Kim and Jimbo play Americana, old-time southern mountain music, gospel, and songs for families and children.
Performing together professionally for over 20 years, the Carys have performed for more than 200,000 adults and children at festivals, museums, cultural centers, schools and libraries throughout the state.
Kim & Jimbo play banjo, fiddle, mandolin, guitar, jawharp, bones, African drums, and more. For their world music performances, Rhythms Round the World, they also perform on balafons (xylophones from West Africa), gourd banjo, soprano and alto saxophones and they bring their traveling music museum of over 200 world percussion instruments for the audience to play along.
In addition to years of coordinating the music for the Nelson County Summer Festival and coordinating music for the Mountain Music Festival at Wintergreen Resort, the Carys have taught at music camps including Camp Holiday Lake and Kaleidoscope vocal camp.
“amazingly talented duo”
PERFORMANCES:
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Main Stage: history of the banjo, gospel songs, songs of old Virginians, Virginia music old and new, quilts on display for Great Grandma’s song, hoedowns, jawharp and bones, flatpick guitar duos and more.
– Family Stage: world music, world percussion, saxophone, interaction, animal songs, singalongs using animal puppets, interactive participation. Children and their families can play along using gourds, bones, maracas, bells, drums and tambourines.
– Interactive Family Tent: bring the kids to play along to Kim & Jimbo’s songs, fiddle tunes, and banjo breakdowns.
traveling music museum (photo gallery cornucopia of instruments)
“An excellent performance by seasoned musicians.You have the audience in the palm of your hand.”
GRANTS:
Based on their artistic excellence and sound management, Kim & Jimbo have been selected as Touring Artists by the Virginia Commission for the Arts. Grants are available for non-profit organizations to help with performance fees and travel expenses. The grants may pay up to 50% of performance fee.
• awarded first-come, first-served : please book early while they are still available!
• grant deadline is Dec 1, 2016 for the touring season July 1, 2016 through June 15, 2017.
• simple application process: Kim and Jimbo will help with the application process. for details, contact Kim & Jimbo at Green Hills Music.
“Your rapport with the children was wonderful”
PAST PERFORMANCES:
- Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
- Wintergreen Performing Arts Series
- White House Easter event
- University of Mary Washington Multicultural Festival
- Crozet Arts and Crafts Festival
- Waterford Fair
- Fall Festival of Folklife – Newport News
- Monticello Heritage Harvest Festival
- Wintergreen Mountain Music Festival
- Nelson County Summer Festival
- Virginia Museum of Natural History
- Kite Day – Nellysford, VA
- Smithsonian Institute Renwick Gallery
- VA Beach Folk Festival
“You both are so talented and do a great job keepin’ the ol’ tunes alive as well as generating new ones.” —P.A., Montebello, VA
“The smiles on their faces and the rhythms in their hands convinced me that the two of you are pros at engaging young people in music.”
CONTACT:
Kim & Jimbo Cary
888/664-8365 (toll-free)
www.festivals.kimandjimbo.com
kimandjimbo@gmail.com
