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What the Press Says...
“The Back Fields” is absolutely my favorite new release that I’ve heard since I can remember. Obviously, the songs are just wonderful as are the harmonies, but there’s something more to it, the music just really tells such great stories, conveys such deep emotion, I don’t know, it just really touched me like nothing has in a long time.”
Mark Michaelis- WGDR, Plainfield, VT
“The Back Fields” will always be modern in the same way that Tracy Chapman’s music will never be “90’s music” and Hal Ketchum’s songs can’t strictly be termed “country.” Because it will never sound dated, naming a genre does Tim Grimm’s music a disservice. The banjo, harmonica and bluegrass inflections are beside the point. Even when the album sounds country, it’s either in a gritty or easy way
Above all, “The Back Fields” contains the best trait of great country music: it makes the specific universal and the universal personal. The sound and emotional hues of “The Back Fields” are— very plainly and tenderly—timeless. Elizabeth Ross, The Herald-Times, Bloomington,IN
“Tim Grimm always has been a first-rate journeyman songwriter and performer. With this CD he ascends to the next level….”Rich Warren- The Midnight Special
"An artist that walks the world with a keen eye for detail and the
ability to capture the human moment with candor and honesty...continuing
the tradition of the mighty fine story told from mouth to mouth, ear to
ear, heart to heart."
--Carrie Newcomer
"Grimm writes and sings in the tricky grey area between folk and country, where so many fall between the cracks, by turn evoking Woody Guthrie, whose 1913 Massacre he covers, and Johnny Cash….Grimm is a powerful enough writer and singer to reconcile these dichotomies on an album which, with it's gripping rural story songs, can be compared to Nebraska, though Grimm, while often as dark as Springsteen, isn't as pessimistic."
--John Conquest, 3rd COAST MUSIC
"an engaging, perceptive songwriter-highly literate,
subtly nuanced and inventive while retaining a traditionalist's love
for classic country folk and bluegrass… Grimm travels the highways
and byways of rural America, searching every dark corner and crevice
of the beaten path to find some sort of beauty and purity. His voice
is world weary but never beaten…"
"Grimm is another link in the chain of literate singer songwriters that sees a side to the story that we always miss. The songs are little novels that unfold slowly and then knock you off your feet when you're not looking… A real find."
--Village Records
"… a wealth of folk roots and engaging songs that play in the mind like vivid short stories or films…"
--Jim Manion, NO DEPRESSION
SONGWRITING AWARDS:
John Lennon ~ SHE REMEMBERS ('country')
Just Plain Folks ~BETTER DAYS ('best traditional folk song')
Great American Songwriting ~ 80 ACRES ('folk')
Independent Music Awards ~ (nomination/finalist) DOWN THE ROAD ('folk/bluegrass')
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