An antique farmhouse along the CT River in New England is where this Singer Songwriter calls home. Purchased in the early days of the covid pandemic, when performers found themselves with no places to perform, Jim turned his amphitheater like yard into a concert venue and invited touring singer songwriters to perform with him at the “Music at the Farmhouse” concert series.  During the pandemic days, Jim performed often along the CT coastline at outdoor venues, but with those days now behind us, his wanderlust has returned, and he is now expanding his performances to more distant horizons.

The songs Jim Paradis writes evoke a sense of home, love & loss and the changes life brings to a searching soul. Jim’s smooth, melodic voice and finger-style guitar work are the perfect complement for his intimate and philosophical lyrics. But it is his magnetic warmth that lifts him above the rest. Jim draws people into the stories, into the energy, into the emotion of his heartfelt songs.

Just two weeks after he picked up his first guitar, Jim Paradis joined a blues band. He was thirteen years old. But this unique singer/songwriter soon widened his musical horizons by becoming a member of an original progressive rock band, then a touring Rock and Roll band. Jim also enjoyed playing bass and singing with Gary Burr as he launched his country music Hall of Fame songwriting career with hits like “Love’s been a Little Bit Hard on Me”, “What Mattered Most” and “That’s my Job”.  Since then, Jim has written hundreds of songs, recorded 3 CD's with October Moon and 3 solo CDs, "You are Here", "Almost Home", and his 2019 release, "Not Finished Yet".  You can find his music on Spotify (jim5772), Youtube (@jimparadis6142), and at his music website, www.jimparadis.com

Jim is an avid sailor and is often aboard his beloved Cape Dory sailboat, Mirembe, sailing the waters off the New England coast.  Aboard with his guitars and his wanderlust, he blends the music and melodies the sailing life inspires to the lyrics he scribbles on napkins and in journals throughout his travels.