Jim Donovan Bio:
From 1990-2005, Jim Donovan was a founding member and driving force of the multi-platinum band, Rusted Root. Jim made countless trips around North America and abroad with the popular jam-band, sharing the stage with rock & roll legends such as Santana, Page and Plant, Sting, Dave Matthews Band, The Allman Brothers, Sheryl Crowe, The Grateful Dead, and many others. They have appeared on numerous national TV shows, including MTV, FX, David Letterman, Conan O'Brien VH-1's Hard Rock Live and the CBS Morning Show. Their music has been featured on numerous television shows as well as major motion films such as Ice Age, Mathilda, Twister and the PBS Web of Life Documentary.
Donovan was recently named
"2008 Drum Circle Facilitator of the Year"
by the readers of Drum! Magazine.
Donovan studied and played African rhythms with various master drummers such as Congolese master drummer Elie Kihonia, Mamady Keita and Mbemba Bangoura. He also studied African Music with noted scholar, Kwabena Nketia from Ghana.
He has researched traditional African music for over 20 years via field recordings, and has continuously integrated his findings into all his music both as a solo recording artist and with Rusted Root.
As a solo artist, Donovan has released 5 highly acclaimed solo CD's, an instructional DVD, and 4 instructional drumming CD's. His newest releases include Drum the Ecstatic International, The Yoga of Drum and Chant, and an instructional DVD entitled, "Jim Donovan's Rhythmic Foundation: Interactive African Drumming for Everyone."
Fulfilling his desire to share the power of rhythm first hand, Donovan built a series of educational drumming workshops that he teaches across the US and Europe at universities, festivals, schools, corporations, and specialty venues. He is a full-time instructor of music at Saint Francis University in Loretto, PA, the current director of the Saint Francis University World Drumming Ensemble and the director of the annual Rhythm Renewal Drumming Retreat.
Visit Jim on the web at:
http://www.jimdonovandrums.com/
http://www.myspace.com/jimdonovan
http://www.myspace.com/jdrhythmrenewal
http://www.youtube.com/jmdbird
info@jimdonovanmusic.com
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