CROWN OF ROSES

About CROWN OF ROSES

CROWN OF ROSES BIOGRAPHY
Crown of Roses are an American soft- rock, acoustic, folk, indie band,formed in Philadelphia in 1994. The band released their Debut album, First Water on August 29, 1994. The album was a Self-Issued EP. The Crown of Roses founding members,
James Anthony Jampo, who does most of the writing/composing/acoustic &electric guitars/piano/vocals and William David Jampo, multi-instrumentalist, piano/zither/bass /vocals/cello-midi/keys/drums/programming/engineering/mixing, etc., James&William, also known as the heart&soul and mercy&justice of the band, Crown of Roses( identical twin brothers). The Crown of Roses sound- melodic, eclectic, harmonics,
and resonates a commercial ,alternative, inspirational light-rock sound. Released in 2000,
Second Taste has been one of the band’s top most popular albums. It is a double CD containing 24 tracks, recorded at four different recording studios. There has been international charting
singles from the LP. The much acclaimed single, “Precious Blood”, has had popularity on
Radio-Stations in Nashville, TN, IAC Independent Artist Company, MI, Internet Superstores, such as Rhapsody, iTunes, and EMusic, and in Africa on many Internet Radio Stations. “There Will Come a Day”, was #12 in Belgium, for February 2005 on the Playlist Radio Eagle
107.9FM Report. Also, the single, “In Every Moment”, AKA, “Holy Wounds”, was released
With Canadian/American Records. In Australia, it hit #4 on the ISON Radio International Network Playlist Report, and it remained on the Australian charts for the entire year of 2006. It also was given a Pre-Grammy Nomination for Best Gospel Song of the year. The band then
went back into the studio, in 2007, to record an experimental album with Producer, Joseph
Sturges. The album was an EP, called Fourth Journey, during the beginning of the Digital Era. Throughout the year of 2013 to 2015, Crown of Roses has been getting a lot of attention at
many Internet Radio Stations such as iHeartRadio, Radio, Shazam, Mix Radio, and Jango FM.

Crown of Roses is an incredible live band and has always enjoyed playing to big audiences.
They have mostly toured the east coast, USA in such states as New York, Maryland, New
Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware. Also, in tourist cities of Pennsylvania, such as, Philadelphia,
Gettysburg, Easton, Dushore, Quakertown, Williamsport, Allentown, and Bethlehem, Them
fans have always expressed such good feelings after hearing COR perform. Their 2005-2009 Café/Coffeehouse Tour was a big success. It was in support and promotion for their 2010-
2011, Crown of Roses, Third Sign LP album release. The Tour took the band in Central and Southern New York, all through Northeastern Pennsylvania, Endless Mountains of
Pennsylvania, and parts of New Jersey, United States. The Tour was a very intimate and personal with their many loyal fans, with Tour dates being standing room only. During the Café/Coffee House Tour, Crown of Roses really enjoyed the acoustic unplugged venues, as well as the larger Café
Concert - venues. The Third Sign LP has done rather well on the UK indie circuit and in the States, with different release of singles. Official released Singles have been, “Snowbound”
and “Live Again”, released World-Wide by Canpult/Tune Core/Golden Swan Records, and
“Reasons” and “By Your Side”, Re- released in 2013 by Spolar Records/Acquinas Publishing, BMI, with Legally Loaded. All four of these singles are from the band’s Sixth studio album,
Third Sign, which has 16 tracks and is a spiritual journey with a unique mix of song styles
ballads, light-rock, and melodies that will inspire and lift you up. The band’s Holiday
release has been the Crown of Roses, Eighth Lenten EP. Released on March 4, 2014 by
Golden Swan Records, (available only digitally), an Easter time album of original songs from
the Holy days and events of Easter; a light-rock musical reflection for all. The Digital Release features the cousins of the Jampo brothers, Nick Vinci, keyboards & woodwinds and Lenny
Vinci, drums, who have recorded and co-wrote with Crown of Roses on several big album
projects. Crown of Roses has been working with several new Producer’s, Ben Chew and Michael Glines. The band looks forward to taking their music to greater level of appreciation in the future, with the two follow-up new album releases, Ben Chew’s exciting dance alternative/pop/rock 2016 EP, First Rose and Michael Glines, most recent acoustic/folk/inspirational/rock, 2019 LP, Shades of Blue, the band’s 8th studio album, with a official Single, “My Flower”, released in 2020 by Canadian American International Records, Ball Into Fall New Radio Singles. Both recent releases are the best musicianship, harmonies, producing, and co-writing
The band has ever done, so far. With strong drumming and piano, Philip Jampo, sturdy guitars, JayCreed, and consistent bass, William David Jampo, smooth percussion, Timothy Bennett, and steady vocals of twin brother, James Anthony Jampo.

Another successful Single , “World In The City” (3/song),, in 2018, distributed by Ditto Music, Liverpool, United Kingdom and mastered by the acclaimed
Pete Maher, London, United Kingdom. Crown of Roses has been touring again regionally, for 2019-2021 years performing acoustic/folk-unplugged shows featuring much of their new material from Shades of Blue and the forthcoming 2022 World In The City LP.

Radio Stations such as, Unisoul Radio Network ,KB Radio-Canada ,Radio-WIGWAM,Cardiff,United Kingdom, AOL Radio (powered by Slacker), Jango, KAZ Radio, and iHeartRadio, etc. . Have been giving Crown of Roses great Radio-Airplay.
Crown of Roses is Jay Creed-Lead
Electric Guitars and Backing Vocals, Philip Jampo-Drums and Piano, James Anthony Jampo-
Vocals, Electric and Acoustic Guitars, and Piano, Timothy Bennett-Canjen and Percussion,
William David Jampo-Vocals, Bass, Zither, Cellos (midi), Piano, and additional Drums. Fans
can check out Crown of Roses Catalog of CD and Digital album releases on most of your
Online Platform Superstores such as ,Pandora, Deezer, Music Hall, Apple Music ,KKBOX, Daddy Kool Records, Sound Cloud, The Orchard, Spotify, YouTube,, Google Play, Amazon, iTunes ,Bandcamp. 7Digital, CdUniverse, and CDbaby. Also, in the United Kingdom at LastFM and For additional information updates, news, touring, photos, etc. find Crown of Roses @ ReverbNation , NumberOneMusic, MySpace, Twitter, Facebook, William David Jampo/Linkedin, IAC-independent artist company
Also see their Official Web-Page at (expired link), (expired link), and (expired link). For the Full Discography of the band’s LP albumreleases, EP album releases, Single releases, and Forthcoming new album Releases, go to (expired link).