James Hurley

I checked into the motel in Roswell, NM a little while ago and asked the proprietor for a room well away from the highway. He graciously accommodated my request. I settle in to do some booking and online work and…

Crossing the desert between Arizona and New Mexico today I witnessed a strange thing. The clouds overhead were traveling in the same direction that I was, and at close to the same speed. So their shadows were traveling down the…

I'm in a motel room in Holbrook, AZ with a window facing the western sky. The Sun just set behind a layer of flat, dark clouds that seem to be following me as I travel East. The wind is coming…

As we approach the end of 2010 I'm looking back at what can only be called the best year yet where music in my life is concerned. Several tours through both the Southwest and Northwest. Music conferences where I heard…

Online music reviewer "Wildy" published a review of my album "Tempest in a teacup" today. The text is on the Press/Reviews page here at the website and you can also read it by clicking this link to Wildy's World.

Travels through New Mexico were amazing. Last time I was here some friends mentioned the town of Bisbee and said I should make it a point to go by there if I had a chance. Well, it didn't work out…

I got back from a short California coastal tour last night. With shows in Santa Barbara, Monterey, Watsonville, Cupertino, Stinson Beach, Paso Robles, and San Luis Obispo. Once again I was struck with how beautiful a piece of planet Earth…

Here's a link to the January 15th interview published in the The Ventura County Star.