Tim Easton is a consummate troubadour who knows his way around stages, stories, and songs. He is the youngest of seven children, born in Upstate NY, raised in Tokyo, Japan and also Akron, OH, by his Canadian Mother and American Father. Influenced by a combination of songwriting legends and folk masters from his older brother’s and sister’s vinyl collections, Easton found himself busking the streets of Europe on and off for seven years after graduating from The Ohio State University with an English degree specializing in poetry, returning to the USA to record his first solo album in Nashville. His songwriting and storytelling abilities earned him a deal with EMI Publishing in 1999. He relocated to Los Angeles, performed at songwriter hubs like Largo, and signed a recording contract with New West Records. His first release for the label was 2001's The Truth About Us, featuring three members of WILCO as the backing band, after which he toured with his heroes John Hiatt and Lucinda Williams. Next came “Break Your Mother's Heart,” garnering 4 stars in the print version of Rolling Stone and heralding his songwriting as having a “novelist’s sense of humanity.”