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tim eriksen

"NORTHERN ROOTS MUSIC AND BEYOND"

Amherst, Massachusetts
United States

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Member Since7/23/2007
Band Websitetimeriksen.net
Band MembersTim Eriksen and friends
InfluencesSacred Harp, Yankee John Galusha, SSDecontrol, K.S. Subramanian, Halid Beslic, Lee Monroe Presnell, Mohamed Kooshin, Dwight Diller, Oromo Gospel, Alvin Lucier, Neely Bruce, David Reck, Martin Carthy, Jeff Warner, Jeff Davis, T. Viswanathan, The Ramones
Sounds LikeNorthern Roots Music is:

-wicked old "old-time" music.

-New England songs about life and death, not bed and breakfast.

-Northern Appalachian music.

-Massachusetts ballads, shape note music, originals, Southern tunes, Irish songs or whatever I feel like singing.

I'VE BEEN ACCUSED OF SOUNDING LIKE:

Roscoe Holcomb, Martin Carthy, Ralph Stanley, Bob Mould, Nina Nastasia, Freddy Mercury, Greg Ginn, Jane's Addiction, Nick Drake, Ranganayaki Rajagopalan, Ali Birra, Tose Proeski, Halid Beslic, Alvin Lucier, Omar Dhule, Richard DeLong, Mission of Burma, Doc Boggs and The Incredible String Band. My first mediocre review (long forgotten punk zine ca. 1984) said my music sounded too much like Sonic Youth- the first ecstatic review (Maximum Rock and Roll, 1985) erroneously raved that it included "everything from thrash to straight jazz."

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Type of LabelIndie




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Tim Eriksen's music is some of the most hair-raising in American old-time and alternative folk, with a decidedly Northern Roots twist. He also has many years and remarkable depth of experience in a kaleidoscope of musical styles including South Indian Classical, Bosnian/Balkan, Hardcore Punk, Sacred Harp, Experimental Electro-acoustic and Oromo Gospel. A few details:

...main instruments include banjo, fiddle, guitar, bajo sexto and Saraswati veena.

...has sung/performed/consulted and written songs for films including Cold Mountain, Chrystal, and The Ladykillers.

...has been a professor of music at Dartmouth, Amherst and Hampshire College and the University of Minnesota

...was an early adviser in the creation of "MIM: the World's First Global Musical Instrument Museum"

...sings Sacred Harp whenever possible (mostly tenor and treble)

...started bands including Cordelia's Dad, Zabe i Babe, Northampton Harmony and Stands for Nothing

...has worked, on stage and screen, in class or in the studio with folks including Sting, Jack White, Ralph Stanley, Elvis Costello, Alison Krauss, Nicole Kidman, Steve Reich, Yo Yo Ma, Steve Albini, Joe Boyd and T Bone Burnett

...is a 19th century New England music scholar

...is the American guy in the Rehoboth Oromo Choir

...is currently working on recording projects including a Cordelia's Dad live double CD, a Stands for Nothing re-release of old school hardcore, a symphonic piece, the Macedonian song "Zajdi, Zajdi" with Zlatne Uste Balkan Brass Band, electroacoustic noise/folk with composer Michael Theodore, New England ballads for voice and bajo sexto, and will also be teaching songwriting at Hampshire College and World Music at Dartmouth this Spring

...is the only person to have appeared with both Doc Watson and Kurt Cobain and to have unintentionally cut himself on stage at both CBGB and the Academy Awards

Amazing Grace, Western Mass. Style:


Check out the amazing natural lighting effects toward the end of this stunning video capture of "Every Sound Below," the title track to Tim's second solo cd:


Here's Tim performing "Gabriel's Trumpet" with 70 friends on the main stage at the Newport Folk Festival in 2006:


"John Colby's Hymn" in a Western Mass. swamp (note harmonic singing!):


Tim playing "A Tiny Crown" with the moon over his shoulder:


"I Wish The Wars Were All Over":


Here's some excellent footage of Tim's band, Cordelia's Dad, live in England in 1996:


Brother Judson - more Cordelia's Dad ca. 1996:


More videos are posted at YouTube!

Have a request for Tim? Something you've heard him sing? Something you'd like to hear him sing? Leave a comment or a message with your request for a new video.

Tips gratefully accepted!

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Not That Sean Smith, the Other One





Jul 3 2008 5:47 AM

Hi Tim, many thanks for the add. Really enjoy your music, both solo and with Cordelia's Dad, and very much appreciate your attention to detail as regards sources, traditions, etc. Hope to see you perform sometime.
Big Steve -Flying Fifteen MC





Jul 3 2008 12:26 AM

Thanks for the add. Come back to Mississippi Studios in Portland. I reckon I missed your last show by this much...
It does not do to dwell and forget to live





Jun 2 2008 10:31 AM

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Benjamin Voss





Mar 31 2008 9:18 AM

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Anita





Mar 7 2008 11:00 PM

Hi Tim,

Would love you to hear the sound recording of a documentary on our singing in Brunswick, Melbourne. It is the only regular Sacred Harp singing we know of in Australia.

http://youtube. com/results?search_query=brunswick+sacred+harp&search_type=
Nate Warren





Feb 29 2008 1:37 AM

Are you like me? Take my "Just for fun!" Quiz to find out!
Nate Warren





Feb 28 2008 7:10 PM

Are you like me? Take my "Just for fun!" Quiz to find out!
Fiddlebetse





Feb 9 2008 1:31 PM

Hey Tim, thanks for the add a while back.

Meeting in Portland, playing music, talking about histories, and hearing you in person was a tremendous experience for me. Your voice goes straight to the soul. It was an honor for you to play my fiddle.

I wish for you the best in your endeavors. Hope our paths cross again.

best wishes,
Betse
Tracy





Jan 4 2008 9:08 AM

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Nate Warren





Jan 1 2008 12:18 PM

my favorite type of banjo is a mountain hillbilly banjo just because they have a longer neck on it for more notes and they sound good.
BEYOND DEATH DESIGNS





Dec 27 2007 9:25 PM

Happy Holidays,hope all is well.
VILLROT





Dec 15 2007 12:55 PM

Hey Tim, thanks for being friendly, your beautiful voice and strumming brings out the best of humanity, keep your spirits high!
Greetings from Norway
Flavy





Dec 8 2007 7:53 AM

Thank you for the add.
Awesome, prodigious,any word to call you!!!
Your voice bring me.
"Every sound below" again one of yours songs that I like!
Any show in France???

(sorry for my english)
Helen Barber





Dec 5 2007 8:37 AM

Hi Tim, how are you doing?
great site,
Helen
Dina Rae





Nov 29 2007 6:37 PM

I swear your voice is like the breath of God. I was at the singing school you taught in Portland, and when you called the first tune I could've cried right there. Thank you for doing what you do.

Peace, love, and joy
Johnny Wilde





Nov 25 2007 3:37 PM

When are you appearing in England?
BEYOND DEATH DESIGNS





Nov 17 2007 8:57 PM

That thing says songs I'd like to hear you perform,well your rendition of In the pines by Lead Belly later by Kurt Cobain,would be welcoming if you ever decide to do it,alrighty cya.
BEYOND DEATH DESIGNS





Nov 17 2007 8:48 PM

Hey Tim I appreciate the music you create.I just stumbled upon it,I mostly listen to Death Metal,but I feel your music greatly.I do like old blues and celtic music in someways you fit nicely in between the two.I'm thinking of getting one of your cds just not sure which to start with.So,great job and thanks.
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Nov 17 2007 7:19 AM

- Thanks for being friend...excellent guitar/banjo playing, great songs...Peace and happiness...
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Michael Leitch





Nov 14 2007 3:47 PM

Rar!
Jenn





Nov 13 2007 5:31 PM

Hi. Thank you for the add. So glad to find you on here. Its been too many years since I've heard you sing. And an unbelievable 10 years since I last saw you perform. Be Well.
Michael Leitch





Nov 6 2007 3:02 PM

Is that throat/overtone singing I hear on John Colby's Hymn? Very interesting!
Martha





Oct 26 2007 9:47 PM

Hi, Tim! Thanks for the add. I am new to MySpace.

I like your page -- photos, bios, etc. Looks great to me!
lefty yukon sam





Oct 20 2007 7:10 AM

thank for request and your music is beantiful
Anita





Oct 20 2007 6:58 AM

The Cordelia's Dad clip on youtube is fantastic. So wonderful to find a musician who embraces disparate elements of music so much like my own tastes, and who blends them with the X factor!
Rob Reiken





Oct 15 2007 5:34 AM

Hiya Tim

Thanks for the add request

Enjoyed ya music
It sounded very celtic to me
I found tiny Crown intriguing that i had to watch it on you tube
Rather interesting to put some technical augmented chord in there or whatever it was I like it
Just wonderin if you ever play in DADGAD tuning
Best of luck with ya passion
Be well

Stop by sometime
N say hi

Cheers
Rob.....

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Damien Barber





Oct 14 2007 2:42 PM

Hey Tim

Nice to see you on here.

How's it goin?

D
Karen O. E.





Oct 14 2007 9:06 AM

Hello sir! It was nice to see you again yesterday. Everything turned out beautifully.
Milton Gabor





Oct 13 2007 8:58 AM

hey tim,
love the new videos.

k. kim
The Inclined





Oct 12 2007 9:58 AM

Hey Tim -

Thanks so much for the request - we're totally psyched to be your friends! I hope all's well with you and the kids.

take care,
jrmy
Karen





Oct 12 2007 12:26 AM

hey Tim thanks for the Request.

Earlier this year a friend and I shared some of our favourite music with each other , and through her I first heard of Cordelia's Dad and loved the music. Great to hear your solo stuff and learn a little more of you and you music.
Dusan /earth music





Oct 11 2007 3:37 PM

hi Tim, thanks for finding me here, I'm really happy to connect with you! Can we make something in Czechia the next summer??? You solo and maybe Cordelia's dad too?

ThanksAdd_Dusan
lonesome d string band





Oct 11 2007 2:41 PM

How about that: an add request from one of my heroes. An honor and a privilege, sir, and the best thing that's happened to me on myspace yet. Hope you're doing well; your music sounds terrific as always.
The Sweetback Sisters





Oct 11 2007 10:53 AM

Hey, Thanks for adding some girl-on-girl harmony singing to YourSpace. I hope we run into you down the road sometime soon. Keep it country... xoxo the sweetback sisters
The Accomplices





Oct 10 2007 10:06 PM

Mighty pleased to befriend thee, brother.
dom





Oct 10 2007 4:40 PM

Truly stoked for the friend request! Thanks Tim. Hope you make it over to the UK sometime soon.
Mick West





Oct 10 2007 3:03 PM

Delighted to oblige Tim! I haven't heard your songs before but I'm a firm fan of your kind of music like Doc Watson or Fields Ward and his Buck Mountain Boys.I really like your singing and playing style too. It's good to know that another generation are maintaining and developing this great resource.
All the best to you from Scotland and more power to your elbow!Mick.
Stuart Mason





Oct 10 2007 9:22 AM

hey Tim--fookin great to hear from you. Your music is the pure drop, keep it up my friend! --stu

Pickin Berries





Oct 10 2007 12:00 AM

Hi Tim,

thank your for finding us - your music has been an inspiration for me through the years since I heard "Her Bright Smile" back in 91. Your records are an essential part of my collection.

I feel deeply honoured that you make contact to a small German folk band.

All the best from rainy Germany,

Karsten (Pickin' Berries)
Wagon