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Roncy Jam Factory We are the music makers and we are the dreamers of dreams...
(Arthur O'Shaughnessy)



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ABOUT THE RONCY JAM FACTORY

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

Healing the world through music

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.

 Listen to our music


Making Music

THE BAND

Our Musical Collaboration

Tim

Tim Casswell

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

Ruth

Ruth Jenkins

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.

Lorne

Lorne Gould

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.

Penny

Penny Winestock

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.



brooke

brooke lydbrooke

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.


Tom

Thomas Bays

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.


Penny

Shana Corl

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.

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Musical Repertoire
25+
Performances
150+
Original Songs
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Healing the world
(still working on it)
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Our Vision

"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

25%

The Environment

15%

From our hearts

100%

SONG REPERTOIRE

Songs by Tim Casswell

  • Life
  • * Love is a dance
  • * Make 3 wishes
  • * Cheating Gambler
  • * Uneasy Oyster (This is it)
  • * These are the days
  • * Makes no difference
  • Love is a dance, you are the dancer...
    Love is the answer
  • Revolution
  • * Song of the 8th Fire
  • * Rainbow Warriors
  • * Take courage comrades
  • * Age of stupid
  • * Come to the front
  • * How dare we
  • Free the world

    Be the change you want to see in the world

CONTACT

Get in touch. Send us a message:

Toronto, Canada

Phone: 437 972 2261

Email: info@roncyjamfactory.com