Scottish multi-instrumentalist with a particular love for percussion, composer and music producer who works across genres and cultures.
Jim is an experienced creative director. His company La Banda Ltd continues to manage large scale music projects like the True North Orchestra and La Banda Europa.
ALBUMS
The Countess Of Fife
Star Of The Sea
2022
Adenine
Adenine
2020, 
,
, Celtic/Folk
Sans
Kulku
2018, CD, Album, Cloud Valley Music
Various
Disney Prinzessin (Die Schönsten Lieder)
2017, CD, Comp, Walt Disney Records, 
,
, Musical/Soundtrack
Eliza Carthy & The Wayward Band
Big Machine
2017, 2x CD, 
,
, Folk
Loki The Scottish Rapper*
Trigger Warning
2017
Various
Disney Rariteter
2016, 2xCD, Album, Comp, Walt Disney Records, 
,
, Soundtrack
Marian Szymczyk
Merida (Legende Der Highlands) - Das Original-Hörspiel Zum Film
2012, CD, Walt Disney Records
Patrick Doyle, Various
Brave (An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack)
2012, 
,
, Celtic/Soundtrack/Score
Aberfeldy
Love Is An Arrow
2005
Various
Rough Trade Shops (Indiepop 1)
2004, 7", Comp, Mute, Mute, ,
, Indie Rock/Indie Pop
Aberfeldy
Heliopolis By Night
2004, ,
, Indie Rock
Aberfeldy
Vegetarian Restaurant
2003
Salsa Celtica
El Agua De La Vida
2003, CD, ,
, Salsa/Cumbia/Celtic
Aberfeldy
Young Forever
2003
Various
The Acoustic Folk Box
2002, 4xCD, Comp, Topic Records, ,
, Folk
Shooglenifty
Solar Shears
2000, CD, ,
, Folk Rock
The Lanterns
Luminate Yer Heid
1999, CD, ,
, Trip Hop/Synth-pop
The Lanterns
Winter In My Heart
1999
The Lanterns
HighRise Town
1998, CD, ,
, House
The Poozies
Infinite Blue
1998
Various
Naciones Celtas II - Camino De Las Estrellas
1998, 3x CD, 
,
, Celtic
Various
Naciones Celtas. Buscando El Norte
1997, 2xCD, Comp, Fonomusic
Various
Best Kept Secrets Edition 2
1996, 7", Dedicated, ,
, Indie Rock
Caledon
The Noble Trousers
1996, CD, Album, FMS, Hypertension Music
Bannal
Waulking Songs
1996, CD, Album, Greentrax, ,
, Celtic/Folk
Sìleas
Play On Light
1996
Shooglenifty
A Whisky Kiss
1996
Dominic Waxing Lyrical
Victoria
1995, 7", Cle, Bosque Records
Shooglenifty
Venus In Tweeds
1994
Catherine-Ann MacPhee
Catherine-Ann MacPhee Sings Mairi Mhor
1994
Savourna Stevenson
Cutting The Chord
1993, CD, Album, Eclectic Records
Catherine-Ann MacPhee
Cànan Nan Gàidheal = The Language Of The Gael
1993
Boys Of The Lough*
The Fair Hills Of Ireland - 25th Anniversary
1992
Catherine-Ann MacPhee
Chi Mi'n Geamhradh = I See Winter
1991, CD, ,
, Celtic
Les Barker
The Stones Of Callanish
1989
The Lanterns
HighRise Town
1998, 
,
, Breakbeat/Drum n Bass
Kathryn Tickell
The Gathering
1997, CD, Album, Park Records
Dominic Waxing Lyrical
Dominic Waxing Lyrical
1996, LP, Album, Neptunes, Neptunes, ,
, Avantgarde/Indie Rock/Folk
The Lanterns
Winter In My Heart
1999
The Easy Club
Skirlie Beat
1987
The Easy Club
Chance Or Design
1985
The Easy Club
The Easy Club
1984, ,
, Celtic
Mirk
Tak A Dram Afore Ye Go
1982, LP, Album, Springthyme Records
The Easy Club
Essential
CD, Comp, Eclectic Records
APPEARANCES +
Dominic Waxing Lyrical
Change
1997, 7", Bosque Records
Billy Bragg
The Roaring Forty / 1983-2023
2023, Box Set, 14x CD, ,
, Folk Rock/Folk
Grey Dogs
Outlaw / King
2020, 2xLP, Ltd, Rock Action Records, ,
, Score/Soundtrack
The Poozies
Punch
2018, CD, Not On Label (The Poozies Self-Released)
Sally Simpson, Catriona Hawksworth
Duo
2017, CD, Album, Burnbank Records, ,
, Folk
Vamm
Vamm
2013, CD, Album, Vamm Records, ,
, Celtic/Nordic/Folk
The Outside Track
Flash Company
2012, CD, Lorimer Records, ,
, Folk/Celtic
Various With Aly Bain & Jay Ungar
The Original Transatlantic Sessions Volume Two
2009, CD, Comp, Whirlie Records, ,
, Folk
Various With Aly Bain & Jay Ungar
The Original Transatlantic Sessions Volume One
2009, CD, Comp, Whirlie Records, ,
, Folk
Various With Aly Bain & Jay Ungar
The Original Transatlantic Sessions Volume Three
2009, CD, Comp, Whirlie Records, ,
, Folk/Bluegrass/Country/Celtic
Various
Singing Through The Hard Times: A Tribute To Utah Phillips
2009, 2xCD, Album, Comp, Righteous Babe Records,
Jenna Reid
Laughing Girl
2008, CD, Album, Foot Stompin' Records, ,
, Celtic
Shannon Lambert-Ryan
Across The Pond
2008, CD, Album, Not On Label (Shannon Lambert-Ryan Self-released)
Various With Aly Bain & Jay Ungar
The Original Transatlantic Sessions - Transatlantic Sessions 1
2008
Ardentjohn
When The Time Comes
2007
Tom McConville
Tommy On The Bridge
2006, CD, Album, Tomcat Music, ,
, Folk
Caoimhín Vallely
Strayaway
2005, CD, Not On Label (Caoimhín Vallely Self-released), 
,
, Contemporary/Folk
Luke Daniels & Jonathan Preiss
Above The Bellow
2004, CD, Album, Gael Music
Various
TMSA Young Trad Tour 2004 Live
2004, CD, Album, TMSA,
Tony Cuffe
Sae Will We Yet
2003, CD, Album, Greentrax
Spoot O' Skerry
Noxious Reeds
2003, CD, Album, Not On Label (Spoot O' Skerry Self-released)
Mouth Music With Martin Furey, Ishbel MacAskill, Kaela Rowan
Seafaring Man
2001
Alyth McCormack
An Iomall - The Edge
2001
Rory Campbell And Malcolm Stitt
Field Of Bells
1999, CD, Album, Lochshore
The Tom Bancroft Orchestra
Pieology
1998, CDr, Album, Caber Music
Gerry O'Connor
Myriad
1998, ,
, Folk
Robin Laing
Edinburgh Skyline
1997
New Celeste
It's A New Day
1996, CD, Album, Iona
Various
The World Of Irish Folk
1996, 2xCD, Comp, ZYX Music
Karen Matheson
The Dreaming Sea
1996, CD, ,
, Folk/Vocal
Various
Evolving Tradition
1995, CD, Mrs Casey Records, ,
, Celtic
Various
The Tenth Glenuig Music Festival
1995, CD, Glenuig Community Association
Dougie Maclean
Tribute
1995
Tony McManus
Tony McManus
1995
Jimmy Page & Robert Plant
No Quarter: Jimmy Page & Robert Plant Unledded
1995, DVD, ,
, Electric Blues/Acoustic/Prog Rock/Classic Rock/Folk Rock
The Iron Horse
Five Hands High
1994, CD, ,
, Folk/Celtic
Jimmy Page & Robert Plant
No Quarter: Jimmy Page & Robert Plant Unledded
1994, ,
, Electric Blues/Acoustic/Classic Rock
Janet Russell & Christine Kydd
Russel & Kydd
1993, CD, Album, RE, Greentrax, ,
, Folk
Mouth Music + Mairi MacInnes
Blue Door Green Sea
1992, CD, EP, Triple Earth
Hamish Henderson
Pipes, Goatskins & Bones (The Songs & Poems Of Hamish Henderson)
1992, Cass, Dol, Grampian Television, ,
, Folk/Celtic
Jim Reid (4), John Huband
Freewheeling Now
1990
Savourna Stevenson
Tweed Journey
1990
Billy Bragg
The Internationale
1990, Vinyl, ,
, Folk Rock
Mairi MacInnes
Causeway
1989, ,
, Country/Celtic/Piobaireachd/Bluegrass
Various
Ecosse - A Breath Of Scotland
1989
Maddy Prior - June Tabor : Silly Sisters
No More To The Dance
1988, CD ICM Pressing, ,
, Folk
Dick Gaughan
Call It Freedom
1988, ,
, Folk
Catherine-Ann MacPhee
Cànan Nan Gàidheal = The Language Of The Gael
1987
Iain MacDonald
Beneath Still Waters
1986, LP, Album, Greentrax
Iain MacDonald
Beneath Still Waters
1986, Cass, Album, Greentrax, ,
, Celtic
Dick Gaughan
True And Bold Songs Of The Scottish Miners
1986
Hamish Moore
Cauld Wind Pipes
1985, ,
, Folk
Billy Jackson
The Wellpark Suite
1985
Cilla Fisher & Artie Trezise
The Singing Kettle 2
1984, LP, Album, Kettle Records
The Jacobites
Ye Jacobites By Name
1984, LP, Lismor Recordings
The Ideal Band
A Measure Of Freedom
1984
Gordon Tyrrall
How Can I Live At The Top Of A Mountain?
1983, LP, Album, Celtic Music
Cilla Fisher
Songs Of The Fishing
1983
The Wallochmor Ceilidh Band
Full Throttle!
1982
Various
Folk 'N' Hell: Fiery New Music From Scotland
1996
Jimmy Page & Robert Plant
The Spring Remains The Same
2022
Jimmy Page & Robert Plant
Live At Irvine Meadows
2008
Various
Folk 'N' Hell: Fiery New Music From Scotland
2004
Jimmy Page / Robert Plant
Unledded
1995, VHS, 
,
, Electric Blues/Acoustic/Classic Rock
Jimmy Page & Robert Plant
No Quarter: Jimmy Page & Robert Plant Unledded
, Electric Blues/Acoustic/Classic Rock
