Jim Adkins is an award winning songwriter/guitarist from the central Virginia area. He has won awards for his songwriting abilities in Smooth Jazz, Instrumental Composition and Inspirational/Gospel music over the years. In 1998 he released his first recording called “Just Chillin”. It was a product of his award winning songs and some other new compositions. In 2000, Jim released his 2nd cd called “Straight Ahead” Featuring nine new compositions. In the year 2001, Jim signed with Positive Music Records and recorded a new cd called “Turning Point”. The cd was produced by smooth jazz staple Ken Navarro. It contained songs from his first two cd’s and four new compositions. “Turning Point” offers a fresh contemporary sound using some of the top musicians in the genre and features Jim’s diverse guitar playing. The year 2004 marked the release of “License To Play”. It was the first release on Clear Image Records. Clear Image was founded by Jim Adkins and will have all his CDs in the Clear Image Catalog. In June of 2008 Jim released ” City Streets”. March 15th 2015 marks the release of his sixth recording “The Journey”. On July 8th 2022 Jim has released his 7th cd titled “Soul Expression” featuring 10 new recordings, including a cover of “Thinking Out Loud” by Ed Sheeran and nine new soulful, melodic and well crafted originals songs. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.