Some Kind of Bio

James Kinne is a multi-instrumentalist, singer songwriter based in central VT. He has played in the bands Angry Salad, Chasing Gray, and Nothing About Grover.

He was the founding member / songwriter of the band Chasing Gray, which won Spin Magazine's "Best Unsigned Band of 1998" award in the alternative category. He was also voted top 5 in the Telluride Bluegrass Festival's "Troubador Songwrtier" competition in 2002.

He has toured with the likes of: Live, The Verve Pipe, Counting Crows, The Samples, Violent Femmes, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Run DMC, The Barenaked Ladies, Jonatha Brooke, Soul Coughing, Guster, 10,000 Maniacs, and They Might Be Giants, among others.

Most recently, James can be found behind the console of his studio "Stillwater" located in the heart of Vermont and beginning to compose music for film and television - as well as continuing to record his own original music and playing solo & duo shows with his fiance Tara Orion.

James plays Taylor Guitars and Knucklehead strings exclusively.