Tim Baker (musician)

Tim Baker is a Canadian singer-songwriter from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.[1] The longtime lead singer of the indie rock band Hey Rosetta!,[2] his debut solo album Forever Overhead was released on April 19, 2019 on Arts & Crafts.[3]

Tim Baker
Tim Baker at the 2019 Peterborough Folk Festival
Background information
OriginSt. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Genresindie rock, pop rock, folk rock
Occupation(s)singer-songwriter
Instrumentsvocals, guitar
Years active2000s-present
LabelsArts & Crafts
Associated actsHey Rosetta!

Baker was educated at Concordia University, where he planned to study piano but came down with a case of tendonitis that prevented him from being able to play for his admission audition, and thus studied creative writing.[4] Following his graduation, he returned to St. John's, where he began performing locally as a solo artist before deciding that his songs needed a fuller band sound and forming Hey Rosetta![4]

In 2016, Baker debuted his first solo song, "Spirit", on the CBC Radio news program The Current as part of a special series on the economic challenges of life in Newfoundland.[5] The song appears on Forever Overhead.[3]

In June 2019, Forever Overhead was named to the initial longlist for the 2019 Polaris Music Prize.[6]

In July 2020, he released the Survivors EP.[7]

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