Jim Donovan

Jim Donovan (born March 10, 1968) is an American professional drummer and percussionist, best known as the former drummer and one of the founding members of the band Rusted Root. He holds a B.A. in Music Performance from the University of Pittsburgh and a Masters of Educational Leadership from Saint Francis University where he is an instructor in the university's Fine Arts Program and the director of both the university's World Drumming Ensemble and Arts in the Mountains Festival.

Donovan's CD Revelation #9 was nominated for 2004 Electronica Album of the Year by Just Plain Folks Songwriters organization. He was named winner of the 2008 Best Drum Circle Facilitator award, and was a nominee for 2008 Best Percussion Performance in Drum! Magazine.

Discography 1998 – Indigo: Music for Exploration Volume 1 (Triloka) 2000 – Pulse: Music for Exploration Volume 2 2000 – Rhythm and Drumming Vol.1 (Play along CD) 2001 – Rhythm & Drumming Vol. 2 (Play-along CD) 2004 – Revelation #9 2005 – Live on Earth (For A Limited Time Only) – Krishna Das (Triloka) 2006 – Drum the Ecstatic International Live 2006 – The Yoga of Drum and Chant 2006 – Rhythmic Foundation Volume 1 Instructional audio CD 2006 – Rhythmic Foundation Volume 2 Instructional audio CD

Instructional DVD 2007 – Jim Donovan's Rhythmic Foundation: Interactive African Drumming for Everyone Volume 1 DVD

With Rusted Root

1994 – When I Woke (Mercury/Universal) 1996 – Remember (Mercury/Universal) 1996 – Evil Ways (Mercury/Universal) 1998 – Rusted Root (Mercury/Universal) 2002 – Welcome to My Party (Island) 2003 – Cruel Sun (Touchy Pegg) 2004 – Rusted Root Live (Touchy Pegg) 2005 – 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Rusted Root (Mercury/Universal)