Artist: Tim Easton
Record Review from web archive May 1, 2009
Tim Easton
Tim Easton plays and sings like an old man. For the record, that’s meant as praise, not a taunt. He often sounds as if he’s channeling any number of discovered-late bluesmen, as well as Doc Watson and everybody’s favorite great-uncle Bob Dylan (especially right after Uncle Bob went electric in his younger days). His voice [...]
Column from web archive December 15, 2008
Frank Jr., Oneida, and me
It’s December 8, 2008, and I just woke up in a hotel on the Oneida Indian Reservation outside freezing, frosty-cold Green Bay, Wisconsin. There’s a very large casino next door, and I’m here to play on a bill with Justin Townes Earle and the Sadies for three days straight. The Sadies and I had been [...]
Miked - Live Reviews from Issue #67 Jan-Feb 2007
Steve Earle / Allison Moorer / Laura Cantrell / Tim Easton – Southpaw (Brooklyn, NY)
According to what he told the SRO crowd at this all-acoustic CMJ songwriter’s showcase, Steve Earle had never played in Brooklyn before. But he seemed happy to be here. The youngish audience (a lot younger than him, anyway) cheered his entrance and enthusiastically mouthed the words to songs new and old. They were on the [...]
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #63 May-June 2006
Tim Easton – Ammunition
From the subway vocal echo to the scrappy acoustic settings, Tim Easton’s fourth album draws a back-to-busking baseline, as informal as his first album Special 20, and as lyrically blunt as anything he’s ventured. Easton recorded episodically and itinerantly, in Cleveland, Minneapolis, Alaska and Joshua Tree, getting assistance from Tom Waits’ engineer Mark Howard and [...]
The Long Way Around - Feature from Issue #44 March-April 2003
Tim Easton – Keep on movin’
Watching Tim Easton perform solo acoustic at Los Angeles’ Getty Museum in January was like watching a top baseball pitching prospect finally hurl the game everyone knew he could. Easton has long offered considerable talent, but past appearances in Los Angeles, his home for two years until a recent move to Athens, Georgia, have been [...]
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #32 March-April 2001
Tim Easton – The Truth About Us
Tim Easton steps up in a big way on The Truth About Us. Backed by an impressive cast that includes three-fourths of Wilco, Mark Olson and Victoria Williams, Easton fully delivers on the promise of his 1998 solo debut Special 20. Easton’s move from his native Ohio to Los Angeles provides a fertile source of [...]
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #29 Sept-Oct 2000
Tim Easton – They Will Bury You (EP)
This four-song EP confirms the impression left by Easton’s full-length debut, Special 20 — that he’s one of the best young singer-songwriters working today. If Special 20 was a well-crafted slice of country/folk/rock, They Will Bury You is charmingly casual but no less brilliant. Its four terrific songs, all originals, were recorded in 1999 at [...]
The Long Way Around - Feature from Issue #18 Nov-Dec 1998
Tim Easton – Not Waiting For Columbus
Sometimes the good breaks are lurking in the midst of disasters. When Tim Easton’s band, Columbus, Ohio, roots-rockers the Haynes Boys, made their first appearance at the South By Southwest Music Festival in Austin, Texas, in 1995, they were eagerly looking forward to their showcase slot — until they took a look at the schedule. [...]
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