Suzanne and Jim

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Suzanne and Jim are a music duo.

Suzanne and Jim make up a traditional old time music duo who have performed all across the United States and in Europe for over 25 years.

Suzanne Jaroszynski has a wide national reputation as a song stylist. Suzanne has won first place winner in Folk Songs category at the prestigious Mount Airy, North Carolina, Fiddlers Convention twice. Originally from Michigan, she spent many years in the South immersed in Old Time Music. Suzanne is an accomplished percussionist, creating complex rhythms with implements such as spoons and bones. On slower ballads and airs she often play the flute.

For more than thirty years Jim Hale has been at the forefront of the clawhammer style banjo playing revival. His innovative technique has been referred to as “eloquent”, “tastefully professional” and “powerful“.^[who?]

From his early bluegrass band experiences to leadership of award winning string bands; his career as a luthier, to terms as an author for music publications - SingOut and Banjo Newsletter he has been deeply involved in Americana Roots Music. In addition to Suzanne and Jim recordings his playing has been featured on “Home on the Range” (Wichita Eagle and Beacon Publishing Co., Wichita, KS) and in Warner Brothers' TV mini-series, The Wild West