Julie Hamill - Boogaloo Radio, UK:
« wooo hold on there a minute Berry - are you the love child of Johnny Cash and Neil Diamond? I think so. Great voice! «
Bubblegum Slut/ UK:
« A paradoxical mix of a Yorkshire man’s Northern bluntness that tells it like it is and a “continental poetic tongue which educates and stirs…! «
Stylus mag/ Canada:
« Berry has a keen intellect, a disdain for those buffered from reality, and an internalised anger that fuels the vitriol in every adjective. It is real life undecorated, and smoulders like the everyday pressures. Clean glass please, and leave the bottle! »
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In the 80s he was guitarist & a founding member of Rock/Goth band, The Rose of Avalanche. Eventually, enough was enough and broke-up the band in the 90s to embark on a solo career under his own name. He played in every possible venue in the UK, Europe and even made a few trips across to North America.
Memorable solo support slots: Townes Van Zandt, Frank Black, David Bowie, Kevin Coyne, Calexico, Vic Chestnutt, The Cranberries, Charlie Harper, Nico, Theatre of Hate, Nikki Sudden, Mike Peters, etc…
Paul James Berry isn't your average singer songwriter. In concert, prepare to strap in and experience his incendiary delivery of stories from a life well endured/lived. His delivery style is a curious mix of humour, and can quite happily talk and debate with the audience for ages, and then he just plays a beautiful original song.
Paul James Berry isn't your average singer songwriter. In concert, prepare to strap in and experience his incendiary delivery of beautiful original songs from a life well endured/lived. His delivery style is a curious mix of humour, grit, tenacity & gruffness - you get the idea….
Facts:
- 4 solo albums (PJB, Ginnel, Nations and Spitfire Jukebox 1)
- What does he sound like? Damien Rice, Neil Young, Neil Diamond - PAUL JAMES BERRY
- Born and raised in Leeds/Yorkshire.