Lemmie Battles You're Looking At A Miracle CD

' His songs are 'startlingly direct and straightforwardly catchy (Metroland).

' He has been a presence on the Capital Region music scene for years and has garnered both local and national attention. He has performed at Caffe Lena, Red Square, Valentine's, Union College, and Columbia University, among other locations. His songs are often featured on WEXT, WRPI, WEQX, and numerous Internet radio stations. His album Landlocked was ranked as one of the top 10 albums of 2007 by OutVoice, a national chart of releases by LGBT musicians. In his latest recording, the 2009 EP Such Noble Men, James delves into the political as well as the personal, tackling topics ranging from gay marriage ('Sunset') to gun control ('With All Due Respect to Mister Heston') to the grief of a loved one ('Kilcrease Road'). In the clever 'Boombox,' a radio‐friendly melody contrasts with images of a defunct relationship. James mourns the past with the line, 'Of all the ones that slipped through my fingers / the hardest to hold was you.

' 'Indian Giver,' a bass and drum‐driven rocker, explores America's history of westward expansion. The track gives the EP its title with the line 'And now we're living in the shadow of such noble men / Those slave‐driving, genociding, European kin.

' In the refrain, James declares, 'Freedom is in the eye, you see / And Mt. Rushmore is looking down on me.