JIM MOLYNEUX
drums&percussion // piano&keys // musical direction // vocals // composition&songwriting // production
Jim Molyneux is a multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, composer and producer hailing from Lancashire, and now residing in the vibrant East London music scene.
Jim's musical journey has seen him become a sought-after drummer, keyboardist, and vocalist for a wide array of live performances, radio, TV, and theatre productions.
Over the past few years, his session work has included collaborations with an impressive roster of artists, such as Paris Paloma, Barry Can't Swim, Laufey, Victoria Canal, Lucy Rose, The Lost Words: Spell Songs, Tom Grennan, Cian Ducrot, Bow Anderson, Izzy Bizu, Grace Davies, and many more.
In recent times, Jim had the opportunity to perform at prestigious venues like The O2 Arena and The Royal Albert Hall with various artists, in addition to playing at Coachella and Glastonbury Festivals, as well as sold out tours of the UK, US and Europe alongside singer songwriter Paris Paloma, and electronic artist Barry Can't Swim.
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As a teenager, Jim also made it to the highly acclaimed Grand Final of the BBC Young Musician of the Year, after triumphing in the percussion final. The Grand Final, with an audience of 1.1 million viewers, was broadcast on BBC2.
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Jim is endorsed by Ludwig drums, Bosphorus cymbals, Protection Racket cases and Cosmic in-ears.
Performance Credits:
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Paris Paloma - Musical Direction, Drums, Keys (2024 - current)
Barry Can't Swim - Drums (2023 - 2024)
Victoria Canal - Drums, Keys (2024)
Lucy Rose - Drums, Percussion, Keys (2019 - current)
The Lost Words - Spell Songs - Drums, percussion, keys, accordion, vocals (2019 - current)
Laufey - Keys, Bass, Vocals (2023)
Tom Grennan - Keys (2023)
Cian Ducrot - Keys (2023)
Bow Anderson - Keys, Vocals (2020 - current)
Elle Coves - Key, drums, musical direction (2022 - current)
Izzy Bizu - Keys, Vocals (2022 - current)
Morgan - Musical co-direction (2023)
Mitch Sanders - Keys, Vocals (2022 - current)
Gabe Coulter - Keys (2021 - current)
Beth McCarthy - Keys, Vocals (2022)
Janet Devlin - Keys, Vocals (2013 - current)
Grace Davies - Keys, Vocals (2019 - current)
Benedict Cork - Keys, Vocals (2022- current)
Litany - Keys (2021-2022)
Declan J Donovan - Keys, Vocals (2020)
Tom Clarke (The Enemy) - Keys (2017 - current)
Lane 8 - Vocals & Songwriting on "Coming Back To You" (2018)
Julie Fowlis - Keys, TV appearance, The Hogmanay Show, BBC1 Scotland (2020)
Wilma Archer - Drums (2019 - 2021)
Callum Beattie - Keys, TV appearance, The Sara Cox Show, ITV (2019)
Glowrogues - Drums, Electronics, Composition (2014 - current)
FLAWES - Keys and vocals (2018 - 2019)
KNIGHT - Drums, Vocals (2017 - 2020)
Maz O'Connor - Drums (2021)
Propellor - Drums, Percussion, Electronics - (2016 - 2020)
4Square - Keys, Vocals, Accordion, Percussion, Composition (2006 - current)
Paradox Ensemble - Drums (2017 - current)
The Fair Rain - Drums, Percussion, Vocals (2012 - 2018)
Aizle - Keys (2016 - 2020)
The Lion King (West End Touring) - Marimba, Hand Percussion (2014)
The Producers (The Royal Exchange, Manchester) - Drums, percussion, keys (2018-19)
West Side Story (The Royal Exchange, Manchester) - Perc II (Vibraphone, Xylophone, Timps and percussion) and Perc I (Drums and percussion) (2019)
Kitty Macfarlane - Drums, Keys, Accordion, Vocals (2018 - current)
Edwin Waugh; The Lancashire Burns - Composer, Keys, Musical Director (2017)
Rising Up - Peterloo 2019 - Musical director, Accordion (2019)
Riot Jazz - Drums (2016, 2018, 2020, 2023)
Blair Dunlop - Drums, Vocals (2017)
David Gibb - Drums, Vocals, Keys (2014, 2017, 2019, 2020)
Beats 'n' Pieces Big Band - Drums (2012-3)
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