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A Tale of Two Tims

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Tim O'BrienTwo Tim O’Briens will share the stage in Nashville this month for A Celebration of Literature and Lyrics presents author Tim O’Brien, National Book Award winner and author of The Things They Carried, alongside musician Tim O’Brien, Grammy-winning Americana and bluegrass legend. O’Brien and O’Brien have been getting each other’s fan mail for decades, but they’ll meet for the first time on 17th January, when they share the stage for a unique event supporting The Porch Writers’ Collective.
Calling all Nashville storytellers (and there are a lot of storytellers in Nashville): A Tale of Two Tims:

Check out the article in the Tennessean.

Road To Roosky Carter Brothers

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Carter BrothersBrothers Tim and Danny Carter are scions of the Carter Family legacy. Born and raised in High Point, North Carolina, their take on bluegrass music is equal parts raucous and reverential. In the many years that they have performed together since boyhood they have developed the tight brother harmonies that distinguish the best brother duos as well as the instrumental prowess that bluegrass demands of its practitioners. Their music is rooted in tradition but pushes the envelope at the same time, making them popular with fans of all kinds of American roots-based music.

On Road to Roosky, their first release with the Nashville-based roots music company Compass Records, the brothers deliver a multi-faced set of tunes that pay homage to their tradition as well as showcasing the musically adventurous side of their music. The album opens with the lively Woman at the Well, featuring Sam Bush on slide mandolin, and segways seamlessly into the title track, Road to Roosky, named for a quaint village in the Midlands of Ireland where the Carter Brothers often spend time during their frequent tours of the country. Other standout tracks include She’s a Hurricane, featuring Ferrell Stowe on slide guitar, What Does The Deep Sea Say featuring Tim O’Brien, and Jerusalem Moan, recorded with Vassar Clements a few months before untimely death in 2005; possibly be the only recording that features Vassar singing and scatting as well as playing fiddle.

Electrifying and hard-driving original rock/folk/blues and newgrass music…Superb songwriters on a level all their own…Stunningly precise musicianship performed with a seemingly effortless and totally joyful demeanor. Brilliant! They’re the real deal, folks —Dave McAdams, Dublin Times

Tim and Dan are blood related to A.P., Sarah and Maybelle Carter but they don’t make a big deal out of it. Like their momma, who taught them to rinse collard greens in the Maytag, they make their new old timey music with tried and true ingredients and modern appliances. Loosen your screws a few turns and enjoy the music of the Carter Brothers —Tim O’Brien

Tim O’Brien and Crooked Still Downunder

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News in this week is that Tim O’Brien and Crooked Still will be visiting Australia for a number of concerts.

The Brunswick Music Festival will feature a selection of American roots music, headed by Rosie Flores – queen of the rockabilly guitar chicks; Tim O’Brien, Grammy winning singer and multi instrumentalist in the old timey and bluegrass traditions; and Crooked Still– exciting young band, purveyors of American nu-folk and bluegrass.

Tim O’Brien – CD Release

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Tim O’Brien – Chicken & Egg 13th July 2010.

Tim O’Brien has announced his 13th solo album, a mix of original collaborations plus a few covers, most of which were recorded in a live and sparse studio setting.
Guest on the new CD include Bryan Sutton on acoustic electric guitar; Stuart Duncan on fiddle, mandolin, cello, and banjo; Dennis Crouch on bass; and Mike Bub on drums. Guests singers include Sarah Jarosz, Abigail Washburn, and Chris Stapleton.
The album features 14 tracks, including You Ate the Apple, Sinner, No Way To Stop the Flow, Mother Mary and more. Release date 07/13/2010
Chicken & Egg (Howdy Skies Records) will be available from Tim’s website in early July, and through all major digital distributors.
There will be a new look for the Tim O’Brien website as well as a fan forum come early July also.

Tim O’Brien Touring New Zealand

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American singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Tim O’Brien, also the founding member of the band Hot Rize, is currently touring New Zealand with Irish and New Zealand compatriots Trevor Hutchinson and Gerry Paul, calling themselves Two Oceans Trio.

From three different continents, with two oceans between them, they find common ground in the language of Roots, Bluegrass and Americana music. Trevor Hutchinson on double bass and Gerry Paul on guitar will be accompanying the bluegrass legend on his first New Zealand tour. The Trio will play a mix of Tim’s self-penned songs along with the traditional Americana folk tunes that can be found on their self-titled album.

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