Jim Shumate: Pioneering Bluegrass Fiddler – FRC727
- Jim Shumate – Alchetron.com (includes videos)
- Historic Artist Jim Shumate, Bluegrass Fiddle Player, Hickory, NC – Blue Ridge National Heritage Area web site
- Jim Shumate to be inducted into the Blue Ridge Hall of Fame! – Flatt and Scruggs Preservation Society
- Jim Shumate: Bluegrass Fiddler Supreme – Arcane Radio Trivia blog
- From Jim Shumate – Bluegrass Fiddler Supreme – Bluegrass Today
- From Rest In Peace Jim Shumate – Sing Out!
- Jim Shumate Obituary – Orlando Weekly