Contemporary folk, with West Virginia roots.

Details

Contents

#		Title	Length	Sample
1		Searching For Angels	4:25
2		Judgement Day	3:13
3		The Pigeon Song	2:34
4		The Man in the Street	4:05
5		The Sun and the Wind	4:12
6		Avoca By Night	2:50
7		Radio	2:57
8		Little Pills	4:00
9		The Sapling	4:20
10		Lifedance	4:28
11		Trees	2:35
12		The Dream	1:48

Items may also be purchased individually.

Royalties

See the payment distribution when this media is bought.

Description	Amount
Bitmunk Marketplace Service	USD $0.98
CD Baby Artist Royalty	USD $5.97
CD Baby 9% Digital Distribution Cost	USD $0.54
Bitmunk WebBuy Service	USD $0.60
Bitmunk MicroPayment Service	USD $0.03
Total	USD $8.11

Bitmunk uses a micropayment system that is accurate to 7 monetary digits. Mouse over an individual amount to see its exact value.

Description

Biography

Born and raised in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains in West Virginia, Jim has developed an acoustic musical style rooted firmly in folk music, with lyrics that look to the future. He began writing his own songs in 1989 after a hitch in the Marine Corps, graduate school in physics, and a career in medical physics and aerospace. In 2001 Jim in his family returned to the West Virginia Hills and currently live in Morgantown.

Jim's roots are Appalachian music with influences by Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, and Butch Hancock (and more).

Jim is at home whether performing on the main stage at a national festival, on a picket line or in a coffeehouse. Jim also puts much of his effort into performing benefits for a variety of organizations, from grass roots groups helping the homeless, fighting Muscular Dystrophy, helping Earthsave LA, the Tree People, Wake-Up LA and many others. Jim has opened for John Denver with the Planet Players at the Windstar Conference in Aspen Colorado.

For eight consecutive years Jim has performed on the main stage and hosted songwriting workshops at the Traditional Music Festival in Avoca, Iowa. Also for the past seven years, he has traveled to Texas and played around campfires at the Kerrville Folk Festival, and has been invited to perform at the 1999 festival. Jim's songs are weaving their way into the fabric of American folk music, on radio, and at festivals and venues from Alaska to the Caribbean, Europe and Australia.

Recordings

Jim's newest recording, released in February 2002 is titled "Don't Let the World Get You Down". His first CD titled "The Man in the Street" was released February of 1998. Earlier recordings included a self produced cassette, and a release on Prairie records titled "Avoca by Night". Jim was a regular on "Malibu Folk", a syndicated radio show hosted by the late Brian May, and has been featured nationally on "River City Folk", a one hour music and interview program on the NPR. Fast Folk Records included Jim's song "Avoca by Night" on their Los Angeles 1993 CD.