Naming James
Long time resident of musical obscurity, Jamie Acheson, has been creeping into hearts as one of
South Africa’s most beloved writers of foot-tapping melodies and soul stirring songs.
He has been jestering on stages small, medium and large around the country over the
span of two full-length, and independently released albums, ‘The Butcher’s Knife’, in 2012 and
‘Into The Night’ from 2014. A versatile sage of the stage who has played, raged and toured here,
there and everywhere with a line-up as a big band and also a little band, is focusing the evolution
of Naming James into mostly solo performance, but not limited to having the odd guest or two.
This choice of fresh direction is to allow the offering of brand new songs an opportunity to
breathe and fulfill the promise of being some of his most imaginative songs yet…
MixFM interview
We asked our listeners to contribute lyrics to a song about Jozi - and then we challenged Naming James to write the song
Bury My Bones in Jo'burg
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