Tim Van Eyken
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Tim van Eyken is an English folk musician of Belgian descent, performing on the melodeon and guitar.
Van Eyken first started playing penny whistle after seeing James Galway on television. He graduated to playing for his mother, a member of a clog dance team. There was pressure from the team to play something louder, so he learned the accordion. He first came to prominence in 1998 when he won the BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award. in 2000 he was invited to become the fourth member of Waterson:Carthy, a position he held until May 2007. He has his own band, Van Eyken, consisting of Nancy Kerr on fiddle, Olly Knight (Lal Waterson's son) on electric guitar, Colin Fletcher on double bass and Pete Flood on percussion. Their version of the traditional English song John Barleycorn - 'Barleycorn' - picked up the award for Best Traditional Track at the 2007 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards.
He was a member of the now defunct group "Dr Faustus" together with Robert Habron, Benji Kirkpatrick and Paul Sartin. In 2008 he appeared at the National theatre in War Horse by Michael Morpurgo.
[edit] Discography
Solo albums
- New Boots (1999)
- Stiffs Lovers Holymen Thieves (2006)
Tim van Eyken and Robert Habron
- One Sunday Afternoon (2001)
As a member of Waterson:Carthy
- Fishes & Fine Yellow Sand (2004)
- Holy Heathens and the Old Green Man (2006)
As a member of Dr Faustus
- The First Cut (2003)
- Wager (2005)
