusic" - AlexandraFernandez Rogers;"HiJames...Just wanted to say how amazing your cd is!! Your voice is soexpressive and has so much soul and depth...you're a poet,singer,storyteller...A beautiful voice with the emotion to matchit-very rare to find!! Your friend and fan, Malea xo" - MaleaMcGuinness;"ilike your music, so sweet ! Good discovery !" - LagaZette de Klem;"yourmusic sound grate, you got a relly nice voice man" - GiulianoModarelli;"Heyman, thanks...Beautiful music you've got there!" - HERECY;"Ihear great vocal stylings here...dramatic folk tunes." -StaggerleeStonebreaker;"GreatTunes, Great Vocals. Keep up the good work around Bristol." -AlfieKingston;"fantasticset - well...I should say more than that... A huge sound! HUGE SOUND.You keep control when all around is big and kind of, taking off! -and you know exactly what to get out of the pedals - the fury, thethickness, the echo, the power. - and I heard some of my favouritesof your last album too tonight - nice! there was one you did at theend - before Walk the Earth (love that song) which started with adelayed repeated riff, bursting into a gorgeous melody - I think it'sa new song to me - loved it." - Gareth;"Itwas a great night! Thank you for coming down and giving a brilliantperformance!" - LauraLauraMorang;"ilike your style, very crisp, sooner or later has a great feel to it."- Yellowgroove;"Youare a true inspiration,cousin. By the way, your vocal performance onthe"7th Day"brought me to tears. As soon as things pick up,I plan on downloading as much as I can. Oh, and Dervish is simplyamazing. I got dizzy just listening to it." - IndieBard aaron hollingsworth;"Greatperformance with JEBO at the LORELEY Night of the Prog-festival !"- Thielmann;"Ireally like your music and your lyrics make me think." - JeffGilpin;"Weenjoyed the set and Winchester! Enjoying the newest CD too! See ya."- LauraLauraMorang;"cheerzman, really like ur songs, sooner or later is excellent." -JamieThomson;"cool,cool, cool. moving tunes and thought provoking lyrics. great stuff!"- MarkGarvey;"reallyenjoyed listening to your songs - beautiful" - Petzel;"WayDown South is fucking great man!!!" - XavierPanades and the CAT;"greatset on Sunday!" - BARSSfest;"agreat lyricist and musician. Love the new tracks you have up and willbe back tomorrow to listen again." - ApostleJoanne Cremer;"Probablyone of the most orgininal artists I've heard for ages..I'll be aregular visitor to you page James. Really love your guitar style -highly unusual and very expressive with a voice to match." -JamesAlan Gourley;"WayDown South is massive! All the best with what looks to be a greatcareer." - EmilMax Thompson;"ALWAYSan honor to hear from you.., and to listen to you, again and again..,and again." - BrotherEden Douglas;"Absolutelylove your solo songs James" - TheTea Lady;"Youare a wonderful artist!" - TimCheatle;"Ireally like the way 'Rumi' opens." - froggy;"Youhave beautiful music yourself..lovely playing, feel and voice..fullof soul!" - michael-johnazzopardi;"Brilliant.New song is exciting." - SwinnersMusic;"Thanksso much for your contribution as a judge last night and for closingthe competition by enchanting the crowd with"Dolphins"(fantasticversion!)" - AshMandrake;"Digyour tunes and sound!!! Keep up the great work" - JimGlennon;"goodvibes at your page mate :) Stay Individual" - ITP;"Andyou're a very funky guitarist, too!" - BarbaraJ Hunt;"Peopletell me to keep writing... I tell them I can't stop. I think you maybe the same. What a gift!" - CJ Smith;"James,wonderful sounds, Mellow Star feels your true soul. Keep doin whatyour doin, the doors will open for you I am sure." - MellowStar;"awesomeperformance at BARSSFest" - JamesGale;"Youare so talented." - MaleaMcGuinness;"Enjoyingyour artwork, and the impression left by witnessing your gig at TheRoyal Oak in Bath. You're a pulse magician! - being able to movepeople's pulses around like that is a rare gift." - AshMandrake;"Mybest thoughts are often directed to you and your path James. Gowell." - JoeVolk;"Greatto hear your music again!!" - AlexandraFernandez Rogers;"-lovely material - enjoying your sounds. Keep making music!" -LindaWatkins;"yeai was at 'Oppo' a few weeks back.. i really enjoyed your set!..."- LouisRuben;"Youknow how much I like your music" - SwinnersMusic;"sweetsound :)" - ZOEMOON ASTROLOGY;"youare very versatile." - GoldDustConstruction;"Ilike your flowing Guitar style" - DannyShayler;"Youare sounding great here as always..." - MichelleMeyer;"Yourmusic is wonderful...really lovely." - AngelaHunter;"Letme know when you're playing in London." - AdamTedder;"Iheard your music and I loved it... If you come to barcelona tell meplease, I would like to see you..." - MrHall;"wishyou continued success creating your fine music, absolutely loving itthis end." - CharlieStubbings;"imconverted , such brilliant tunes , love your style" - TheModel Railway Shop;"lookingforward to seeing you play!" - PalladiumClub;"Hopewe manage to catch you live some time" - BabaJack;"IBEEN LISENIG YOUR MUSIC:IT IS FANTASTIC!!!!I LIKE VERY MUCH!!CHEERS!"- carloscanet massanet;"whatan impressive tour schedule you have!" - EmilBrynge;"Likethe songs and good luck to ya." - thehaywires;"HiJames, good sound." - AHeadfull of Monsters;"Loveyour music - will listen often!" - Islaof Tull;"Seeyou at Priddy!" - EvolveFestival;"youdelivered excellently; very professional. as i said - a rock n rollangel!" - Saravian;"Lookingforward to seeing your set at Priddy." - MarkAtherton;"Somenice music on your page!" - *TheCLIFFORD T WARD Tribute Page*;"Yourmusic is truly wnderful!!" - LennyB goode;"gr8tunes - u rock!" - AZFlowerChild;"Iwish I could write songs that convey the intensity of thought andfeeling you've captured here. This is very strong indeed." -IainWilkinson;"Loveyour sound,have a great weekend!" - BlueAurora;"Reallyenjoyed the set at The Steamer last night, would have loved to havestayed longer" - PENNYBLACK;"Greatto hear your vocals again." - SwinnersMusic;"James- we want you in Glasgow for a gig!" - PhylWright;"We'rereally enjoying 'Eight Your Nature' I love 'Mothership'!! See yousoon." - KelvinSkyrme;"wasin the pub last night and lou was playing your album on herphone...we were singing away, just lovely it is!" -harpiesnjeans;"loveyour stuff...." - MsTatty Ends;"HowdyJames, just stopping by for some listens...once again: great songsand sounds!!" - timirvine;"Loveur style of music." - MightyMini;"Ilove your stuff but yet to catch you live, will do that soon enough!"- TheSodburys;"Youare so talented I"m rooting for you!!" - MaleaMcGuinness;"Lovelysongs James, hope to catch you in Lewes in Feb." - AnitaJardine;"Itwill be lovely to see you playing like in the old times..." -inmaazorin;"lovingthe new recordings...you're music always has such conviction!" -Zenith;"whata great voice!" - RoyHarper Podcast;"Stumbledonto your page & really liked your music." - Spiritsof the South;"Greatstuff. I hear Jeff Buckley, Richie Havens, John Martyn and more herebut you have your own style for sure." - LukeJackson;"loveyour music" - BeckyRose;"Greatconcert at the Tobacco Factory..." - XavierPanades and the CAT;"Loveyour sounds ,really excellent !RASpect !James." - Avatar;"herehavin a listen to your tunes, great stuff!" - Spiritsof the South;"Nicestuff." - 40Horses;"Lovelysongs you have there James. You look incredibly busy as well!" -mrbones and the dreamers;"Itwas a Priviledge, and an inspiration to see you play LlanhillethInstitute the other day! ou are a true talent, setting the marker. Ihope you get the recognition that you absolutely deserve." -AlanColes;"Tunessound excellent; hope to see uou in the autumn..." - KillHenry Sugar;"Greatstuff!" - CATARANG!;"lovingthe music" - lukeharvey pedlar;"congratulationsonce again for living the life of a full-time musician. It takes gutsand perseverance to live a life this way... so you deserve yoursuccess." - WillMcCarthy;"Whata fantastic voice you have - and what a great set! I enjoyed it somuch." - VenusEleven;"Ijust love that ' in your own time ' I want to hear it all its great."- Willhodge;"Icannot get Way down the South out of my head! The best tunes inRock-Folk-Whatever in a long time!" - XavierPanades and the CAT;"Greatset last night @ the Oak James" - Fiddler'sJohn;"Oustandingperformance at the SouthBank! Passion is entering your soul!" -XavierPanades and the CAT;"EnjoyingDeny Denial - Thanks" - JeffGilpin;"I`mvery enthusiastic about your music and"Release"is sooobeautiful" - GryKristin Bråten;"Beatifultunes man!!" - InitialGravity;"keepup the great work" - PreyingLizard Music's Road Rash Blues Show;"whata great voice and virituose guitarrplay !" - Amygdalah;"Fantasticmusic James:-)" - CatMcLean;"BigUpz, Enjoyed ur set in the Jolly on Sunday...Nuff talent...Keep theVibez high! One Love" - BASEDIN SPACE;"Justlistening to your stuff, it's great!" - Krantzand Frances Mary;"Ilistened to most of your songs and my heavens! You are absolutelywonderful. I hope your career goes a very long way!" - CoolStraps;"justdroping in for a listen" - PhilHolland and Dave Palmley;"seemsthat passion is quite shared mon ami. it bursts through your stringsand vocal chords from what i hear. may all the ones and zeroes serveyou slavishly." - Ketz;"Lookingforward to you performing at the jolly in teignmouth!!!" -TemporaryMind;"Hopefullycatch one of your gigs at the Nags Head in Lyme soon." - AdamSweet;"justlistened to your music, very beautiful, I don't hear such music eachday and it's really interesting, different, original, I reallyenjoyed !!! and your shirt on the profile pic is beautiful too ha:))" - NatCotentine;"James:thanks for a great gig at our club last night. You blew us away withyour amazing voice and excellent guitar playing. Keep writing yoursongs - they are unique and superb!" - IslwynAcoustic Guitar Club;"greatsongs here." - ChrisJanssen;"Cooltunes :) You rock totally!" - AZFlowerChild;".....HIJAMES ...DIG THE VIBE ...CHEERS RUFF." - DogRuff;"Beautifulmusic! Especially like Swansong :)" - AntHenson;"Reallyenjoyed your music, such passion is rare and fantastic guitar."- *Shelly*;"...thebeauty and purity of your voice and music...is the perfect way tostart the day..." - Peggy(New York City);"amagical voice you have!!" - FreeSoul;"ATALENTED MUSICIAN AND A KIND SOUL." - Owl;"absolutelyawesome !!!" - Sandy;"absolutelylove listenin to ur tunes." - Jehan;"alwaysa pleasure to come here and listen your music!!" - E;"beautifulvoice, wondrous music..." - Peggy(New York City);"delightfulsongs" - Christine;"Foranyone who is reading this i HIGHly recommend you head over and seeJames Play, its Immense!" - TheAnnex;"Goodshow in Stroud the other night! Was fun meeting you - sorry if wewent a little crazy with the signiture requests though! You'll bepleased to hear the Abbey Ward one you did is laminated in theoffice!" - Rich;"hello,thnaks for letting me be one of your thousands of friends. I'mmanaging to convert people to your music!" - Nargis;"hey…..luv ur sounds!" - Ella;"HiJames, just received your CD today, many thanks, its brilliant. Hopeto see you some day in the Hampshire area. To all you guys who don'thave 'Alive in 2005' click on the buy now button, its easy, try it.Great stuff James look forward to many more albums." - Martin;"Hi,just came by to play One Saturday over and over and over again :)"- FreeSoul;"Ido like your music. beautiful." - Parijat;"ilike your voice.. it has a soothing quality in it.. x" -Christine;"Ilove your movies... I am one of the biggest fan of your work." -Cemile;"Imust say, your music moves me..." - MusicIs Life;"I'mabsolutely in love with your voice. It's wonderful." - Marita;"I'mhoping to see you live someday!" - Marita;"Ifyou get chance to listen to this guy either his solo work or his workwith JEBO then please do, absolutely superb singer/frontman." -ConanDuker5;"It'sextremely inspiring and soothing to listen to James and his guitar -they are one... listen! and you will soon find yourself in aglimmering, magical world, full of dreams." - Miriana;"neededto stop in and give another good listen...to some of the mostbeautiful music around...wonderful..." - Peggy(New York City);"NowI am here listening again, I keep coming back..." - Åsa;"oneof the most incredible voices I've ever heard...a voice with so muchheart and a very healing effect...as well as a sweet touch ofhumor..." - Peggy(New York City);"SometimesI need nothing more than to just hear the voice of anangel...besides, I always seem to think of you when it rains..."- Peggy(New York City);"thanksfor all the great music you do as a SOLO artist and with JEBO."- ConanDuker5;"thatvoice...gets me every time xox" - Peggy(New York City);"TheSame Sky is so beautiful, have listened to this song several times."- Ami;"Youhave a very good voice!" - StefanS;"youhave ever thought about doing any Jeff Buckley covers? I think they'dsuit you!" - William;"You'vegot a sweet sound yourself - really nice!" - GloryDays;"yourmusic has touched my soul" - Amelie;"Yourmusic is beautiful, I want to hear it live !" - LellyB;"yourmusic is incredible, your truely gifted!" - Amelie;"Yoursong The Same Sky is still very much in my mind, I remember yourwords to me when we became friends on MySpace - We live under thesame sky, we should all live in peace. It's a wishful thinking but weshould all work for it." - Ami;"yourvoice and songs are stunning" - Amber;"yourwork is fantastic! Hope to catch you live soon." - wollstoncraft