James Fox is an artist that does not follow your typical rulebook. Having spent most of his life within the music industry, James first stepped into the public limelight on BBC’s Fame Academy back in 2003. Bringing you up to speed, James has had an impressive career to date, with two Top 20 UK singles to date, representing the UK at the Eurovision Song Contest, four West End and Broadway lead roles and being awarded a Civilian Service Medal for his work entertaining the armed Forces in Afghanistan. Now returning with his impressive album, “All The Fours” channels influence from rock, country, blues and even folk. Written, performed and produced by James himself, James plays every instrument on the albums beside drums, which were played by his long-term friend Mike Sorrentino in Long Island, NYC.
Chatting about the new album, James mentions, “This album was written during a year that most of us were forced to stop. I rediscovered music again and started writing songs for the first time in years. The songs needed to come out, it felt like it was writing itself from time to time. I started getting very reflective and sifting through my past for the first time. It was therapeutic in many ways but also exhausting, upsetting and difficult. I have been as honest as I can possibly be with the lyrics on this album and have talked about everything from my issues with gambling, loss of family, friends, the music business, my own demons and fears, right though to hope, finding new and real love and happiness and everything that was in between.
My career has been very diverse and I’ve been lucky to have had many amazing opportunities and experiences. Writing and recording this album, by myself during a pandemic at home, is what I’m most proud of. I didn’t think I was capable of it if I’m honest, so there’s a massive sense of achievement. I was very lucky to have the equipment at home to enable me to get this done with the help of a few friends remotely that mixed the album. I’m putting myself out there with total honesty for the first time. It’s dedicated to my good friends Susan and Russ, who are sadly no longer with us but I could not have done this without them. This album is a snapshot of time that I’ve managed to capture. It’s about me, my life so far
all 44 years of it. I hope people enjoy the journey!””
“All the Fours” is out now, and is a real experience with an optimistic nature.
