MONEY IN THE WOODS just received 4 stars in this April's PASTE magazine!
PASTE's Amanda Petrusich had this to say: "... a beguiling mix of Greg Brown-style folk and thoughtful alt. country... As a lyricist, Robinson is consistently smart and unas [+]MONEY IN THE WOODS just received 4 stars in this April's PASTE magazine!
PASTE's Amanda Petrusich had this to say: "... a beguiling mix of Greg Brown-style folk and thoughtful alt. country... As a lyricist, Robinson is consistently smart and unassuming, and both his vocals and arrangements are beautifully organic, as simple and inviting as a pile of freshly raked leaves."
There's also a great new review in PERFORMING SONGWRITER.
They had this to say: "His easy delivery falls onto your ears like the cadence of a long-lost brother or favorite uncle—someone you’ve been longing for and never get to see enough, someone with great stories, someone you love."
TIM ROBINSON's new collection of songs, MONEY IN THE WOODS, has been nominated for the 2005 NEW PANTHEON MUSIC AWARD. See a full list of nominees (including Ray LaMontagne, Fiona Apple, Mike Doughty, and Elliott Smith) at: www.newpantheon.net
NEW YORK, November 13, 2005 '" Elton John, Elijah Wood, Beck, Margaret Cho, John Legend, Ben Gibbard (Death Cab For Cutie), Keith Urban, Ric Ocasek, Shirley Manson, Chester Bennington and Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park, Suzanne Vega, Dave Matthews and Keith Urban, and other esteemed artists will choose the ten finalists for the inaugural New Pantheon Music Prize. New Pantheon Founder Tom Sarig, was Co-Founder of the Shortlist Music Prize in 2001, which, for four years, honored the year's most artistic albums. Tom Sarig says "With the launch of New Pantheon, we are currently in the planning stages, with an expansive mission and plan, of what promises to be the most exciting and significant event and award designed to honor the most artistic and creative records of the year."
In the realm of singer/songwriters, if you start throwing the word "poet" around, you'd better be able to back it up. Tim Robinson can. His literate but earthy songs traffic in neither high-flown linguistics nor mawkish romanticism; his is a direct, trenchant style that expresses the deepest fundaments of humanity in a strikingly original way.
Robinson kicked around the NYC songwriter scene in the '90s, quietly soaking up experience and amassing an overwhelming cache of stunning songs. At last, his debut album MONEY IN THE WOODS allows the world at large to hear what Robinson
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