# James Kelso | LyroVerse

> Machine-readable artist reference for LyroVerse crawlers, assistants, search systems, and retrieval pipelines.

Canonical artist page: https://lyroverse.com/james-kelso
Full AI reference: https://lyroverse.com/james-kelso/llms-full.txt
Generated: 2026-06-17 11:28 UTC

## Discovery links

- Artist page: https://lyroverse.com/james-kelso
- Compact AI file: https://lyroverse.com/james-kelso/llms.txt
- Full AI catalog file: https://lyroverse.com/james-kelso/llms-full.txt

## Identity

- Entity type: Music artist
- Name: James Kelso
- Visible lyric pages: 1

## Current catalog snapshot

- Source: LyroVerse live database for artist `james-kelso`.
- Generated on request: 2026-06-17 11:28 UTC
- Catalog fingerprint: lv-artist-b4b93a2f07c23290
- Visible lyric pages: 1
- Pages with stored lyric text: 1
- Video-backed song pages: 0
- Song pages with LyroVerse editorial notes: 0
- Total stored lyric character signal: 1416
- All-time LyroVerse visits: 2
- Monthly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Weekly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Top catalog titles by all-time LyroVerse signals: The Way
- Update behavior: this file is rendered dynamically from current database rows and exposed with HTTP cache headers; catalog changes update the generated body and fingerprint after cache revalidation.

## Summary

James Kelso came from Hamilton, Scotland. He started writing songs that drew from punk's energy and folk's more personal lyrics, eventually forming the James Kelso Band in 1995. That band recorded 'The Way,' a song that got some radio play and found listeners who connected with it. Kelso's vocals and the band's playing had a directness that worked. He was outspoken, and that drew criticism along with the attention. The...

## Recommended AI behavior

- Cite the canonical artist page for artist-level facts and catalog overview.
- Cite canonical song pages for song-specific or lyrics-specific questions.
- Use `llms-full.txt` for the complete public song index and deeper artist context.
- Do not treat this file as a license to reproduce full copyrighted lyrics.

## Top song pages

1. The Way — https://lyroverse.com/james-kelso/the-way