Tim van Eyken - ProfilesArchive

About Me

MyGen Profile Generator 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 Eykenâ€™s words, â€˜bound together by generations of story singersâ€, 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)

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Member Since: 3/25/2006
Band Website: timvaneyken.co.uk
Band Members: 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.
Record Label: Topic
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Inertia

noun 1 a tendency to do nothing or to remain unchanged : the bureaucratic inertia of government. 2 Physics a property of matter by which it continues in its existing state of rest or uniform motion in...
Posted by Tim van Eyken on Sat, 28 Jun 2008 05:18:00 PST

Daaarlings

Hallo! And thank you kind sirs for your attention. (And of course siresses). Got a bit of jolly exciting news to pass on: I've just taken a part in the National Theatre production of Warhorse. (See ht...
Posted by Tim van Eyken on Wed, 25 Jul 2007 01:55:00 PST

A new resolution

I know I said I was going to keep this updated regularly, but then I got my first telephone bill from the Vodafone Gods and I had managed to clock up £200 of data in an alarmingly short space of time ...
Posted by Tim van Eyken on Fri, 08 Jun 2007 01:44:00 PST

Helloooo!

Now, I had made a new year's resolution to pay more attention to my blog. May seems like a good time to think about actually implementing resolutions, what with spring springing and all. I've been out...
Posted by Tim van Eyken on Fri, 04 May 2007 08:51:00 PST

Catching up

Lots of people asking for tour dates n stuff, sorry I'm a bit behind cos I've been moving house. Will put up dates ASAP, until then you can check www.accessallareas.infoAlso a few people have asked fo...
Posted by Tim van Eyken on Fri, 09 Feb 2007 01:45:00 PST

November Kudos Tour

Good evening, just having a quiet blog while the house is empty. Two things: 1. I'm about to start a wee tour (- little that is) with my lovely band and it would especially lovely if a few people came...
Posted by Tim van Eyken on Tue, 24 Oct 2006 10:05:00 PST

Posting a post blog

Just realised I really should have said this before, but I just did an interview for the Mike Harding Show. I promise I will try to tell you about things before they happen in the future! Sorry if you...
Posted by Tim van Eyken on Wed, 14 Jun 2006 01:17:00 PST

Here we go!

Well the first gig is on Sunday, we've had a little run through and I'm not panicking too much! Managed to slip a few CDs out the back door before the official release so tap me on the shoulder at Wyc...
Posted by Tim van Eyken on Fri, 02 Jun 2006 05:09:00 PST

Oooh

Now this is all very new to me. I'm full of questions.. like: If I blog too often will I go blind? Does blogging give you warts? Is blogging a mortal sin? If you can answer any of these please get in ...
Posted by Tim van Eyken on Sun, 02 Apr 2006 02:38:00 PST