Tim Eriksen with special guest Peter Irvine

About this event

Tim Eriksen is an acclaimed singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (guitar, banjo, fiddle, bajo sexto, kaval, bansuri) from Amherst, Massachusetts. “A compelling artist whose intense delivery and clarity of tone set him among the world’s finest folk practitioners” (Toronto Star), “Eriksen connects the present and the ancient with an immediacy that will make your bones tremble” (Pulse of the Twin Cities). ““Widely regarded as the best traditional American ballad singer of his generation” (BBC Radio), “once you hear his voice, it is impossible to forget; its richness and intensity seem hauntingly appropriate whether he is performing New England murder ballads, Bosnian pop songs, or punk rock (East Bay Express). His scholarship on early American song has been published in Ethnomusicology and The Massachusetts Review, and his original songs have been covered by Joan Baez, Alison Krauss and Bonny “Prince” Billy. Food & Bar: Our full food and drink menu will be available before and during the show.

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