Tim Eriksen
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 old story songs with adventurous, 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.
“Eriksen is among the most influential figures in the neo-primitivist movement that is rejuvenating American traditional music. A former punk-rocker, his musicianship is confidently state-of-the-art, but his intent is never to modernize or gussy up the old music. The sound is wild, beautiful, and full of unexpected moments; at once sweepingly epic and as intimate as a lover's whisper.” - Boston Globe
Tickets are on sale now from the Cedar Ticketline (612-338-2674 ext 2), Cedar outlets, and online at Ticketweb.
Sponsored by 
Based on his musical interests and abilities, singer-songwriter-ethnomusicologist Tim Eriksen might have been born in a splintery wooden crib during the Revolutionary War, in a backwoods North Carolina church, in a hut along the Ganges, maybe even in the...
