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----------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------- CD BABY. COM is here for your ordering positive reviews posted to the site... thanks so much. From a CD Baby Review: "The haunting lyric quality of this CD grabs and holds you. From the first chords of THINGS I'VE ALWAYS KNOWN, you know you have found a gem in this CD. The haunting lyric quality of the selections sung with the artist's strong, yet gentle baritone gives a consistency throughout leaving you wanting more. From original Irish tunes to personal vignettes, this is a winner." ---Diana Lindsay, author and publisher E-reviews of concerts and albums: "Thanks for broadening my horizons with your latest CD. While I know a lot of Irish songs most of those songs were new to me. The ones that I had heard before were arranged so uniquely that they became almost new songs. Great job! Thanks for sending it and continued success. John " 3/10/09 Many thanks to John Philip Wyllie from the San Diego Troubadour for allowing me to post his private email comments on the new CD The Wild Rover. "I think your song Hippies is a masterwork, an epic." "He did a song called Shipwrecked last night... and it 'wrecked me..,' He introduced it by saying that it was inspired by some of Dylan's best story songs. Well I'm here to tell you it was right up there with them." --- Joe Rathburn, Folkey Monkey at Milano's "I was extremely taken with 'Shipwrecked.' What a great song. The imagery is so classic... The mark of a memorable song to me is the desire to learn it and sing it. This one is in that league." --- Paul Espinoza of Golden Bough “Your voice and style are fabulous. Not many voices can capture Leonard Cohen-like sweet and deep vibrations, but yours does in its own unique and delightful way. I find it hypnotizing in a way, takes me somewhere else. And, your lyrics are fun to think about too.” --JS in San Diego INCLUDE THESE CD RECORDINGS IN YOUR LIBRARY Please go to http://cdbaby.com/cd/hintonjim to order The Wild Rover featuring I'm a Rover, My Father Loves Nikita Kruschev, I Remember Erin and others. Things I've Always Known, featuring Hippies, Suburban Blues, Highway to Taos, Things I've Always Known, & more original --and a few traditional Irish too! For information on ordering the latest CDs and music downloads by Jim Hinton contact jim@jimhinton.com View Jim's Commentary on his compositions in Liner Notes, Song Lyrics, his Professional Biography, Notes from Friends (musicians and others who have reviewed the albums) and sample MP3s of new songs, and more... All songs, text, images, and photos are copyrighted by Jim Hinton 2006-2011 . Please do not reproduce without permission. Website design, logo, and photos by Cher Hinton--webmaster. |
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Folklorist and entertainer Jim Hinton explores the depths of Irish folksong and story. We will see how Ireland’s ancient poetic tradition, troubled history, and unrivaled wit have yielded a rich harvest of folksong and story. The classes will feature performances of songs and stories presented along with cultural and historic detail that will serve to enhance the listener’s appreciation of the Irish folk tradition. Each class will focus on particular areas of the Irish experience. We will hear songs and stories of rebels and rovers, drinkers and tinkers, sailors and soldiers, saints and sinners, highwaymen, workingmen, losers and lovers, colleens and crones and so many others. We will hear the poignant songs of emigration and take a close look at how the Irish shaped American popular culture. Students will be invited to sing along and share in the laughter and tears that are essence of the Irish experience. The next session of our class returns for the third year, Winter 2012 at La Mesa Enrichment Center, "Irish Folk Music: Culture and History through Story Songs," a course on many topics Irish through Ireland's rich repertoire of folk songs. We will meet for 9 weeks on Tuesday nights starting April through June from 7:00PM - 8:30PM Please call 619.464.0505 for information, or go to City of La Mesa http://www.cityoflamesa.com/ for Adult Enrichment Classes. It is under Adult Specialty.
UPCOMING: California State University series, Osher program, Extended Studies Department "Irish Folk Traditions: The Laughter and the Tears" Look for my new class SIXTIES FOLK and the Stories in Songs of the Time, including the Irish Connections. Cal State San Marcos in the Fall 2012. San Diego State University and Cal State San Marcos: upcoming six-week class in the Fall TBD
the long-awaited compilation of Jim's finest traditional and original Irish/Celtic songs: "The Wild Rover" Jim Hinton
and by contacting jim@jimhinton.com You may also contact Jim at his Jim Hinton musician page on Facebook. |
| Album cover: Jim on the River Liffey, Dublin, Ireland. |
Jim in the Studio 1971, Hollywood California |
County Park in Borrego. Come to the Campground Amphitheatre and join me for my annual campfire concert and sing-along! http://www.sdcounty.ca.gov/parks/Camping/agua_caliente.html Jim Hinton and Dave Humphries for Across the Pond IV Sunday evening, June 10th Across the Pond at LeStat's! Looking forward to more stories and songs to swap with my pal Dave from England to California and back again. |
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| YOUTUBE VIDEOS Thanks to videographer, Richard Pollard, for posting several of my concerts to YouTube. Just go to You Tube and input Jim Hinton Here are a few songs from the featured Across the Pond Concert with Dave Humphries: Mr. Tamborine Man: Across the Pond Shipwrecked: Across the Pond |
| Happenings around Town |
| My song "Highway to Taos" from my CD "Things I've Always Known "was used as the introduction and the finale on Christine Kent's video for the Taos Wool Festival...just paste in this link and find that link within. It was an enjoyable pairing. http://wholewoman.com/library/?p=479 |
| LeStat's West Stage http://www.lestats.com/main.htm |
| Jim and Dave has a great time singing haunting and mysterious songs, along with the great stories of youth and music in the Sixties as they as they returned to LeStat's for Across the Pond III on the Eve before Halloween. Introduced by Steve Thorn of the San Diego Troubadour and Mike Z of KCBQ, the lads had a very lively session of song swap and storytelling that recalls their perspectives as two young Sixties guys, Jim in America and Dave in England. The show was recorded by videographer Richard Pollard and Louis at LeStat's for an upcoming documentary. The event got some great radio time as Dave and his band played on the KCBQ Sock Hop the previous Saturday night. Pond IV is now scheduled for June 10th! To read Steve Thorn's great Full Circle feature article on this concert series by Jim and Dave go to: http://www.sandiegotroubadour.com/2011/07/dave-humphries-jim-hinton-dialogue-from-across-the-pond/ |
| Classes in Irish Folk Traditions as told through Folk Song, history and culture. |
| JIM on the WEB |
| Jim Hinton at 33 1/3 by Cher Hinton |
| (l-r) Steve Thorn, Mike Z (KCBQ), Jim Hinton, Dave Humphries, and Richard Pollard for Haunting Across the Pond III at LeStat's West on October 30th, 2011 |