Tim Baker is a Canadian singer-songwriter from
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. The longtime lead singer of the indie rock band
Hey Rosetta!
Hey Rosetta! is a Canadian seven-piece indie rock band from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador and led by singer/songwriter Tim Baker. Known for their energized live shows, the band created a large, layered sound by incorporating piano, viol ...
debuted his solo album ''Forever Overhead'' was released on April 19, 2019, on
Arts & Crafts.
[Sarah Murphy]
"Hey Rosetta's Tim Baker Details 'Forever Overhead' Solo Album"
'' Exclaim!'', February 12, 2019.
Baker was educated at
Concordia University, where he planned to study piano but came down with a case of
tendonitis
Tendinopathy, a type of tendon disorder that results in pain, swelling, and impaired function. The pain is typically worse with movement. It most commonly occurs around the shoulder ( rotator cuff tendinitis, biceps tendinitis), elbow ( tennis e ...
that prevented him from being able to play for his admission audition, and thus studied creative writing.
[Tiana Feng]
"Hey Rosetta! chief songwriter Tim Baker takes a literary approach"
'' Words & Music'', March 1, 2012. 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!
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In 2016, Baker debuted his first solo song, "Spirit", on the ]CBC Radio
CBC Radio is the English-language radio operations of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The CBC operates a number of radio networks serving different audiences and programming niches, all of which (regardless of language) are outlined below ...
news program '' The Current'' as part of a special series on the economic challenges of life in Newfoundland. The song appears on ''Forever Overhead''.[
In June 2019, ''Forever Overhead'' was named to the initial longlist for the .][Holly Gordon]
"Find out who made the 2019 Polaris Music Prize long list"
CBC Music, June 20, 2019. At the Juno Awards of 2020
The Juno Awards of 2020, the 49th Juno Awards, was an awards presentation that was to be held at SaskTel Centre in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan on 15 March 2020. The awards and associated events were cancelled due to the emergence of the COVID-19 pand ...
, he received a nomination for Songwriter of the Year, for the songs "All Hands", "Dance" and "The Eighteenth Hole".
In July 2020, he released the ''Survivors'' EP.
On July 26, 2021, he performed his song "Songbirds" at the investiture of Mary Simon
Mary Jeannie May Simon (in Inuktitut syllabics: ᒥᐊᓕ ᓴᐃᒪᓐ, iu, script=Latn, Ningiukudluk; born August 21, 1947) is a Canadian civil servant, diplomat, and former broadcaster who has served as the 30th governor general of Canada ...
as Governor General of Canada
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.
In 2021 he duetted with Rose Cousins
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on a new re-recording of her song "The Lullaby (My Oldest Love)".
His second solo album, ''The Festival'', was released on October 21, 2022. The album has 10 tracks in total, including the singles "Lucky Few," "Some Day," and "Echo Park." "Echo Park" was written during Baker's time as the lead singer of Hey Rosetta!
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Canadian male singer-songwriters
Canadian singer-songwriters
Canadian folk rock musicians
Canadian indie rock musicians
Canadian rock singers
Musicians from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Living people
Arts & Crafts Productions artists
Concordia University alumni
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century Canadian male singers