A couple of hundred million years ago what became West Africa and Massachusetts were in the same place. The plates shifted, a fissure opened in the proto continent and became the Atlantic ocean. We and our ancestors have crossed that…
Tim Eriksen is acclaimed for transforming American tradition with his startling interpretations of old ballads, love songs, shape-note gospel and dance tunes from New England and Southern Appalachia. He combines hair-raising vocals with inventive accompaniment on banjo, fiddle, guitar and bajo sexto - a twelve string Mexican acoustic bass - creating a distinctive hardcore Americana sound.
“One of the best singers in music”
-T Bone Burnett
"otherworldly"
-Barbara Kingsolver
“Among the world’s finest folk practitioners”
-Toronto Star
“The best ballad singer of his generation”
-BBC Radio
Remembering John Cohen
TE and Brendan Gleeson, June 2002 photo by John Cohen. We'll be remembering John at the Brooklyn Folk Festival this weekend.
NYC FILM PREMIERE, 8:00pm: Different Johns – a documentary film that explores the different lives of John Cohen: old…
Pumpkintown: Songs, Stories from a New England Village
"The imagery was enchanting and engaging, varying from Victorian graphics to etheral, surreal, and painterly images. It is as if one is spying through a keyhole into a kaleidoscopic journey of other worlds, coming into focus much like a dream."
Songs of Abolition: A Juneteenth Concert Celebration
On June 19, 2022, Historic Deerfield will present an evening of music and history titled “Songs of Abolition: A Juneteenth Concert Celebration at Historic Deerfield.”
The concert will include early gospel tunes, music from a new documentary film…
That Folking Podcast: Tim Eriksen
Folking is a podcast series examining modern & historical issues through the lens of folklore, music and dance traditions, featuring the music and words of independent global musicians and contemporary tradition bearers, everywhere.
"Genevieve's great spirit, curatorial listening and curiosity…
Esplanade Festival: Songs of deliverance
"Tim Eriksen presents two hymns in the Sacred Harp singing tradition against a wintry backdrop of the pastoral Western Massachusetts, United States, in response to Esplanade’s festival, A Tapestry of Sacred Music. In the theme of deliverance, especially in this…
Behold the Earth: featuring the music of Dirk Powell, Rhiannon Giddens, and Tim Eriksen
Behold the Earth is a music-rich documentary film that explores America’s divorce from the outdoors through conversations with legendary scientists E.O. Wilson, Cal DeWitt, and Theo Colborn, as well as a new generation of creation-care activists within America’s Christian communities…
I Wish the Wars Were All Over
Tim's song, I Wish the Wars Were All Over Chosen by Joan Baez to be her last recorded musical statement-the last song on her farewell album "Whistle Down The Wind."
We are entering the end times for some of the…
Tim and Refugee go to Serbia
Refugee goes to Serbia Radio Interview
Sudbina Theater Company is an up-and-coming theater company based out of the Pioneer Valley, in Massachusetts. Under the direction of theater scholar and playwright, Milan Dragicevich, STC recently completed their successful run of the…
Art Maker: Tim Eriksen, musician Daily Hampshire Gazette
Whether teaching shape-note singing, exploring folk music traditions from Appalachia, the Balkans and India, or blending punk and folk music sounds on his guitar, fiddle and banjo, Tim Eriksen has carved out a unique niche for himself as a musician…