Brandon James is a #Chicago #Illinois based #rnb #soul and #jazz #singer #songwriter #independent artist. His latest release "So Emotional" is currently making its way up the #SoundCloud #charts

“If folk-punk poetry had a name it would be Stephen Jaymes,” declared Kill the Music after he dropped three creatively explosive singles and music videos over the summer of 2023. It's now 2025 and SJ is about to drop his debut album, King Jaymes. A gifted multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, singer, and producer, Stephen is a self-contained artist. He might be described as Charles Bukowski ditching whiskey for psychedelic mushrooms while feverishly ingesting Rumi poetry and Phil Ochs records. He writes with a strutting, folk-punk sensibility, bringing to life dark realities in order to highlight, with literate and lacerating lyrics, the brightness underneath.

Stephen’s voice draws comparisons to Iggy Pop, Ian McCulloch, and Gordon Lightfoot. His musical style has been compared to Elvis Costello, Beck, and T Rex. His lyrical style is reminiscent of Nilsson, Phil Ochs, and Leonard Cohen.

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Benjamin Adair Murphy’s last album 'Let’s Make a King' was called “one of the most compelling albums of 2020” by the Folk Connection, and named one of the best albums of 2020 by multiple publications.  The Talk Tonight Blog in the UK has described Benjamin as "...possibly one of the best underground voices I’ve heard it a very long time.”

Benjamin fronted the NYC band the Blue Eighty Eights, and has recorded solo albums in Brooklyn, Rome, and Mexico City. He has written lyrics for Nanuchka, Roiki, Electro Morocco, the Monophonic Shooting Spree, and other artists.

​His music has appeared in the film Beckman (2020) - IMDb starring William Baldwin and Burt Young, and Revelation Road 2: The Sea of Glass and Fire (2013) - IMDb starring Eric Roberts and Ray Wise.

​His poetry and fiction have been published in Headline Poetry and Press, The Good Ear Review, Ophelia Street, Spare Change, and others. His plays have been produced in New York, Boston, Chicago, Carrboro NC, and Millersville University. His play Hinterland was produced Off-Off Broadway in 2009.

all im like to say is come take a ride with me. and see for youself.

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