WE GET BY

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While we all may be inside hiding from the heat, Jamie Webster’s new album We Get By is sure to immediately transport you to a festival field that 2020 has harshly ripped from beneath our feet… The first reaction to this 24-year-old singer-songwriter is that Gerry Cinnamon has found his scouse counterpart. Similar to Cinnamon, Webster tells the story of the working class people describing not only the struggles but the glory of the lifestyle that a lot of our nation are living. You mentioned ‘Lovers In The Supermarket’. Did anyone in particular inspire the old lovers you sing about in that song? I’m proud I’ve done this myself, that I’ve not had anyone in the industry do it for me. I’m confident I’d clean up if I did.

Billy Bragg invites Yard Act, Jame Webster to Glastonbury's Left Field Stage | Live4ever Media". 3 May 2022 . Retrieved 3 May 2022. I’m not going to comment on the antisemitism claims around Jeremy Corbyn. What’s definite is how he got so many young people onside. For the first time in my generation, a leader was speaking the truth. I’m sure Starmer is a nice guy, but as a Labour leader representing young people having to live through this shitshow of a government, he’s just not taking any fight to the Tories.” a b "we get by | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". officialcharts.com . Retrieved 23 July 2021. The long-awaited album We Get By is finally here and it’s a stunner. The Liverpudlian artist perfectly captures his worldview across an album that is anthemic and ambitious. Emilia Bona (9 August 2020). "100 of the most influential people in the whole of Merseyside". Liverpool Echo . Retrieved 23 July 2021.

New artists often stumble after a successful debut album but Jamie Webster is going from strength to strength. If your looking for a change from grim ballads, seemingly empty love songs and vocals that one might say are whiny, he’s the guy to listen to. Jamie’s chirpy personality pervades throughout; it will cheer you through the winter months. Webster’s powerful vocals and lively songs with top quality arrangements are a breath of fresh air to the current crop of potential chart success searchers. Jamie’s upbeat and vibrant album blends political and social concerns in his lyrics and crafted highly-listenable tunes.

How Jamie Webster went from singing with thousands of Liverpool fans, to singing in front of them". The Guide Liverpool. 13 February 2020 . Retrieved 23 July 2021.If it goes the way it can, it’ll be a gig for the ages. I’ve just played to 26,000 people at Liverpool Pier Head, but that show could be the biggest sense of community I’ve ever felt. It could be a night where 40,000 people feel like we’re making a change in the world, that we’re on the cusp of something special. That’s what I want. Well, that and for everyone to have a boss time singing and dancing.” Does it feel extra special that you’ve got this far with little support from the mainstream? Allez Allez Allez': How Liverpool balladeer Jamie Webster found his place in India". indianexpress.com. 14 March 2020 . Retrieved 23 July 2021. Better still to square the Liverpudlian and former electrician in the folk tradition, but only because he chooses the least complicated ways to connect with people; a strummed guitar, some welcoming chords and a proudly accented voice, basic tools made good by joy and artistry. Whatever the story, there’s much of the past in his music, a conscious anachronism in an era when the present is constantly trying to erase itself.

But following this in the album is the other song battling for my top spot which is This Place. This song is filled with nostalgia and appreciation for your home town. It is a tribute to your place of origin no matter the listener. It has similar origins to Diamonds in the Mud by Gerry Cinnamon but without the specifics towards the certain place. Webster describes the city as his heart and it reminds the listener of the impact your home town can have on a person. If people in the industry did amplify my message, I know the working-class population would get behind me if they heard my songs. More people would believe they could change their circumstances, and that’s important.” Why do you think the industry is slow to support working class success stories like you, The Lottery Winners, The Reytons and Louis Dunford? Jamie is unashamedly trying to create a new sound which is original, distinctive and a cut above the rest. North End Kid begins withsimplecheery vocals and guitar strumming cheerily and then….. wallop… in come strings and keyboards lifting up the sound magnificently. Me and my fiancée, Rachel, have a thing about old couples when we’re out. We go: ‘That’ll be us when we’re older.’ Just when I was struggling for lyrics for that song, Rachel texted me a photo of a couple sharing a basket in Tesco.Inside Liverpool's Champions League final party with Jurgen Klopp, Pep Lijnders and Joe Gomez". Liverpool Echo. 13 February 2020 . Retrieved 23 July 2021. Curran, Shaun (29 October 2020). " 'Who is Jamie Webster?': the Liverpool hero who topped the first folk chart | Folk music". The Guardian . Retrieved 23 July 2021. Jamie Webster tops the first Official Folk Albums Chart". officialcharts.com . Retrieved 23 July 2021. British certifications – Weekend In Paradise". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 14 May 2023. Jamie Webster interview: On Liverpool and how 'Allez, Allez, Allez' changed his life". inews.co.uk. 16 April 2019 . Retrieved 23 July 2021.

After this long in power, how could anyone say the Tories are the answer? Literally any government that isn’t this one has to be the lesser of two evils. I’m not saying Keir Starmer is definitely the answer, but maybe we need to go with him to get Labour in. They could sort out the rest once they’re in. Jamie Webster secures No.1 in inaugural Official Folk Albums Chart | Talent". Music Week . Retrieved 23 July 2021.Webster joins the Scottish grassroots sensation Gerry Cinnamon in expanding traditional definitions of folk. (In his covers era, Webster used to perform Cinnamon’s material.) Mark Radcliffe, presenter of BBC Radio 2’s The Folk show, says: “Arguments about what is and isn’t folk are not a new thing. There are always those that want to protect the old traditions. But it’s a broad genre, and Jamie has shown folk can be a very independent endeavour. The idea of traditional folk can sometimes put people off, as it can be a hard listen. He’s making it accessible to people who probably never thought of themselves as folk fans.”