Singer/songwriter Tim Easton will perform at Jersey Shore Arts Center in Ocean Grove on Saturday, December 6th
Venerable singer/songwriter Tim Easton will perform at Jersey Shore Arts Center in Ocean Grove on Saturday, December 6th at 8 PM. Quincy Mumford, stalwart of the Asbury Park music scene, will open the show. Advance tickets are $30 and can be purchased at https://jerseyshoreartscenter.ticketleap.com/. The show is part of the on-going Split Level Concert Series which highlights renowned Americana and contemporary folk musicians in a uniquely intimate setting.
American songwriter Tim Easton, currently on a world tour in support of his 2024 full-length LP, Find Your Way, was born on the Canadian border in upstate New York and spent his formative years living in Tokyo, Japan and Akron, Ohio. Traveling early and often, he learned the ways of the road and rails and spent 7 years as a bona fide troubadour, making his way around Europe, playing the streets and clubs, living in Paris, London, Madrid, Prague, Dublin, and wherever he laid his hat.
During this period, Tim developed his songwriting style - folk based storytelling and personal traveling tales, often peppered with bold confessions or "tell it as it is" reality. Rolling Stone Magazine praised him as "having a novelist's sense of humanity." Returning to his roots in North America, moving to New York City and then Los Angeles, he signed with New West Records and released five critically acclaimed solo albums starting with 2001's The Truth About Us, which featured three fourths of Wilco as the backing band. Invitations to be a support act from mentors Lucinda Williams and John Hiatt followed. Easton settled in the burgeoning art and music scene of Joshua Tree, California between worldwide tours.
After becoming a father and relocating to Nashville, Easton recorded an album for Thirty Tigers (Not Cool 2013), which accented the stripped down Memphis & Sun Studios sound of the Tennessee Three. His next album, 2016's American Fork, was a grand departure from his previous efforts, featuring a fully flushed out backing band with elaborate song arrangements. Next came Paco & The Melodic Polaroids, a stripped down, direct to lacquer LP of love songs to his beloved guitar, a Gibson J-45 named "Paco." That was followed up with 2020's full band recording You Don't Really Know Me, beginning a new relationship with Oklahoma based Black Mesa Records, which re-released Not Cool and Easton's solo debut Special 20 on vinyl. A twenty song interim project called North American Songwriter arrived early in 2023. This double LP--the first two volumes in a series-- features acoustic recordings of favorite songs from his vast catalog of original material.
Although he currently resides in Nashville, you are more likely to catch up with Tim on the road. Worldwide tour dates are a constant addition to Tim's schedule and can be found here.
Quincy Mumford is a genre-blending singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Asbury Park, New Jersey, whose music fuses soul, funk, hip-hop, and surf-inspired R&B into a sound that’s both laid-back and deeply groove-driven. Growing up in the beach town of Allenhurst, Mumford’s early years were shaped by surfing, skateboarding, and a love for artists like Jack Johnson, Bob Marley, and D’Angelo—elements that continue to inform his musical identity.
Net ticket proceeds from all Split Level concerts support the programming and arts education offered by the Jersey Shore Arts Center, a non-profit organization serving Ocean Grove and its surrounding areas. In addition, Jersey Shore Arts Center and Split Level Concerts are proud to partner with Brookdale Public Radio 90.5 The Night and Musicians On A Mission (MOAM) to promote the concert series. Musicians On A Mission is a non-profit organization dedicated to creating connection and inspiring giving through music. MOAM will be on hand for all shows in the series, collecting non-perishable food items and cash donations to benefit Fulfill (formerly the Food Bank of Monmouth & Ocean County). Concertgoers that visit the MOAM table in the lobby before the show, or during intermission, can learn more about Fulfill’s mission and enter a drawing to win items donated by the artists, 90.5 The Night, and local businesses.
The Jersey Shore Arts Center is located at 66 South Main Street in Ocean Grove. Follow both the Jersey Shore Arts Center and Split Level Concerts on Facebook and Instagram to stay up to date on all the concert happenings. You can also follow Split Level Concerts on Bandsintown.
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