Tim van Eyken, Nancy Kerr, Oliver Knight, Colin Fletcher, Pete Flood
Influences
Colin Fletcher, Pete Flood, Nancy Kerr, Olly Knight, Robert Harbron, James Fagan, Jane Harbour, Jon Hunt, Alex Vann, Paul Sartin, Benji Kirkpatrick, Colin Cotter, Watersons and Carthys, Phil Tanner, Fred Jordan, Packie Manus Byrne, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Andy Cutting, Tom Waits, John Leventhall, Spiro, Tim Eriksen, Damien Rice, Gustav Mahler, Balkan Beatbox, Paul Simon, Martyn Bennett, Kimmo Pohjonnen, La Bottine Souriante, Will Duke and Dan Quin, Rufus Wainwright, Dresden Dolls, Warsaw Village Band, John Kirkpatrick, Dolly Parton, The Muppets, Ola Backstrom, Nick Drake ..........
Sounds Like
An amalgamation of all the influences with bells and whistles. Pretty, heart-wrenching, happy, grotesque, camp, lilting, trashy, tidy, folky, ragged.
I've spent the last five, very enjoyable, years touring various parts of the globe with Waterson:Carthy and Dr Faustus and now I gots an irrepressible urge to realise some of my own stuff too. Some very lovely people indeed agreed to help me do this, (Pete, Olly, Nancy, Colin). Not only lovely but inventive and inspiring and apparently limitlessly talented. It all started with our first album "Stiffs Lovers Holymen Thieves" (which got four nominations at the BBC Folk Awards this year if you'll pardon me blowing my own trumpet for a second), and we've been working hard ever since. After a good run of gigs Nancy is going to be departing after Towersey to concentrate on her stuff with James Fagan (See www.kerrfagan.com) and we will be welcoming Jackie Oates in to the band. We've got a new ablum in the pipeline, but after Sidmouth and Towersey we won't be out as a band again until next year coz I've got a part in Warhorse at the National Theatre. But I will be doing the odd gig here and there on my own so keep checking the dates.
Here's the official line:
"One of the most intuitive musicians of his generation" (THE TIMES) Tim van Eyken of Waterson:Carthy and Dr Faustus fame moves centre stage to re-ignite his solo career. A new deal with Topic Records and a long awaited album herald the arrival of a major new name on the folk scene.
"Stiffs Lovers Holymen Thieves sees him slipping from traditionalism into the ghostly hinterland occupied by the likes of Alasdair Roberts and Will Oldham, where folk formalism meets the eerie textures of modern electronica to bring out the mix of death, lust, religion and hedonism that lies at the heart of folk." (James Eagle, THE MORNING STAR)
"Tim van Eyken, who has spent several years with the Waterson:Carthy entourage, delivers a clarion call for tradition on his second solo album. Its eleven songs are, in Van Eyken’s words, ‘bound together by generations of story singers”, and his rich tenor maintains that heritage in impassioned style, while his band provide spare, melodic backings. The songs, by turns jaunty, tragic and romantic, eloquently tell the human story behind the England flag, bright May morns, dark deportations and all. A triumph. (Neil Spencer, THE OBSERVER)
had a great time watching you at goose last night.just great m8.all the funky guitar tunings great simple fingerpicking, brill accordion. Great voice. loved the gammy leg polka. gl! youre really up there. Hope to meet you again sometime. peace rolo
Thanks for the add! I became a fan when you played a gig in Portland Oregon with Waterson:Carthy a few years back, and I bought your CD "New Boots" on the spot. Was lucky enough to be in London for the Royal Albert Hall concert with all the Watersons and Carthys and sword dancers in May 2007, and what an evening that was! Love your version of "Barleycorn". Will hope to catch more of your gigs soon. Cheers, Marjorie
Hi, I wanted to thank you for helping me reach the final stage of the ZigZag live competition. Thanks to your support, the CMJ slot looks closer then ever.
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Hallo Tim, thank you for your friendship! Your music is great! Please visit my HP: www. cultevents. de and sign the guestbook if you like!
Music has always been a place where anything is possible - a refuge, a magical world where anyone can go, all kinds of people can come together, and anything can happen. We are limited only by our imagination. I believe that what we do and learn inside the world of music can affect what goes on in the world in a big, positive way. music is so important - like food and water. There are so many possibilities, and many doors yet to be opened. (Bill Frisell)
Ciao Jörg
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Once drove an old sedan, up north, From a place in Sydney to Cairns; Then to Kuranda I went forth, By train, to look without set plans.
I browsed through the trendy market, With fresh fruits of tropical kind; Walked to the creek through lush thicket - Nature’s hand giving peace of mind.
I dined in a scenic cafe; Then, outside, as I wrote for yen, Some passing Kooris called-out: “Hey, You go walkabout with your pen.”
Request or question, I don’t know - Assured voices, elderly men. That’s now several years ago, And I’ve seen the world - with my pen.
Toward Morpeth’s Gathering, Either side of Great North Road, Daffodils gleefully showed Their stalk-dressing flowering.
And then, at the Gathering, Another great flowering Of English heritage, showed Through competitions that glowed With competent folk-singing, Storytelling, bag-piping - The small-pipes rapidly rode By hands, in staccato mode - Clogdancing and stick-dressing: Things that ARE worth addressing.
