You’re A Mean One, Mr. Grinch from Stillhouse Junkies and Tim O’Brien
Ever since the original animated television special The Grinch Who Stole Christmas first aired in 1966, its featured song, You’re A Mean One, Mr. Grinch, has been a holiday staple. On the off chance you are old enough to read and yet unaware of this classic work, it’s the story of an ugly green ne’er-do-well […]
Five Days Out, Two Days Back on Jimmy Kimmel Live
Yesterday, Alison Brown and Steve Martin made a trip out to Hollywood to perform their latest single, Five Days Out, Two Days Back for Jimmy Kimmel Live on the ABC television network. In tow were Tim O’Brien on mandolin, who sings lead on the single, Christian Sedelmyer on fiddle, Robbie Fulks on guitar, and Garry […]
Hungry Heart from Tim O’Brien and Jan Fabricius
For their next album, Paper Flowers, Tim O’Brien and Jan Fabricius have teamed up with folk music legend Tom Paxton to co-write 12 new songs. The full project isn’t due until June, but a single will be available this week, just in time for Mother’s Day. Hungry Heart reaches back to an earlier time, before […]
Tim O’Brien previews Covenant School shooting song for Nashville TV
Yesterday, March 27, was the two-year anniversary of the tragic shooting at the Covenant School in Nashville, when an armed intruder shot their way into the school, and killed three students and three adults. The massacre reignited debates about how to keep dangerous weapons out of the hands of disturbed individuals, and partisan types retreated […]
Bluefield Mountain Wind from Greg Blake, with Tim & Mollie O’Brien
Soulful bluegrass vocalist Greg Blake has a lovely new song to start this new year, a ballad about a West Virginia boy who misses those hills of home. Bluefield Mountain Wind, written by Mark “Brink” Brinkman and David Stewart, unites Blake, a native West Virginian, with a pair of displaced Mountain Staters joining him on harmony vocals […]
Santa Ate A Gummy from Tim O’Brien and Ben Winship
There’s something special about holiday traditions, one that all but demands a certain reverence. Nevertheless, when a clever and creative twist is applied to cherished memories, well, suffice it to say, they can bring a certain levity to the situation as well. That’s apparent in the title alone to a new holiday ditty, Santa Ate […]
Tim O’Brien sings You Took Me In for Tom Paxton tribute
For their second single from Bluegrass Sings Paxton, Mountain Home Music’s upcoming tribute album to the legendary folk singer and songwriter, Tom Paxton, Tim O’Brien is up with You Took Me In. Instead of reaching back into Paxton’s deep catalog of songs, Tim and Tom got together with Jan Fabricius to write a new song […]
Edwin in the Lowlands from Thomm Jutz and Martin Simpson, with Tim O’Brien
Topic Records has announced a September 29 release for an interesting new project that explores the convergence of British folk music and that of the Appalachian mountains of the southeastern US. It is a joint effort from a pair of ex-pats now living in America, noted English folk artist Martin Simpson, and German born Nashville […]
A chat with Tim O’Brien… about life, learning, music, and marriage
Given his extensive backstory and defining role in the advent of modern bluegrass, it would be hard to confine Tim O’Brien to any particular niche. His early efforts alongside his older sister, Mollie O’Brien, and essential role as a member of the 1980s hit band Hot Rize, established his penchant for abiding by bluegrass tradition, […]
Cup of Sugar – Tim O’Brien
One of the foremost figures within current bluegrass realms, Tim O’Brien holds true to his standing with what may well be his best effort yet. Personable and pleasing, it finds humor, happiness, and happenstance embossed in each of these offerings, courtesy of astute observations that relate to everyday circumstance. Regardless of the subject — be […]
