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Jim Sutherland is a composer and music producer. He has worked at a high level in a variety of musical genres including, pop, orchestral, world, folk, electronic, rock and indie and includes a string of major commissions for film, TV and theatre. He has produced more than 60 albums.
He is particularly known for his cross cultural projects and international collaborations. He specialises in the creation of bespoke ensembles, from small groups to full orchestras such as La Banda Europa and the True North Orchestra.
He has performed and recorded with such luminaries Plant and Page (Led Zeppelin), The Bundhu Boys, Billy Bragg, Maddy Prior and June Tabor, Emmylou Harris, The Chieftains, and the Shotts and Dykehead Pipe Band!
His influential folk tune compositions have been recorded on more than one hundred CDs by artists all over the world.
As a founder member of pop trio, The Lanterns, he was signed to Sony as a songwriter in 1997. ‘Highrise Town’, debut single from the widely-praised album, ‘Illuminate Yer Heid’, earned a UK Top 40 place and ‘Winter in my Heart’ reached number two in the dance charts.
