Low Tide - Insects - Crows - Swimming holes - Snow - Thunderstorms - Electric Fans - Dumpsters - Other Humans - Tomatoes and Ps. 139 in no comprehensible order -
Sounds Like
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."
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's 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 combines raw vocals with savvy arrangements for fiddle, banjo, guitar and bajo sexto, and alternates stripped-down story songs with quirky originals. His new solo album "Northern Roots Live in Namest" (Indies Scope, 2009) highlights the power of New England murder ballads, stark "shape-note" tunes, love songs and a dose of Irish and Southern Appalachian sounds.
Folk Festival 50 On-line Community Forum is now live. Check it out and post comments on Tim Eriksen and on other Festival artists. http://www.folkfestival50.com/forum/
I'm really excited to have uploaded to myspace my first
video! It's called 'A Day At The Country
Show'. I'd love you to check it out and
let me know what you think.
Tim, I appreciate your adding me as a friend. Your voice and ability to play so many different instruments is amazing but I am wondering who comes up with the ideas for your videos? I find the shooting locations and the ideas on how to use the sounds of nature to compliment your music fascinating. The videos are the exact images I envision when I listen to traditional appalachian style music and the way things such as frogs singing, crickets chirping, and water trickling are incorporated into your music is just fascinating. Love the Sacred Harp singing too!
Ashley Rivera
Brent Cobb
Celeste
Clemency
Cole
Gareth Asher
Haley Marie
Junior Doctor
Lion Vibes
Lullwater
Lyman Ellerman
Morrison Creek
Nash Street
Preston Long
Scarlett
I first stumbled across your music on youtube while looking up some tracks from cold mountain and I was blown away!
I started playing the fiddle not too long ago and hopefully listening to music like yours and asking the right questions will help me further along my skill level...
This years festival is headlined by Billy Bragg (Friday), Seth Lakeman (Sunday) and Peatbog Faeries (Saturday) with many more top artists also performing incl the award winning The Demon Barbers.
Tim, I learned about your music through the Cold Mountain movie (as did many others). I have been smitten by the grassroots movement ever since. I am a musician as well, and though I already liked traditional Irish/Appalachian Bluegrass, I feel that your music takes it to a whole other level. I am happy to have been added to your space, and look forward to seeing one of your shows. Rob
Online Now!
