James Gedda (NEW ALBUM OUT!)
@jamesgedda.bsky.social
A vagabond dreamer, a rhymer and singer of songs. Playing anywhere between Chicago & Indy and always looking to reach out further.
NEW ALBUM: South of Mars is out now!
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NEW ALBUM: South of Mars is out now!
linktr.ee/jamesgedda
Put up a demo of a new original on my Patreon yesterday. You can hear it for $5 on top of the years of previously posted tracks and videos that are exclusive. Check it out if you're able at the link in my profile.
TONIGHT: Radius-Crown Point from 7-10
TONIGHT: Radius-Crown Point from 7-10
January 30, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Put up a demo of a new original on my Patreon yesterday. You can hear it for $5 on top of the years of previously posted tracks and videos that are exclusive. Check it out if you're able at the link in my profile.
TONIGHT: Radius-Crown Point from 7-10
TONIGHT: Radius-Crown Point from 7-10
Reposted by James Gedda (NEW ALBUM OUT!)
This song by @jamesgedda.bsky.social makes me happy. I keep thinking how cool it will be to wake up and see the obituary. I will buy the physical paper..
open.spotify.com/track/1uGZIq...
open.spotify.com/track/1uGZIq...
Obituary
open.spotify.com
January 29, 2026 at 9:20 PM
This song by @jamesgedda.bsky.social makes me happy. I keep thinking how cool it will be to wake up and see the obituary. I will buy the physical paper..
open.spotify.com/track/1uGZIq...
open.spotify.com/track/1uGZIq...
Maybe my busiest January for gigs ever, with a couple more stops this week!
WEDNESDAY: The Red Door 6-8
FRIDAY: Radius-Crown Point 7-10
My first two weekends of February are still wide open, so if you're in need of music anywhere in or around Chicagoland let me know!
WEDNESDAY: The Red Door 6-8
FRIDAY: Radius-Crown Point 7-10
My first two weekends of February are still wide open, so if you're in need of music anywhere in or around Chicagoland let me know!
January 26, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Maybe my busiest January for gigs ever, with a couple more stops this week!
WEDNESDAY: The Red Door 6-8
FRIDAY: Radius-Crown Point 7-10
My first two weekends of February are still wide open, so if you're in need of music anywhere in or around Chicagoland let me know!
WEDNESDAY: The Red Door 6-8
FRIDAY: Radius-Crown Point 7-10
My first two weekends of February are still wide open, so if you're in need of music anywhere in or around Chicagoland let me know!
Excited to get out of town for a few days and do some picking with my brother Matt Moran out in Kansas! If you're in the area for either of these shows, come join us!
January 21, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Excited to get out of town for a few days and do some picking with my brother Matt Moran out in Kansas! If you're in the area for either of these shows, come join us!
First stop of the weekend is the lovely August Hill Winery in Utica, IL! 3:30-6:30
January 16, 2026 at 8:48 PM
First stop of the weekend is the lovely August Hill Winery in Utica, IL! 3:30-6:30
I've been under the weather most of this week, but I'm feeling good and I'm ready for a busy weekend of work!
January 16, 2026 at 3:41 PM
I've been under the weather most of this week, but I'm feeling good and I'm ready for a busy weekend of work!
ACAB, all day every day. But ICE is so blatantly incompetent and actively malevolent that it's become something of a PR layup for standard issue shitty police departments.
January 12, 2026 at 4:33 PM
ACAB, all day every day. But ICE is so blatantly incompetent and actively malevolent that it's become something of a PR layup for standard issue shitty police departments.
If you use the word "illegals" to describe human beings, you're a piece of shit, your opinion is worth nothing, and the world would be a better place if you didn't wake up tomorrow.
January 11, 2026 at 4:51 AM
If you use the word "illegals" to describe human beings, you're a piece of shit, your opinion is worth nothing, and the world would be a better place if you didn't wake up tomorrow.
Here's where to find me this month! Gonna be putting in work!
TONIGHT: Aloft in South Bend, IN from 8-10 Eastern
SUNDAY: Anderson's Winery and Vineyard in Valparaiso, IN from 2-5
See y'all out there!
TONIGHT: Aloft in South Bend, IN from 8-10 Eastern
SUNDAY: Anderson's Winery and Vineyard in Valparaiso, IN from 2-5
See y'all out there!
January 9, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Here's where to find me this month! Gonna be putting in work!
TONIGHT: Aloft in South Bend, IN from 8-10 Eastern
SUNDAY: Anderson's Winery and Vineyard in Valparaiso, IN from 2-5
See y'all out there!
TONIGHT: Aloft in South Bend, IN from 8-10 Eastern
SUNDAY: Anderson's Winery and Vineyard in Valparaiso, IN from 2-5
See y'all out there!
Lifted weights for two hours then destroyed three chili cheese dogs because I contain multitudes
January 9, 2026 at 3:08 AM
Lifted weights for two hours then destroyed three chili cheese dogs because I contain multitudes
Thanks so much to Tom Lounges for naming South of Mars as #4 in his Top 10 Albums of 2025! High praise and kind words from a great friend and supporter.
January 8, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Thanks so much to Tom Lounges for naming South of Mars as #4 in his Top 10 Albums of 2025! High praise and kind words from a great friend and supporter.
TONIGHT! I'll be joining my friend Tom Lounges on Lakeshore Public Media to talk about South of Mars. Tune in if you can!
January 6, 2026 at 6:53 PM
TONIGHT! I'll be joining my friend Tom Lounges on Lakeshore Public Media to talk about South of Mars. Tune in if you can!
I've owned Hollow Knight on multiple platforms for years now and I'm kicking myself that it's taken me this long to really get into it.
January 5, 2026 at 12:28 AM
I've owned Hollow Knight on multiple platforms for years now and I'm kicking myself that it's taken me this long to really get into it.
It was a good year of gigs! Hopefully 2026 is even better! I'll be welcoming the new year picking and singing tomorrow night at the VFW in Dyer IN, so come join me if you can.
December 30, 2025 at 6:24 PM
It was a good year of gigs! Hopefully 2026 is even better! I'll be welcoming the new year picking and singing tomorrow night at the VFW in Dyer IN, so come join me if you can.
Got a new Dutch oven for Christmas. Breaking it in with chicken and dumplings.
December 30, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Got a new Dutch oven for Christmas. Breaking it in with chicken and dumplings.
This timeline is pretty rough obviously, but at least we don't live in a world where they made a feature film out of the Key & Peele substitute teacher sketch and I think we all need to be thankful for that.
December 28, 2025 at 6:43 AM
This timeline is pretty rough obviously, but at least we don't live in a world where they made a feature film out of the Key & Peele substitute teacher sketch and I think we all need to be thankful for that.
TONIGHT! Headed to Social 45 in Frankfort, IL to do some picking alongside my buddy @jasonbenefield.com from 7:30-10:30. See y'all there!
December 27, 2025 at 6:20 PM
TONIGHT! Headed to Social 45 in Frankfort, IL to do some picking alongside my buddy @jasonbenefield.com from 7:30-10:30. See y'all there!
I hope you and yours had a happy holiday! I know me and mine did. But it's back to work tonight at Broken Hearts in Chicago w/ The Big Breakfast! Doors at 8, $5 to get in! Come dance that Christmas dinner off!
December 26, 2025 at 5:21 PM
I hope you and yours had a happy holiday! I know me and mine did. But it's back to work tonight at Broken Hearts in Chicago w/ The Big Breakfast! Doors at 8, $5 to get in! Come dance that Christmas dinner off!
Reposted by James Gedda (NEW ALBUM OUT!)
Coming back downstairs to eat more after having to sleep for an hour in my childhood bed due to being a fat bastard:
a man wearing a black shirt that says austin 3:16 walks on a stage
ALT: a man wearing a black shirt that says austin 3:16 walks on a stage
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December 25, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Coming back downstairs to eat more after having to sleep for an hour in my childhood bed due to being a fat bastard:
TODAY! Headed into Chicago to pick and holler at Fuller's Pub from 5-7. See y'all there!
December 21, 2025 at 4:55 PM
TODAY! Headed into Chicago to pick and holler at Fuller's Pub from 5-7. See y'all there!
The best holiday song is "Holly, Carol, Candy & Joy" by JD McPherson and frankly no one talks about it enough.
December 19, 2025 at 7:14 PM
The best holiday song is "Holly, Carol, Candy & Joy" by JD McPherson and frankly no one talks about it enough.
CHICAGO FRIENDS! Bringing The Big Breakfast back to Broken Hearts Bar a week from tonight. Make plans to come join us and dance off that Christmas dinner.
December 19, 2025 at 6:34 PM
CHICAGO FRIENDS! Bringing The Big Breakfast back to Broken Hearts Bar a week from tonight. Make plans to come join us and dance off that Christmas dinner.
Missing warm weather, a busy schedule, and full band gigs! Going solo this weekend, though.
SATURDAY: Bennetts Pub & Play Lowell, IN 7-10
SUNDAY: Fuller's Pub Chicago, IL 5-7
See y'all out there!
SATURDAY: Bennetts Pub & Play Lowell, IN 7-10
SUNDAY: Fuller's Pub Chicago, IL 5-7
See y'all out there!
December 16, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Missing warm weather, a busy schedule, and full band gigs! Going solo this weekend, though.
SATURDAY: Bennetts Pub & Play Lowell, IN 7-10
SUNDAY: Fuller's Pub Chicago, IL 5-7
See y'all out there!
SATURDAY: Bennetts Pub & Play Lowell, IN 7-10
SUNDAY: Fuller's Pub Chicago, IL 5-7
See y'all out there!
South of Mars has been out 3 weeks! Thanks to everyone who's listened so far! Purchased CD copies will be in the mail soon. What's your favorite song on the album?
December 12, 2025 at 6:29 PM
South of Mars has been out 3 weeks! Thanks to everyone who's listened so far! Purchased CD copies will be in the mail soon. What's your favorite song on the album?
"How come you're not in Nashville, man?"
Oh, friend, it's because I like getting paid when I play a show.
Oh, friend, it's because I like getting paid when I play a show.
December 11, 2025 at 2:30 AM
"How come you're not in Nashville, man?"
Oh, friend, it's because I like getting paid when I play a show.
Oh, friend, it's because I like getting paid when I play a show.