TIM ERIKSEN

I was especially happy to have an unexpected chance to spend a few days with Martin Carthy. I realized I’d known him forever but never thought to ask “hey, what tuning are you in?” We had a great time…

 With Absence and her sister Tim Eriksen and Peter Irvine return to their roots in folk minimalism and Gothic Americana- new and ancient songs of their native New England informed by the wide palette of their other collaborations. The two…

We are encouraging people to come to The Drake in Amherst, MA on March 20 for a preview of our new album , “Absence and her sister.” Getting people out to local shows remains a challenge, so we'd really appreciate…

“I had a great annual holiday tour with Tony Trischa, Sean Trishka, Hannah Read and Jared Engel.  Here's a radio show we taped at NEPM”  Enjoy!

Americana legend Tony Trischka joins us ahead of his show tonight at The Iron…

“It was great to catch up with Alison Krauss and Jerry Douglas in Boston, and to finally meet Russell Moore. I love what they and the band did with my song Granite Mills. ". -T.E.

 link to bbc here

“Sacred Harp pioneer and former punk frontman, Tim Eriksen, takes us into the hair-raising sound of shape note singing, an American choral tradition experiencing a resurgence across the US and in Europe. All people and all…

Alison Krauss and Union Station have a new album coming out that contains two songs I gave Alison over the years: Granite Mills and Richmond On The James. 

Granite Mills was recently released as the second single, and the…

Historic Deerfield’s hybrid 2025 museum course, “One Hundred Years of Song: Singing Early New England Music for Science, Memory, and Abolitionism, 1770–1870,” will be held on Wednesdays March 12, 19, and 26, 2025  virtually and in person.

The Revolutionary and…

Omar Sosa’s 88 Well-Tuned Drums, directed by Soren Sorensen captures much of Sosa’s oeuvre.  Documentary screening with discussion featuring Omar Sosa, Tim Eriksen and film maker Soren Sorensen will happen on Oct 21 in Northampton, Oct 22,…

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 ocean…