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- Members:
- Tim Eriksen
- Genre:
- Roots Music, World, Americana
- Hometown:
- Amherst, MA
- Record Label:
- Indie
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2 of 5 albumsSee All
Summer 2008Updated on October 12, 2008 at 1:38am
Shooting "Behold the Earth" - Maine, September 2008Updated on September 30, 2008 at 6:07am
4 of 10 fan photosSee All
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Tim Eriksen Well, didn't get that Latin Grammy last night- kind of like most nights. Now I'm backstage in Cedar Rapids, Iowa with Beausoleil on stage and half a thing of kung fu chicken staring at me- ah, the glamour!
Tim Eriksen
Fans of singer and multi-instrumentalist TIM ERIKSEN (Cordelia's Dad, "Cold Mountain" soundtrack) know him for his hair-raising voice and intense renditions of ancient American songs. Tim combines raw vocals with savvy arrangements for fiddle, banjo, guitar and bajo sexto and alternates stripped-down story songs with q...uirky originals. His hardcore Americana sound is a tightrope walk balancing tradition and innovation, as befits someone who has shared the stage with both Doc Watson and Kurt Cobain and recorded with both Ralph Stanley and Jack White.
Tim Eriksen's new solo album "Northern Roots Live in Namest" (Indies Scope, 2009) highlights the power of New England murder ballads, stark "shape-note" tunes and love songs with a dose of Irish and Southern Appalachian sounds.
Tickets: $17 general admissionRead More
Tim Eriksen's new solo album "Northern Roots Live in Namest" (Indies Scope, 2009) highlights the power of New England murder ballads, stark "shape-note" tunes and love songs with a dose of Irish and Southern Appalachian sounds.
Tickets: $17 general admissionRead More
Part of the benefit concert series MUSIC for a CHANGE
Time:7:30PM Friday, November 13th
Location:Univ. of Hartford - Wilde Auditorium in the Harry Jack Gray Center
Tim Eriksen
Can anyone describe my music in fifteen words or fewer? I need some more help in the unapologetic marketing department. If you can I'll send you a song or maybe one of those facebook potted plants or something (a fruitcake?) Hint: it should probably be more than one word, especially if that word is a pork product. Tha...nks in advance! Meanwhile I'm off on a midwest mini-tour. Hope to see you there (or somewhere...)Read More
Tim Eriksen I'm switching email providers for my mailing list. If you're on it, you'll receive a "confirmation message" within the next couple of days. Apologies for the pestering but it's required by the provider. You don't have to do anything to remain on the list. Happy Halloween!
Tim Eriksen
Here's a link to an interview I did on KPFA Berkeley last Sunday which will be up for the next ten days.
http://kpfa.org/archive/id/55555
Tim Eriksen
Formerly based in Minneapolis, Tim Eriksen returns to the Midwest for a solo acoustic tour in support of his new CD "Northern Roots Live in Namest." The program is an exciting combination of ancient New England ballads, chilling shape-note harmonies, old-time Appalachian favorites and originals, including Tim’s unique,... virtuosic arrangements for bajo sexto (twelve string acoustic bass) and what Garrison Keillor, hosting Tim on The Prairie Home Companion, described as "horrifying songs."Read More
Solo acoustic show in support of the new CD!
Time:7:30PM Saturday, November 7th
Location:Pump House Regional Arts Center
Supporting BeauSoleil avec Michel Doucet!
Time:8:00PM Friday, November 6th
Location:CSPS
Tim Eriksen
Formerly based in Minneapolis, Tim Eriksen returns to the Cedar for a solo acoustic show in support of his new CD "Northern Roots Live in Namest." The program is an exciting combination of ancient New England ballads, chilling shape-note harmonies, old-time Appalachian favorites and originals, including Tim’s unique, v...irtuosic arrangements for bajo sexto (twelve string acoustic bass) and what Garrison Keillor, hosting Tim on The Prairie Home Companion, described as "horrifying songs."Read More
Solo acoustic show in support of the new CD!
Time:7:30PM Thursday, November 5th
Location:Cedar Cultural Center
Tim Eriksen A great show at the new Freight and Salvage last night. Props to the club and to Chris Smither. The new venue is great- maybe the best of its size in the country (that I've played, anyway). I posted a youtube video of me playing The Dying Californian from the dressing room. It has a pelican in it. Ate dinner at a Pakistani taqueria- Yeah man...
Tim Eriksen John Santos Sextet tore it up! Omar too- over all a great musical evening in a beautiful old theater. We had to cut our set a little short, but it was great nonetheless. Plus, I got to eat a spicy lamb burger.
Tim Eriksen I'm looking for local support for a show in Seattle. Do you know of any bands there who could be a good match? As always, thanks for your ideas!
Tim Eriksen Live at the Blue Note. Shot by Peter Irvine when he wasn't on stage playing with me (obviously). The audience was an interesting mix of random jazz fans, people who knew my music from various episodes of my life, former students and a busload of Japanese tourists (for the second show.)
Tim Eriksen The Wesleyan show with Omar was amazing! It was great to sing with Molla Sylla again- the last time was my first magically spontaneous collaboration with the band at the Hopkins Center in 2008. Now on to San Francisco and the Herbst Theater- should be a blast.
RECENT ACTIVITY
Tim Eriksen added the album Northern Roots Live in Namest to their discography.
