James Hersch

About Me

Singer Songwriter, Minnesota, USA

I live on a piece of prairie. I'm passionate and dedicated to writing songs with the hope of singing them for people. I will continue with both ends of that process. Create then hope. It's here I write songs, and here I wait to sing them for others.

Listen to (or purchase) songs on Bandcamp, Apple Music, Pandora, Spotify, Amazon Music; or reach out to me and I'll send you a CD or some sound files.

See more about my work:


2009 and 2012 52 Songs in 52 Weeks Projects

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Cows, Bugs and Aardvarks - Noisy Songwriting with kids

I recorded a group of songs in the summer of 2021, some written for my concerts with storyteller Kevin Kling. I've put them out on the usual streaming services, as one does now.

I'm also often a singer to kids in school these days, and my residencies lead them to look me up. And so... the algorithms used by Spotify, Apple Music and Amazon Music (among others) lands me in the Children's Music category. My work with kids, which I've loved, has the squirts seeking me online, which leads services to recommend children's music for James Hersch listeners, ignoring the majority of my songs. I wish they would point you to the songs more suited to those of us over the age of,oh let's say, 10.


Regardless, please come find me and listen to (or purchase) songs on Bandcamp, Apple Music, Pandora, Spotify, Amazon Music, YouTube; or reach out to me and I'll send you some sound files or even an old school CD.

  • jameshersch (2021)

  • Past releases (1991-2018)


    Hear/buy all my music (still under my name) at Bandcamp

  • Calendar


      September 7 6:00 pm w/ Kevin Kling, Osseo, MN
      September 17 Outlaw Ranch Concert, Rapid City, SD
      September 23 Monroe Elementary, Brooklyn Park, MN
      September 24 Hope and Healing, Frederic, WI
      September 26-28 Oxbow Creek Elementary, Champlin, MN
      December 15 Monroe Elementary, Brooklyn Park, MN

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      2023

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      January 3-12 Turtle Lake Elementary, Shorewood, MN
      January 25 Lincoln Elementary, Anoka, MN
      January 26 Oxbow Creek Elementary, Champlin, MN
      Jan 30 - Feb 2 Dayton Elementary, Dayton, MN
      April 14 Performances w/ Kevin Kling, Dawson-Boyd Schools, MN
      April 15 Concert w/ Kevin Kling, Madison Mercantile, Madison, MN
      April 17 Turtle Lake Elementary, Shorewood, MN
      April 27 Dayton Elementary, Dayton, MN
      April 28 Concert for Outlaw Ranch, Augustana University, Sioux Falls, SD
      May 1-5 Wildwood Elementary, Mahtomedi, MN
      May 11 Lincoln Elementary, Anoka, MN
      June 1 Wildwood Elementary, Mahtomedi, MN


When the Pandemic kept me from performing live, I took to performing live from our porch.

80 livestreams kept my head in the game. You can view all of them here.

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