About the Artist/Ensemble

Kim & Jimbo have performed throughout Virginia for over 20 years. Nominated for a Governor’s Award for the Arts, the Carys have entertained at the White House and the Kennedy Center.

Concert/Performance Description

Kim and Jimbo offer concerts of southern mountain music performed on guitar, banjo, fiddle, mandolin, harmonica, and bones. They sing traditional songs, old time gospel favorites and tell stories of life in rural Nelson County.

During a Rhythms Round the World family concert, the Carys celebrate the vibrant rhythms of world folk music. A performance may include Irish reels, a French Waltz, East European  freilachs, and a Cajun zydeco tune.

Educational Programs

Rhythms ‘Round Virginia is a musical tour of the Commonwealth. Participants join the artists as they travel up the James River from Jamestown playing Colonial era fiddle tunes, 19th century banjo breakdowns, and songs of the railroad and the Civil War. Both programs include an interactive rhythm jam with over 200 world percussion instruments.

Rhythms ‘Round the World is a musical tribute to the European and African traditions that form Virginia’s cultural foundation and a hands-on experience of world music and instruments. Students play along with an Irish slip-jig, a Cajun zydeco tune, an East European Sher, & West African dance rhythms. They share historical information about their instruments, including the gourd banjo, mandolin, fiddle, acoustic bass, saxophone, drums from Mali, and the balafon, an African xylophone.

Audience

• All Ages