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Silent Night
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Silent Night
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Released: Jan 2, 2007
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    Silent Night

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    Best Friends

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    All Day Every Day

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    Some Way Home

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Based in the north east of England, jiva - "a gentle blend of acoustic guitars and vocal harmony" - regularly travel further afield and are available to play at folk clubs, concert venues, festivals, corporate and social functions, fundraisers, coffee mornings, etc  (with our own state of the art Bose L1 sound system if required)... or even a 'house concert' in your front room! jiva also support local charity MIND Active by giving monthly performances for residential care homes.


Browse our website and learn more about us, our instruments and the songs including lyrics, background and soundbites.


Thanks for dropping by.


Best wishes
Jimmy and Val


Oh yes...look out for the jiva design logo at a site near you - we also do websites etc in our 'spare' time!


Bookings, enquiries, etc.
If you'd like to see us at your venue or event:..
  • Send us a MySpace message
  • Leave us a MySpace comment
  • Phone and email details are available on our website at www.jiva.co.uk
  • Or... collar us in person - we don't bite!


    • Members:  Jimmy - the ji

    • Vocals
    • Acoustic 6 and 12 string guitars
  • Ukulele

    • Val - the va

    • Vocals
    • Acoustic 6 and 12 string guitars
  • Ukulele


    • We are fortunate to have excellent guitars and a state of the art sound system.

    The quality of sound is inspirational, and the above equipment is therefore a direct influence on us as performers.


    Our favourite writers/performers are:


Our debut CD 'Best Friends' is now available from our website at www.jiva.co.uk/cd.htm - on that page you can also see the full track listing, listen to high quality mp3 extracts and link to the full lyrics.


You can also download the album and/or individual tracks from CD Baby by clicking the album cover below or:
www.cdbaby.com/cd/jivatunes


A beautifully balanced compilation of songs from their own pen and from carefully selected friends, and crafted into an audio dream capturing the wonderful sound of the Taylor guitars and the voice of jiva by sound engineer Ron Angus.
Terry Ferdinand
A real labour of love. Quality playing and vocals delivering a well rounded album.
Neil, FATEA Magazine

... the jiva sound is immediately recognisable: uniformly pleasant, even-toned and even-textured, with gentle and mellifluous twin-guitar accompaniment (instruments chiming in contented counterpoint) underscoring a soothing vocal line supported by equally gentle harmonies... replete with pleasing choruses and writing that espouses both wistful reminiscence and sensible, positive life-philosophy... Ron Angus has unerringly succeeded in faithfully capturing jiva’s musical personality, so if you’ve enjoyed jiva in concert (where their music can certainly cast a special kind of spell), you need not hesitate in buying this disc.
Dave Kidman


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What a great pleasure to hear jiva twice in a week. Firstly at the Davy Lamp Folk Club and then at the Clarence in Blackpool. An act maturing with every show, and now displaying that precious ability to write songs that capture an audience's heart. The song about best friends is a pure winner. Superb!!!

Anthony John Clarke


I can’t get enough of their exquisite and gentle playing/singing. I don’t know what it is they have that’s so special, but I do know they have lots of it.
Terry Ferdinand, Bishop FM Radio


Thanks again for your music - I find it soothing, emotional and just what music should be - thought provoking.
Anonymous - jiva guestbook entry


That was divine - you are a pair of angels.
The Plough, Staining


jiva always enthral us with their gentle blend of guitar and harmony and last night was no different - their performance was enchanting as always.
Foggy Furze Folk Club


Live on Bishop fm - 7 December 2009 - Silent Night


Seaton Delaval Arts Centre Wedding Celebration 6 September 2009 - One More Song


Photo Slideshow - Wedding 12 August 2009

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Comments

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  • Fabio Santilli

      Hi!
    My album ‘Empathy’ is now available in  the best digital stores!
    Itunes
    http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/empathy/id519746474
    Cdbaby
    http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/fabiosantilli1
    Amazon MP3
    http://www.amazon.com/Empathy/dp/B007UTBP58/ref=sr_shvl_album_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1335186584&sr=301-1
    and many other digital stores! Check it out!
    ‘When the soul of the piano and the acoustic music is colored, alternated and mixed with the electronic world of the synth. An intense and expessive style.’
    ‘Empathy, like art, is essential in life. It is as indefinable as concrete. This album was created from the desire to tell it, share it, evoke it in music.
    'Empathy' is an album almost entirely instrumental, played with particular attention to the sounds and dynamics. It, such as empathy, contains different moods. The tracks pass through different cultures and musical expressions, in an electroacoustic music ensembe, stylistically harmonious’
    Have a great day!
    Fabio

    11 days ago
  • Richard Moon

    Many thanks for your friendship!
    Regards - Richard 

    11 months ago
  • Fabio Santilli

    Good sound!!! Thanks for your friendship! :-) From Rome, Fabio

    1 year ago
  • A man called Crow

    Thanks for your friendship-likin your songs, you sing from the heart. Cheers AMCC

    1 year ago
  • Anita Jardine

    Beautiful music indeed, thanks for the friendship, we have a mutual pal in Terry Ferdinand, all the best for you in 2011 : ) Anita

    1 year ago
  • Jim Wigfield

    Thanks for all your help in 2010. All the best in 2011. Your hard work is at last starting to pay dividends.

    1 year ago
  • JoAnne Connolly

    Do you have a video of you singing "silent night" ? I love the way you perform that song.

    1 year ago
  • Fool's Gold

    If only I thought that comment was accidental.... :)

    1 year ago
  • The Baa Club

    Looking forward to your visit to The Baa Club next week!

    Fiona and Paul

    1 year ago
  • LEora MCclaIr

    Thanks for the add.

    1 year ago
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  • Genre: Acoustic / Folk

    Location Please select your region., Un

    Profile Views: 36624

    Last Login: 5/7/2012

    Member Since 12/26/2006

    Website jiva.co.uk

    Type of Label Unsigned

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