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Paul James is a British musician, composer and producer. Born 4th April 1957 in Shirley, Southampton, England. He joined the British band Blowzabella in December 1980. He plays soprano and alto saxophones, border bagpipes and other folk woodwinds including the bombard, tarota, gralla and tin whistle. He organised many of Blowzabella's albums, tours and festival appearances in Britain and abroad. Paul James formed the band Scarp (1991-1999) with French hurdy-gurdy player Patrick Bouffard and Irish accordion player Luke Daniels. His composition "Goatkiller" on the Scarp album was included in the top ten tracks from the 1990s voted for by listeners to the BBC Radio 3 contemporary music programme "Mixing It". In the early 1990s he presented three series of the BBC Radio 2 programme "Eurofolk in Concert" and was a judge on the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. Between 1999 and 2008 he was a member of two European folk music groups - Sigerico, with Maurizio Martiniotti, Roma singer Lucilla Galleazi, Jean Blanchard, Carlos Beceiro and others and Pau i Treva with Maurizio Martinotti, Catalan singers Jordi Fabregas and Toni Torregrossa, bassist Paco Pi and others. In 2009 he formed another European band, Evening Star with Luke Daniels, Patrick Bouffard, Carlos Beceiro, Victor Nicholls and Gigi Biolcati.

== Discography == Dr Cosgill. Douce Dame (single) (1979). Goat Bag Records. Blowzabella. Blowzabella (1982). Plant Life Records. Blowzabella. In Colour (1983). Plant Life Records. Blowzabella. Bobbityshooty (1984). Plant Life Records. Frankie Armstrong and Blowzabella. Tam Lin (1984). Plant Life Records. Blowzabella. Wall Of Sound (1986). Plant Life Records. Blowzabella. B to A of Blowzabella (1986). Plant Life Records. Ancient Beatbox (1987). Cooking Vinyl Records. Blowzabella. A Richer Dust (1988). Plant Life Records. Blowzabella. Pingha Frenzy (live on tour in Brazil) (1988). Some Bizzare Records. Blowzabella. Vanilla (1990). Special Delivery Records (Topic). Blowzabella. Compilation (1982-1990). Osmosys Records. Scarp. Scarp (1994). Arax Pan Global Records. Horse. Horse. (2001). EthnoSuoni. Pau I Treva (2006). EthnoSuoni. Blowzabella. Octomento (2007). Blowabella1. Blowzabella. Dance (2010). Blowzabella2.

Compositions
Paul James has composed many tunes, some of which have been recorded by other artists in Britain and Europe. Some have also passed into the music session repertoire. His compositions include: Horizonto The White Rose Shave the Monkey Goatkiller Magaloufou

Books
Paul James contributed tunes, a foreward, compiled the history of the band and a biographical essay for:
 * Blowzabella - New Tunes for Dancing (by Andy Cutting, Nigel Eaton, Jo Freya, Paul James, Ian Luff, Cliff Stapleton, David Shepherd, Jon Swayne), Blowzabella, Glastonbury (2004) ISBN 0-9549013-0-4