KWMR Presents Possessed by Paul James
Konrad Wert is a teacher by day, but when he plays his country-folk songs for fans in his home of Austin, Texas and elsewhere, he goes by the moniker Possessed By Paul James. In truth, "Paul James" is a fiction, a combination of the names of Wert's father and grandfather. Those who have seen him perform, however, would agree he seems possessed by something.
Wert has been making music professionally since 2006, and is often what amounts to a one-man band, playing banjo, fiddle and guitar and stomping his foot for percussion. What he sings in performance, he says, may or may not reflect the way a song was originally written.
"The mix of roots and emotional electricity at a Possessed by Paul James show is akin to a live electric socket missing its cover as stripped wires spark with flickers of enthralling danger."
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