James Low

Portland singer/songwriter James Low spins stirring, often pensive country- and pop-inflected narratives that warrant comparison to immediate predecessors like Richard Buckner, while bearing the unmistakable influence of such vaunted troubadours as Townes Van Zandt and Guy Clark. Low released his debut album, Mexiquita, in 2000. He was raised in the Eastern Oregon timber town of John Day. His grandfather and father were songwriters as well, having penned show tunes and folk songs, respectively. Low first began playing music in public while a student at the since-defunct, Quake...