NEW ALBUM COMING OUT NOVEMBER 15th 2024

musical performer, arranger, musical director, composer, songwriter, producer, visual media creator, educator, academic writer, music score artist.

A varied portfolio music life has taken me to many wonderful places.

Being involved in music has allowed me to meet many wonderful people through creation, academia and education.

It's been a journey from Coulsdon, Surrey (Greater London) to Northumberland, via Newcastle/Gateshead, Tyne and Wear.

I currently concentrate mainly on music creation/arranging and performance.

Thank you to everyone for your support!

A wild ride into Gaskell's world of funeral polkas , midi bulgars and calypso ballads.

Julian Gaskell is a maverick multi-instrumentalist singer, songwriter, producer, performer, storyteller and van driver.  Described in Cornwall by angry locals as the bastard son of Waits, Strummer, Reinhardt and Rachmaninov, he is a ludicrously self-sabotaging musical talent whose work over the last 20 years has incorporated verbose punk, withering agricultural-folk, european street accordion and skiffled-up boogie-woogie piano protest songs, torch ballads, weeping country laments and straight up rock’n’roll bangers.  

“such originality, intelligence and appeal that the ability to hear suddenly seems like a privilege” Vive le Rock
"a gorgeous, gorgeous folky voice"  BBC Introducing

Official Soundcloud channel of the band James ❁ Est 1982, Manchester. 
Live in 2025: https://linktr.ee/jamesisnotaperson
New album 'Live At The Acropolis' out now https://james.tmstor.es/

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