Jim Guthrie is a Canadian singer-songwriter. He has recorded both as a solo artist and as a member of the bands Islands, Royal City and Human Highway.

He was born and raised in Guelph, Ontario, and currently lives in Toronto.

Guthrie first made a name for himself by releasing a series of self-produced cassettes, and subsequently released albums on Three Gut Records. He was nominated for a Juno Award for his album Now, More Than Ever. In June 2013, his solo studio album Takes Time was longlisted for the 2013 Polaris Music Prize.

Discography

Solo

• Home is Where the Rock Is (1995)
• Victim of Lo-Fi (1996)
• Documenting Perks Part 1 (1997)
• Some Things You Should Know About Sound and Hearing (1998)
• A Thousand Songs (1999)
• Population Me (2001)
• Morning Noon Night (2002)
• Now, More Than Ever (2003)
• Jim Guthrie Vs. Haymakers (2003)
• Now, More Than Ever (Extended Edition) (2010)
• Sword & Sworcery (2011)
• Children of the Clone (2011)
• Indie Game: The Movie (Soundtrack) (2012)
• Takes Time (2013)

In Human Highway

• Moody Motorcycle (2008)

In Royal City

• At Rush Hour the Cars (2000)
• Alone at the Microphone (2001)
• Little Heart's Ease (2004)
• Royal City (2009)

With Islands

• Return to the Sea (2006)

Other

Jim Guthrie Vs. The Haymakers was a limited release split EP released in 2003, featuring four songs by each artist. Jim Guthrie contributed four instrumentals, created using the Sony PlayStation MTV Music Generator, while Haymakers contributed three songs which would eventually be released on their album II, and one song ("Gravy") which was exclusive to the Jim Guthrie Vs. The Haymakers release.

His song “Who Needs What”, from the 1999 album A Thousand Songs, was covered by the indie pop band Tullycraft on their 2002 album Beat, Surf, Fun.

Since the 1990s he has collaborated with Guelph-based hip-hop artist Noah23 on numerous projects, including an appearance on his 2008 album Rock Paper Scissors.

Guthrie received acclaim for the music he composed for the 2011 computer and tablet video game, Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP.^[1] The score was published as a digital and analogue (vinyl) album, Sword & Sworcery LP: The Ballad of the Space Babies, in April 2011.

In 2013, Guthrie began selling guitar tabs for his songs through the indie tab site.^[2]

Guthrie recently collaborated with Sarah Harmer and Bry Webb for the National Parks Project.

References

External links

• Jim Guthrie
• 3 Syllables Records

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