J Knutson

James Jay "J." Knutson is a Canadian folk singer-songwriter. He is normally credited with the initial J.

Knutson was one of the founding members of Spirit of the West, and subsequently performed both as a solo artist and as a supporting musician for Connie Kaldor, Ferron, Daniel Lavoie and Hart-Rouge.

A graduate of the British Columbia Institute of Technology in journalism, he has also worked for CKO, CBC Radio One and CFUN in Vancouver.

He is currently one of the two artistic directors of a youth music group called the North Shore Celtic Ensemble.

He currently also teaches alongside Mike Hayden at Simon Fraser University on a Physics course called "Logarithm and Blues".