Tim O'Brien - Welcome

Welcome to Tim O'Brien Online!

LATEST NEWS:

New Road Journal from Tim 10/28/09. See "The Road"

Check out this video of Tim and the band on a chopper ride in Queenstown, NZ. Click HERE

Check out Kate MacLeod's brand new recording "Blooming", produced by Tim, featuring Kate's beautiful compositions, as well as the playing of Darrell Scott, Byron House, and Kenny Malone. You can find out more about Kate's CD here: www.katemacleod.com/blooming.html

The Ophelia Swing Band recordings now available through iTunes. Ophelia Swing Band was the Colorado outfit that Tim was in before Hot Rize. Great stuff!! Read Tim's Road Journal from September 25 to learn more.

Two summer road journal entries from Tim posted 8/12/09 - travels in Scotland and Ireland. See "The Road."

NOW YOU CAN FOLLOW TIM ON TWIITER! Click HERE to follow Tim on his travels.

Tim is featured in the May 2009 issue of Banjo Newsletter, in a great interview by Danny Barnes. Click here for more info.

Check out the multimedia feature on Tim at FolkAlley.com

Here's Tim with his new Martin 00-18 Tim O'Brien signature model guitar. You can have one too! Details here.

Welcome! This is the place to find out...well, not everything about me, but all you probably need to know. This site will keep you up to date on what's happening with recordings, gigs, and the latest news. I encourage you to visit the store, participate in the forum, explore the links - be a part of the story! When I'm on tour, I'll be staying in touch with a new road journal and I'll check in regularly at the bulletin board to discuss music, gear, festivals, and everything else you want to talk about. If you'd like to become an official member of the family, sign up to receive the newsletter, emailed to an in-box near you.

So come all ye fans of the roots and the branches, the new and the old, the singer and the songwriter. I like to view the big mountain of music from every angle, and I hope you'll check back often. As my buddy Charles used to say, "Now that you know where I live, don't be a stranger!"


	Stephen Owsley Smith Cittern A cittern is like a bouzouki or octave mandolin, except that it has five pairs of strings to the bouzouki's four. These five pairs are tuned in a variety of ways. I'm still experimenting with tunings, but like the most often used tuning of (low pair to high pair) D - G - D - A - D. This one is the big version, with a scale length is 24 and 3/4 inches. Mine has beautiful fingerboard inlay of a blue heron taking flight from a marsh. The back and sides are Koa wood, and the top is Italian spruce. Steve's instruments are made in the classic style favored by players of celtic music. Steve lives in Taos New Mexico and his web site is www.celticmusic.com/steve.