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Updated 9/22/2016

Tim Eriksen & The Trio de Pumpkintown

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    MA

Institution/Business Type: Artist / Creative (Individual)

Tim Eriksen & The Trio de Pumpkintown bring a new touch to the solid ground of acoustic folk and Americana. With strings, a varied percussion section, bows, and stunning vocal harmonies, they call on the sometimes rollicking, sometimes tragic atmosphere of New England life, as well as the copious global connections underlying some of America's most stirring songs and dance tunes. Founded in Western Massachusetts in 2012, they performed at the Tapestry of Sacred Music Festival in Singapore last spring and have toured the Northeast, Midwest, Southeast, and Northwest.

One of the most distinguished performers in American folk music, singer and multi-instrumentalist Tim Eriksen turns tradition into a buzzing revelation with a soaring voice that is both spot-on and raw. With his diverse sound and wide-ranging ideas, Eriksen has played everywhere from rock clubs as the driving force behind the folk-noise band Cordelia's Dad, to jazz clubs in collaboration with master musicians like Latin great Omar Sosa, to major concert halls like Carnegie Hall. He's appeared on both Prairie Home Companion and the Academy Awards, and may be one of the only musicians on earth to have shared the stage with Doc Watson and with Kurt Cobain (not on the same night).

In addition to concerts, Tim Eriksen offers workshops in shape-note singing, ballad singing, voice production, and instrumental accompaniment (banjo, fiddle, guitar).

Find Me

Magdalena Eriksen
Job Title: Manager
Phone: 413-512-0409
Address:
Amherst, MA 01002

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About

Overview

Institution/Business Type:

Artist / Creative (Individual)

Legal Status:

Commercial / For profit - Sole proprietorship

Overview

Institution/Business Type:

Artist / Creative (Individual)

Legal Status:

Commercial / For profit - Sole proprietorship

Disciplines

Primary Discipline:

Music - Folk

Additional Disciplines:

  • Music - Traditional

Activities and Services

Activities and Services:

  • Arts Instruction / Lessons
  • Performance / Concert / Reading
  • Residency - Community
  • Residency - In School
  • Workshops / Demonstrations / Master Class
Seasons Active: spring, summer, fall, winter
Events Per Year: 50

Communities

Populations Engaged:

  • Adults
  • Elders
  • School Groups
  • Youth-At-Risk

Geographic Reach:

  • Multi-State Region
  • National
  • International

Media Gallery

I Have Worked With

Affiliations and Accomplishments

Professional Associations

Professional Associations:

  • Americana Music Association

Professional Associations

Professional Associations:

  • Americana Music Association

Awards

Awards:

  • N/A

Education

Education:

  • Ph.D., Ethnomusicology - Wesleyan University, expected 2015
  • M.A., Ethnomusicology - Wesleyan University

Artist Info

Teaching Artist

Ages Served:

  • Elementary School-age
  • Middle School-age
  • High School-age
  • College-age
  • Adults

Teaching Artist

Ages Served:

  • Elementary School-age
  • Middle School-age
  • High School-age
  • College-age
  • Adults

Touring Artist

NEST Eligible Artist

Technical Requirements:

  • Stage Left: Voc mic + DI (fiddle) Center Stage: Voc mic, 2xDI (fiddle and guitar), condenser mic (banjo) Stage Right: Voc mic, XLR line with phantom power, condenser mic, overhead condenser. The rider can be simplified if needed.

Fee Range:

$1,000 - $5,000

State of Residence:

Massachusetts

Minimum Number of Performers:

3

Maximum Number of Performers:

3