Jim Causley

More than simply a folk-singer, multi-award winning singer-songwriter, musician and proud Devonian Jim Causley is an all-round entertainer, and was nominated no less than six times in the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. He won Spiral Earth Singer of the Year in 2014, and in 2015 he worked with BBC TV historian Dr Sam Willis to create the music for his show ‘Highwaymen, Outlaws and Villains‘. He was also asked to perform his song about Dartmoor tin mining, ‘Pride of the Moor‘, on BBC TV’s Countryfile – Dartmoor Special.

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2017 was the centenary of Jim’s relative, the celebrated Cornish poet Charles Causley. Award-winning filmmaker Jane Darke made a specially commissioned biographical film about the poet which aired on BBC4 as part of the centenary celebrations. The soundtrack to the film was composed entirely by Jim and featured music from his 2013 album ‘Cyprus Well’, musical settings of Charles’ work. The Charles Causley Trust commissioned Jim to create a new album of Causley’s children’s poems set to music for a new generation as part of the Causley 100 celebrations.

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Since the release of his debut album in 2005, Jim's unique voice and persona have helped him become one of the most well-loved and respected figures of today’s contemporary roots and folk scene. A prolific collaborator, he is hugely admired for his work with iconic groups The Devil’s Interval and Mawkin:Causley as well as playing, touring and recording alongside Waterson:Carthy, John McCusker, Eddie Reader, Graham Coxson, Shirley Collins, Michael Morpurgo, Show of Hands, Kate Rusby, David Rotheray of Beautiful South fame and many more.

He was described by Mojo Magazine as “the finest singer of his generation”.