Tim Eriksen

Tim Eriksen
Tim Eriksen performing at the Iron Horse, Northampton, MA, Feb 29, 2008
Background information
Origin	Northampton, Massachusetts
Genres	Traditional folk, punk rock
Occupation(s)	Musicologist, professor
Instruments	Violin, banjo, guitar, vocalist, bass guitar, saraswati veena bajo sexto
Years active	1987–Present
Associated acts	Cordelia's Dad, Trio de Pumpkintown, The Feral Woods

Tim Eriksen is an American musician, musicologist, and professor. He is the leader of the band Cordelia's Dad, a solo artist, and was a performer and consultant for the award-winning soundtrack of the film Cold Mountain.

Cordelia's Dad combines old-time music and punk rock influences to create a unique sound. The Village Voice describes the band as "semi-reformed punks turned shape-note singers...recently gone entirely acoustic, but buzzing with metaphorical electricity". The band has released nine full-length albums, played festivals such as The Newport Folk Festival, and toured with notable bands Nirvana, Uncle Tupelo, and Weezer.

Eriksen successfully defended his PhD in ethnomusicology at Wesleyan University in May 2015, having received an M.A. in the same discipline from Wesleyan in 1993, and has served as a visiting music professor at Dartmouth College, Amherst College, Hampshire College and the University of Minnesota. He has also taught in Poland and The Czech Republic. Additionally, Eriksen is a collector of variations of folk songs, and has conducted extensive research on traditional Yugoslavian music. Eriksen shared his extensive knowledge of folk music while a consultant for the soundtrack of the film Cold Mountain. In 2011, Eriksen taught a class on the history of The Sacred Harp at Smith College.