Background and History
The Roncy Jam Factory is a co-creation of Tim Casswell and Ruth Jenkins. It is a musical collaboration involving many musicians from a variety of musical backgrounds, focusing primarily on the performance of Tim's original compositions, although there are many opportunities to cover other songwriters, including several songs composed by members of the Factory. The Roncesvalles United Church has generously offered us the use of their space for practice and performance, including the alcove in the sanctuary containing the wonderful indigenous wall mural and medicine wheel floor created by local first-nations artist Philip Cote.
Our Music
Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination
and life to everything.
~ Plato
Passion
Music can empower and inspire people to work together to accomplish goals and achieve visions unimagined by individuals acting alone.
~ Barry Levy
Inspiration
Music is the language of the spirit. It opens the secret of life bringing peace, abolishing strife.
~ Kahlil Gibran
The Future
In a world of peace and love, music would be the universal language.
~ Henry David Thoreau
Music expresses the ultimate connection between your own basic nature and the infinity of the universe. Music inspires compassion, which will always overcome the power of hatred. Through music, we can fill the world with joy and love.
Our Musical Collaboration
Composer and Frontman
Tim is a talented guitarist and songwriter extrordinaire. Originally from the UK, Tim spent 5 years in India. He was once a member of a street theatre group in the UK that performed in the Edinburgh festival
Blues Harp & Guitar
Ruth is an exceptional harmonica virtuoso, and a marvelous guitar player. As co-founder of the Roncy Jam Factory, her music has been an essential element in our soundscape.
Wind Instruments
Lorne Gould plays flutes from around the world, clarinets, saxophones and sometimes Celtic harp, MIDI instruments and others. He loves the sound of jazz, classic rock, blues, latin and world music.
Drumming and Vocals
Penny is a Healer, a Shaman, and a Counsellor. Her life and work are grounded by music as the master healer and route to spiritual connection.
Drumming, Electric Ukelele & Vocals
brooke is a queer activist singer-songwriter. She toured and recorded with several post-punk bands in the '80s here and in the UK, including one called The Moral Lepers. Her last recording (a CD with her piano and voice) was in 2016.
Bass Guitar
Tom has been a longtime Toronto musician who spent many years performing on guitar with a number of musical groups. In recent years he has focused on playing electric bass, and now provides a solid bassline for the RJF.
Poetry
Shana is a poet who is a source of inspiration to the Roncy Jam Factory. She also works in Early Childhood Care and Education, and has been influenced by the culture of Japan, where she was born and raised by parents who were spiritual leaders there.
"I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music.”
~ Albert Einstein
Roncy Jam Factory is a free-form association of musicians who enjoy creating beautiful musical experiences together. We hope that, by offering our music to the world, we can help create a future for everyone that is full of joy, peace, compassion and inspiration.
World Peace
The Environment
From our hearts
Songs by Tim Casswell
Get in touch. Send us a message:
Toronto, Canada
Phone: 437 972 2261
Email: info@roncyjamfactory.com