James Berg is jamesfromtheusa


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Lead Soles
Archie’s Cafe – February 26, 2023
Introduction by Westley Heine

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Trouble

FULL ALBUM ROUGHS

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Exodus

REFUGEE STORY

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Meridian

MY SIDE OF THE STORY

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James & James Go Camping
Episode Three of the Trilogy
Video by Hyland the Human — February 2022 — Chain O Lakes, IL

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Backpacking with James & James
Video by Hyland the Human — May 2021 — Sand Ridge, IL

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Snow Camping with James & James
Video by Hyland the Human — February 2021 — Chain O Lakes, IL

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“Rudyboy” at Rush Bar
Partial clip of original song — January 2020 — Paris, France

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“Shot in the Dark” — original song performed at Au Chat Noir
(composed in collaboration with Paul Priest)
Spoken Word Paris — July 2019 — Paris, France

Paris Lit Up at Culture Rapide — July 2019 — Paris, France

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WED NIGHT LIVE MUSIC

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“Toe to Toe” at The Workshop Brewery
Here:Say Storytelling — May 21, 2018 — Traverse City, MI

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“See My Face” — original song performed at Au Chat Noir
(composed in collaboration with Matt Robinson of Old Shoe)
Spoken Word Paris — July 2017 — Paris, France

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“Reunion” at The Workshop Brewery
Here:Say Storytelling — May 2017 — Traverse City, MI

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“Trouble” — feature set of original songs and stories at Le Bistrot des Artistes
Open Secret — August 2016 — Paris, France (Audio engineer: Paul Priest)

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“Trouble” — original song performed at Au Chat Noir
(composed in collaboration with Matt Robinson of Old Shoe)
Spoken Word Paris — July 2016 — Paris, France

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“House of Peace” — original song performed at Au Chat Noir
(Composed in collaboration with Paul Priest of Old Shoe)
Spoken Word Paris — July 2016 — Paris, France

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“Passport” — featured performance at InsideOut Gallery
Here: Say Storytelling — March 2016 — Traverse City, MI

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About

James Berg is a musician, writer, and teacher. Often collaborative, his songwriting has been produced by Americana folk/rock musicians and was included on Old Shoe’s Family, named by WXRT as best Chicago album of the year. He will begin releasing singles from his album Trouble this spring. His poetry, fiction, and nonfiction have been available in Paris at Shakespeare & Company bookshop through Spoken Word Paris and Paris Lit Up publications. James teaches college rhetoric, literature, grammar, composition, and creative writing, previously as English Coordinator at Art Institutes in Chicago and currently at the City Colleges of Chicago. James has an MA in Rhetoric and Composition Pedagogy from DePaul University and an MFA in Creative Writing from Northwestern University. He volunteers with Poems While You Wait to benefit Rose Metal Press, a literary publication based in Chicago. This spring, James will return to Paris for the first time since the pandemic, and from there he’s planning a trip to Vietnam.

Photo by Sabine Dundure