World blues music, drawing inspiration from virtually every corner of the globe. Passionate and original sounds on Weissenborn, Tricone and a wide range of other instruments.
Self-taught multi-instrumentalist, in love with slide guitars, deep groove, rhythm and open tunings, Jim is exploring with his heart the multiple sides of his favorite instruments. He is playing mainly slide guitar (National Tricone Chaturnagui - Hindustani 22 strings slide guitar- and Hawaiian Weissenborn lap slide guitar), but also sings and plays charango, ukulele, mandolin, epinette des vosges, 6- and 12-string rhythm guitar, n'goni and kora.
Jim is drawing inspiration from a diverse field of cultures to create new musical emotions with stringed instruments. Jim is influenced by every rhythm from each country or continent.
Jim is working on a new World Music album project for 2008 : listen to "Dreamland", a musical piece played on National Tricone guitars, Weissenborn hawaiian lap slide guitar and charango, every sounds are made with guitars ! Stay connected for more informations !
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Jim has played his World Music on stages of Sweden, Norway, Csech Republic, France and Germany ; and also streets of Germany, Luxembourg, Belgium and France
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VIDEO ! An improvised song played during a radio showVIDEO ! A new composition played on Weissenborn lap slide guitar called "Lights". The tuning allowed me to have a drone effect like the indian tampura
VIDEO ! Here's the live version of "Hey Mother Earth" played on my National Reso-Phonic Tricone guitar. This is a live performances from a radio show I've done with Fred Kinbom, set to footage partly from the radio studio, and partly from the stunningly beautiful landscape of Les Vosges, where we went after appearing on the show.