Tim Knol (born 12 September 1989 in
Hoorn
Hoorn () is a city and municipality in the northwest of the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. It is the largest town and the traditional capital of the region of West Friesland. Hoorn is located on the Markermeer, 20 kilometers ( ...
) is a Dutch singer-songwriter.
Biography
Knol was born and raised in
Hoorn
Hoorn () is a city and municipality in the northwest of the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. It is the largest town and the traditional capital of the region of West Friesland. Hoorn is located on the Markermeer, 20 kilometers ( ...
, where he started making music at the age of 10. Locally, he made an impression with the band ''Be Right Back'' in which he sang and played guitar. While playing in that band, he also worked on various
side projects and recorded a couple of solo tracks. In May 2008 he played at ''De avond van het kippenvel'' in
Utrecht, where he came in contact with
Anne Soldaat, formerly of
Daryll-Ann. Together they recorded some
demos for
Excelsior Recordings. In May 2009 he decided to quit his band, and start a solo career. In June 2009 the first result from his solo career, a cover version of
Godley & Creme's
Cry
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, appeared on the online
compilation album
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''Guilty Pleasures''. Other artists that appeared on that album were Silence Is Sexy and
Solo.
During the
Lowlands Festival in August 2009, Knol signed a
record deal
A recording contract (commonly called a record contract or record deal) is a legal agreement between a record label and a recording artist (or group), where the artist makes a record (or series of records) for the label to sell and promote. Artists ...
with
Excelsior Recordings. His debut record received positive reviews in the Dutch media. On the album Knol is accompanied by Jacob de Greeuw, Jeroen Kleijn and Matthijs van Duijvenbode from
Johan Johan
* Johan (given name)
* Johan (film), ''Johan'' (film), a 1921 Swedish film directed by Mauritz Stiller
* Johan (band), a Dutch pop-group
** Johan (album), ''Johan'' (album), a 1996 album by the group
* Johan Peninsula, Ellesmere Island, Nunav ...
and Anne Soldaat and Reyer Zwart from
Do-The-Undo. Knol first presented his songs as a support act for Johan, during their farewell tour in the second half of 2009. After a few try-out concerts, the first big performance of Knol with his new band was at the
Noorderslag Festival in
Groningen
Groningen (; gos, Grunn or ) is the capital city and main municipality of Groningen province in the Netherlands. The ''capital of the north'', Groningen is the largest place as well as the economic and cultural centre of the northern part of t ...
January 2010.
His debut album was released in the UK on 24 May 2010 by
Excelsior Recordings.
The music of Tim Knol is often compared to the
roots rock of
Gram Parsons,
Wilco and
Ryan Adams.
Schuilen met Tim Knol is zo gek nog niet
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Discography
* ''Tim Knol'' (2010)
* ''Days'' (2011)
* ''Soldier On'' (2013)
* ''Cut the Wire'' (2018)
* ''Happy Hour'' (2019)
* ''The Lost and Found Tapes Vol. 1'' (2019)
* ''The Lost and Found Tapes Vol. 2'' (2020)
* ''The Lost and Found Tapes Vol. 3'' (2020)
* ''The Lost and Found Tapes Vol. 4'' (2021)
* ''Live at Artone'' (2021)
References
External links
Official website
Tim Knol at Myspace
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1989 births
Living people
Dutch male singer-songwriters
People from Hoorn
21st-century Dutch male singers
21st-century Dutch singers