Roots-based. Mostly acoustic from the heart of the Midwest. One of the best storytelling songwriters in America.

10 MP3 Songs in this album (43:51) !
Related styles: FOLK: Modern Folk, FOLK: Traditional Folk

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Details:
âHolding Up The Worldâ is the fifth solo release by Tim Grimm in this past decade. Like the others preceding it, this recording is flavored by itâs rural Midwest birthplace. Grimm knows this part of the country well, itâs terrain and itâs people. The production is simple and familiar to those who are aware of Grimmâs body of work. He records his songs âliveâ with guitar and vocal, and then layers instruments and voices to suit the song. Occasionally, heâll use a full ârootsâ band, but on this recording itâs usually more stark.

Utilizing his good friend Jason Wilber (John Prine Band) on electric guitar, banjo and on one track, piano, Grimm draws the listener in with his well-crafted story songs. Most of the players hail from IndianaâCorazong artist, Kristta Detor, Jan Lucas, Jennie Devoe and others. Thematically, âHolding Up The Worldâ is a further examination of what it means to be humanâin this case at the core of the songs are anguish, uncertainty, and yearning. There runs through these songs the thread that we all carry burdens with usâphysical, emotional and spiritual. Musings on the notion of God returning to the earth and living amongst us. Flood victims dealing with their devastation and a love that holds them together.

A former slave escaping the south in the mid 1800âs with her childrenâ¦Okies making their way out of the dust bowl in the 1940âsâ¦A elderly farmer lamenting the loss of the family farm (his own and in the bigger picture, Midwest Americaâs)â¦An American veteran just back from Iraq, coming to grips with where he has been and what he has doneâ¦These are some of the tales that Grimm tells on this record. They are in some ways a mirror of our humanity told through the lens of a very thoughtful and empathetic Americana storyteller.