Tim Grimm walks the fine line between folk and country, while maintaining a strong footing in tradition. We hear the rural rumblings that have shaped his life, but we are also invited in to a bigger picture, as evident in so much of his work. Critics searching for comparisons most often cite Johnny Cash, Woody Guthrie and (Nebraska-era) Bruce Springsteen.
After living and working several years in Los Angeles as an actor in TV series like Reasonable Doubts, and in a number of films including Clear and Present Danger with Harrison Ford, Tim returned home to the small town settings of Indiana. It was a conscious choice to live a life of significance rather than one of “success”.
He now lives with his wife and sons on an 80 acre farm close to where he grew up. Tim’s songs are full of the rural rumblings that have shaped his life – rich with descriptive details, and sung with warmth and intimacy – recognizing the inextinguishable national romance with the idea of the family farm and the vanishing landscape of rural America.
Grimm is also the man behind the award-winning theatre show Wilderness Plots, from which several songs were included on his critically acclaimed 2011 album Wilderness Songs and Bad Man Ballads. That same year Tim also recorded Thank You Tom Paxton, a tribute to his long-time hero.
His latest album The Turning Point features a bunch of wonderful songs and guests, including Harpeth Rising, Cindy Kallet, Beth Lodge-Rigal, Jason Wilber (John Prine’s sidekick for many years), Jan Lucas, Connor Grimm and newgrass band, The Underhills. Amongst many highlights on the album are ‘Anne In Amsterdam’, in which Tim describes his thoughts and emotions following a visit to the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam, and the title song, a ballad about a 17th century murder in the Dutch village of Spijkerboor near the German border.
Praise for The Turning Point
“This is proper Americana played by a guy living the life; Grimm owns a farm, and sings like he means it.” The Digital Fix
“a consummate story based song collection” Maverick
“Grimm is an engaging storyteller who nails the name-check approach on ‘King Of The Folksingers’ while ‘Blame It On The Dog’ is a chuckle-charged tale of farmyard misfortunes.” Mojo
“One of the best things about listening to a new artist is that they have the power to make you fall in love with music all over again. Tim Grimm just did that.” R2
TIM GRIMM ∙ UK TOUR ∙ JUNE-JULY 2014
JUNE
Thursday 26 Bontnewydd, nr. Aberystwyth The Hay Loft House Concerts
Friday 27 Cheadle Hulme, nr. Stockport Chads Theatre
Saturday 28 High Wycombe Kings Mead House Concerts
Sunday 29 Twickenham Twickfolk at The Lovers Lights Gallery
JULY
Wednesday 2 Norwich The Bicycle Shop
Thursday 3 Nottingham The Guitar Bar at Hotel Deux
Bio
Tim Grimm has toured and recorded with his friend, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, appeared with Harrison Ford in the film Clear and Present Danger, and has shared the stage with writer and poet Wendell Berry. His recording, The Back Fields was named Best Americana Album in the 2006 Just Plain Folks Music Awards in Los Angeles (the largest and most diverse music awards in the world). Named 2000’s ‘Best Discovery in Roots/Americana Music’ by The Chicago Sun-Times, and ‘2004 Male Artist of the Year’ by the Freeform American Roots DJs, his songs and performances have established him as a unique voice in Americana music. Each of his past 5 recordings has reached the top of the Folk or American-roots charts.
Tim is an award-winning songwriter, and actor on stage and screen. After several years working in Los Angeles (where he co-starred for 2 seasons on the NBC drama Reasonable Doubts and appeared in several films), Tim returned home to Indiana. He grew up in the woods and small town settings of southern Indiana, son of schoolteachers and grandson of farmers.
In 2007, Grimm put together a concept CD with several of the Midwest’s finest songwriter’s – Krista Detor, Carrie Newcomer, Tom Roznowski, and Michael White. The recording, Wilderness Plots, was drawn from the short stories of noted author, Scott Russell Sanders, and explored the settling of the American Wilderness in the Ohio River Valley Region between The Revolutionary War and The Civil War. Two PBS programs have explored Wilderness Plots – the first, a documentary on the story and song, and the second a full Wilderness Plots: In Concert (2012). Produced by WTIU in Bloomington, IN, both productions were nominated for Emmy Awards.
Tim has performed in theatres and coffeehouses around the United States, as well as significant Festivals, including the Kerrville Folk Festival, Wildflower Festival, Fox Valley, GambleFest, the Pawtucket Arts Festival, the Indiana Festival at Conner Prairie and he hosts The Americana Music Series and Americana Downtown in Indiana. Still very active on stage and onscreen, Tim’s most recent projects include guest spots on television’s, Chicago Code and Detroit 187, and the 2013 feature film, At Any Price, directed by Ramin Bahrani and starring Dennis Quaid and Zac Efron. In 2012 he appeared onstage in The Indiana Repertory Theatre production of God Of Carnage and a new theatrical concert piece – Forever Sung: A Celebration of Age in Song – at The Phoenix Theatre, Indianapolis.
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