Susan James

A singer/songwriter and guitarist, Susan James is known for solo material that is both idiosyncratic and timeless. With inspirations rooted in the 1960s and '70s pop of her native California, these qualities have won her comparisons to Joni Mitchell and led to tour support slots for artists as varied as Richard Thompson, Rufus Wainwright, and Stereolab. She released her solo debut album, Life Between Two Worlds, in 1990, following it with 1995's Shocking Pink Banana Seat, which featured X's D.J. Bonebrake on drums. The Replacements' Tommy Stinson contributed to 1998's Fantasti...