Northern Roots

Hey all-
It’s a busy time- details below, but long story short I did two radio interviews this morning with one more to go, my new CD Soul of the January Hills is officially out, I finished sequencing another CD last night for a June release, I spent part of last week filming my first classical [...]

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The peepers are out and the sugar houses are full. It’s been a busy month- I’ve been enjoying a much-needed break from touring, but in the “downtime” I’ve been working on seven separate CD projects. The biggest news is that my new solo CD Soul of the January Hills is coming out in a [...]

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It’s been a short and mostly snowless winter, but I’ve had some great shows, nearly got a couple of Grammies with Omar Sosa and made a lot of progress on several upcoming CDs. We finally got some decent snow last night, but it isn’t nearly enough for a snow fort. I’m going South in May, [...]

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Hey everyone- I need to be brief today so I can get back to writing a big fat term paper.
Another Present: Here’s a link to another song for you, this time a more familiar carol. You can download it and, if you want, share it with friends. I [...]

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A Present: I recorded a song for you to download for free and, if you like, share with your friends and family. It may be familiar to some of you from my CD Every Sound Below, but this new recording features bajo sexto.

SALE! CDs are only $12 – 20% off – here at my website [...]

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Well, the Latin Grammy Awards were on November 5, but my nominated collaboration with Omar Sosa Across the Divide didn’t win. Of course, it having never occurred to me that there would be any reason for me to be nominated for a Latin Grammy, it felt a bit like not winning the Algerian Chess Finals.

I [...]

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Thanks to everyone for coming out to the Book Mill, and my apologies to those who weren’t able to get in. I had a great time – next stop California. If you have friends in the Bay Area you might let them know:
Thursday, October 22nd, 7:30 pm
Omar Sosa Quartett featuring Tim Eriksen
San Francisco Jazz [...]

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Friday October 2
The Book Mill
Montague MA
8pm
$10/12
Hey local people. In case you didn’t hear, I’m making a rare western MA appearance this Friday, celebrating the release of my new solo CD “Northern Roots- Live in Namest” on the Czech label Indies Scope. It’s the first in what will hopefully be a series of concerts in places [...]

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Tim Eriksen Solo Acoustic
August 17, 8 & 10:30 pm
Blue Note Jazz Club
NYC
Monday nights are only $10 for a table seat, $5 at the bar!
AMERICAN FOLK FESTIVALS
The Newport Folk Festival aka George Wein’s Folk Festival 50 was a lot of fun- Mavis Staples, Balfa Toujours, Elvis Perkins and a bunch of shape note singers sounds to [...]

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Thanks to everyone for coming out to the festival in New Bedford- I saw some old friends and acquaintances including Louis Killen, and made some new ones. I also ate fish and scallops and whatever else I could find that was fried and/or Portuguese in addition to  publicly proclaiming the impending meteoric rise of Northern [...]

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