Tim Baker (musician)
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![]() Tim Baker at the 2019 Peterborough Folk Festival | |
Background information | |
Origin | St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada |
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Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter |
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Years active | 2000s—present |
Labels | Arts & Crafts |
Associated acts | Hey Rosetta! |
Tim Baker is a Canadian singer-songwriter from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.[1] The longtime lead singer of the indie rock band Hey Rosetta!,[2] his debut solo album Forever Overhead was released on April 19, 2019, on Arts & Crafts.[3]
Baker was educated at Concordia University, where he planned to study piano but came down with a case of tendonitis that prevented him from being able to play for his admission audition, and thus studied creative writing.[4] Following his graduation, he returned to St. John's, where he began performing locally as a solo artist before deciding that his songs needed a fuller band sound and forming Hey Rosetta![4]
In 2016, Baker debuted his first solo song, "Spirit", on the CBC Radio news program The Current as part of a special series on the economic challenges of life in Newfoundland.[5] The song appears on Forever Overhead.[3]
In June 2019, Forever Overhead was named to the initial longlist for the 2019 Polaris Music Prize.[6] At the Juno Awards of 2020, he received a nomination for Songwriter of the Year, for the songs "All Hands", "Dance" and "The Eighteenth Hole".
In July 2020, he released the Survivors EP.[7]
On July 26, 2021, he performed his song "Songbirds" at the investiture of Mary Simon as Governor General of Canada.
In 2021 he duetted with Rose Cousins on a new re-recording of her song "The Lullaby (My Oldest Love)".[8]
References[]
- ^ Carolyn Parsons, "Art & Soul: Hey Rosetta! frontman starts anew". The Telegram, October 12, 2018.
- ^ Calum Slingerland, "Hey Rosetta!'s Tim Baker Shares New Song 'Spirit'". Exclaim!, November 22, 2018.
- ^ a b Sarah Murphy, "Hey Rosetta's Tim Baker Details 'Forever Overhead' Solo Album". Exclaim!, February 12, 2019.
- ^ a b Tiana Feng, "Hey Rosetta! chief songwriter Tim Baker takes a literary approach". Words & Music, March 1, 2012.
- ^ Lukas Wall, "Hey Rosetta!'s Tim Baker debuts new song on CBC's The Current". CBC News Newfoundland & Labrador, March 10, 2016.
- ^ Holly Gordon, "Find out who made the 2019 Polaris Music Prize long list". CBC Music, June 20, 2019.
- ^ Allie Gregory (May 20, 2020). "Tim Baker Unveils 'Survivors' EP". Exclaim!.
- ^ Alex Cook, "Rose Cousins Revisits ‘The Lullaby (My Oldest Love)’ With Tim Baker and Announces Tour Dates". The East, October 27, 2021.
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- Canadian male singer-songwriters
- Canadian singer-songwriters
- Canadian folk rock musicians
- Canadian indie rock musicians
- Canadian rock singers
- Musicians from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
- Living people
- Arts & Crafts Productions artists
- Concordia University alumni
- 21st-century Canadian male singers