James: Farewell Transmission
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Many thanks to James for his time, talent and vulnerability this week. You can check out James' music on his Bandcamp page or by watching the video that he and his landlord (!) made for All of Arkansas the lead single on his most recent album Stars Blue Wheel. You can also follow him on the socials. As you may have gathered from Katie's review this week, Songs: Ohia is a band in pretty heavy rotation here at TVK HQ. Accordingly, when James proposed a story based on Farewell Transmission I was pretty excited. If you were listening closely, I used brief clips of two versions of the song in this week's episode. The album version and the demo which is all the more lovely for having been, seemingly recorded outside with the birds and cicadas playing their part. As always, I'd encourage you to listen to the whole song either before or after you listen to the show and if you, like me, end up falling hard for Jason Molina's work you might want to listen to Didn't it Rain , The Lioness (which has, for my money, one of the sexiest choruses ever recorded) or maybe this acoustic version of Hold On Magnolia which has stopped my heart more than once during the production of this week's show. Such a great talent, taken too soon. As always, you can get in touch with The Volume Knob on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook or at our website volumeknob.net. Do you have a story about the song that saved your life? Send it to me at [email protected].
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Sometimes the relationships that define your life are the ones you have to walk away from. At one time, James was in love with Katherine. She was his musical teacher and mentor; a wild, intense and unpredictable inspiration. In time, though, the same intensity that made her such a compelling artist pushed James away and left Katherine swimming alone. James' story is about artistic inspiration and the fragility of beauty sound tracked to Songs: Ohia's fantastic Farewell Transmission.
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