timber

Veteran with a passion


How nice is that: slumped on the couch, shoes off, a drink nearby and listening to wonderful music. Then we would like to introduce to you singer-songwriter Timber. Timber is a Dutch singer-songwriter whose Americana popsongs are inspired by The Beatles and which sound like John Mayer, making you feel, think and sometimes smile, in an atmosphere of intimacy and relaxation. He is a veteran, but with the passion of a young guy. After a lifetime of playing all kinds of music, it was only in 2010 that he launched his first album called Book of life. The album got some very good reviews:
“Personal, intimate lyrics, brought with much emotion” (Dutch music magazine Music Maker).
“Timber writes personal, intimate lyrics which he plays with much emotion” (Dutch organisation Popunie). In 2014 the lyrics to his song Book of life were nominated for best English lyrics at the Dutch music festival THISSFest. If you take time to dig, you will find the deeper layer in Timber’s songs. His songs are varied and they’re influenced by blues, rock, country, folk, etc., but always with his own twist. His lyrics are personal: they’re about love, friendship, life and death, fear, etc. It’s not unlikely the songs will remind you of John Mayer (popsongs with Americana inflence), The Beatles (appealing yet intelligent), James Taylor (relaxed singing and guitar playing) and John Lennon and Don Henley (lyrics with substance). His latest album, Clouds, contains “Ideal music for Sunday mornings” according to Dutch magazine Lust for life. And Dutch magazine Heaven wrote: “On Clouds Timber shows he’s a terrific singer and songwriter and he convinces with appealing melodies, tastfully arranged”. New songs will be released in 2020. Timber is playing live in The Netherlands regularly. He usually plays solo (voice and guitar) e.g. in a theatre, a smaller or larger stage or a living room. Sometimes he plays with a semi-acoustic band (cajon, upright bass, acoustic guitars, dobro). He plays his own songs, if requested also covers. A Timber performance is an intimate experience and when the mood is right, there certainly is interaction between artist and audience. In recent years he played for instance at De Vorstin (Hilversum), Vessel11 (Rotterdam), Kadmium (Delft), Rietveld Theater (Delft), various living room festivals, etc. Are you a lover of pure, acoustic songs? Take time to discover Timber!