Valley James
about the artist
Brought up in the high desert, Valley James was raised by the golden hills behind her childhood home in Star, Idaho. There she rode horses through fields of cheatgrass and sagebrush, unknowingly searching for something beyond the confines of her life. It wasn't until after a failed marriage at age twenty-two, that James pawned her wedding ring for a black telecaster and discovered music as her lifeblood. James' art can be described as dark, alluring, and heartbreaking. Influenced by artists like Patsy Cline, Chris Isaak, and Gillian Welch, James brings an ethereal quality distinctly her own. Her debut record, set…
MoreBrought up in the high desert, Valley James was raised by the golden hills behind her childhood home in Star, Idaho. There she rode horses through fields of cheatgrass and sagebrush, unknowingly searching for something beyond the confines of her life. It wasn't until after a failed marriage at age twenty-two, that James pawned her wedding ring for a black telecaster and discovered music as her lifeblood. James' art can be described as dark, alluring, and heartbreaking. Influenced by artists like Patsy Cline, Chris Isaak, and Gillian Welch, James brings an ethereal quality distinctly her own. Her debut record, set to release October 2024, will take listeners into the depths of transgenerational trauma and James' personal journey from girl to woman and hopelessness to meaning.