James Tristan Redding is a British-American songwriter, author, narrator, and multi-instrumentalist. James has written over a thousand songs, released 12 studio albums, served as a session musician on drums, bass, guitar, and keys for groups in the USA and Europe, and had his songs recorded by Sarah Harralson, Dan Whitehouse, Eli Alger, David Easterling, and Emma Gale, among others.
Redding has written and/or shared the stage with Rodney Crowell, Chris Gantry, Victor DeLorenzo of Violent Femmes, Jim Lauderdale, Jelly Roll, John Lomax III, James Hall & Pleasure Club, John Sieger, Peter Mulvey, Bartley Pursley, Mark Narmore, Rob Stanley, Steve Dean, Elliott Park, Kent Blazy, Cadillac Bob Homles, Janis & Rick Carnes, Tom Ghent, Milton Blackford, Davis Raines, Pete & Pat Luboff, Hannah Fairlight, Susan Cowsill & The Cowsills, Thayer Sarrano, Cary Hudson & Blue Mountain, Mosquitos, Drums & Tuba, Mike Hoffmann of EIEIO & Carnival Strippers, The Why Store, Buddahead, Ophira Eisenberg, Subhah Agarwal, Kevin Avery, W. Kamau Bell, and Hari Kondabolu, among others.
Both photos, above and right, courtesy of the supremely talented Randy A. Reed.
