DARRIN JAMES BAND & BRIDGE STREET RECORDS

In 2003, frustrated with the music industry, Darrin James Greenawalt, decided to take his music career into his own hands. He invested in variety of high-quality microphones and preamps and a powerful recording system that would allow him to make professional sounding recordings of his growing repertoire of orginal music.

With an ever increasing roster of New York's most exciting musicians and a loft space on Bridge Street in DUMBO, Brooklyn, Darrin set to work on what would become the debut full lenth album for his orginal roots-rock project, Darrin James Band. Three years later Bridge Street Records released Thrones of Gold to wide critical acclaim. One song, "Crazy World" featured prominently on the hit Emmy-nominated series, "Deadliest Catch," earning James and Bridge Street Records their first music licensing and publishing revenue.

In 2009 Darrin James Band completed a 2nd full length album, The Lovely Ugly Truth, and released it through Bridge Street Records. With his band, he toured the U.S. gaining fans along the way. The follow up album again received a positive response from critics and fans earning Darrin James and Bridge Street Records a reputation for consistently eclectic, soulful, and quality recordings.

"Brooklyn singer-songwriter Darrin James touches on Robbie Robertson’s gruff soulfulness, Tom Waits’s vaudevillian menace and Paul Westerberg’s ramshackle charm in the bluesy rockers on his debut album, Thrones of Gold. James has a knack for perceptive lyrics and memorable tunes; his crack band supplies the laid-back grooves. " - Time Out New York

"The band has a solid organic sound throughout, an impressive credential considering the scope includes everything from gospel and murder ballads to primal rock and country blues. Some stinging guitar, subtle strings, and a great use of the horn section helps grab your attention from track to track. A very nice surprise." - Pop Matters