Singer
Songwriter
Soldier
Storyteller
"Tim Isberg's career has taken him to some rough corners of the globe...and provided musical inspiration along the way"
Upcoming Shows...
2024
Jan 07: 'Any Sunday Songwriter Presents', Austin TX (on line)
Jan 09: RigHand Distillery "Tucker Tuesday', Leduc, AB
Jan 11: Songwriter Feature Series, Newcastle Pub and Grill, Edmonton, AB
Jan 13: Country House Concert, Ponoka, AB
Jan 27: Tongue on the Post Folk Festival, Medicine Hat, AB
Jan 28: Camrose Legion Branch 57, Camrose, AB (Matinee show)
Feb 03: Celebration Event, Newcastle Pub & Grill, Edmonton, AB
Feb 21-25: Folk Alliance International Showcase, Kansas City, MO, USA
Mar 16: Valleyview House Concerts, Valleyview AB
Mar 17: Grande Prairie Live Theatre, Grande Prairie, AB
Mar 23: Northern Lights Folk Club, Edmonton, AB (CD Release)
Mar 25: Rwanda Presentation: Pioneer Museum Lecture Series, Stony Plain, AB
Apr 12: Ironwood Stage & Grill, Calgary, AB
Apr 13: Bragg Creek Performing Arts, Bragg Creek, AB
Apr 20: Royal Canadian Legion event, Rig Hand Distillery, Leduc, AB
Apr 30: Edmonton District Historical Society, Pioneer Cabin, Edmonton, AB
May 02: Ye Olde Jar Bar (Grand re-opening), Medicine Hat, AB
May 03: Ye Olde Jar Bar (Grand re-opening), Medicine Hat, AB
May 04: Central Music Festival Society, Red Deer, AB
Jun 01: TBC
Jun 02: Lilac Festival, Calgary, AB
Jun 27: Empress Theatre, Fort Macleod, AB
Jul 01: Canada Day, Millwoods Park Mainstage, Edmonton, AB
Jul 28: Porch Concert Series, Edmonton, AB
Aug 01: Big Valley Jamboree, Songwriter Stage, Camrose, AB
Aug 05: Taste of Calgary, Calgary, AB
Oct 12: Fall Concert Series, Pioneer Museum, Stony Plain, AB
Oct 18: On the Edge Concerts, Calgary-Spruce Meadows, AB
Oct 19: Strathmore Musical Arts Society, Strathmore, AB
Nov 01: Yardbird Suite, Edmonton, AB
Nov 02: Rotary Performing Arts Centre, Okotoks, AB
Nov 03: Carstairs Heritage Centre, Carstairs, AB
Jan 07: 'Any Sunday Songwriter Presents', Austin TX (on line)
Jan 09: RigHand Distillery "Tucker Tuesday', Leduc, AB
Jan 11: Songwriter Feature Series, Newcastle Pub and Grill, Edmonton, AB
Jan 13: Country House Concert, Ponoka, AB
Jan 27: Tongue on the Post Folk Festival, Medicine Hat, AB
Jan 28: Camrose Legion Branch 57, Camrose, AB (Matinee show)
Feb 03: Celebration Event, Newcastle Pub & Grill, Edmonton, AB
Feb 21-25: Folk Alliance International Showcase, Kansas City, MO, USA
Mar 16: Valleyview House Concerts, Valleyview AB
Mar 17: Grande Prairie Live Theatre, Grande Prairie, AB
Mar 23: Northern Lights Folk Club, Edmonton, AB (CD Release)
Mar 25: Rwanda Presentation: Pioneer Museum Lecture Series, Stony Plain, AB
Apr 12: Ironwood Stage & Grill, Calgary, AB
Apr 13: Bragg Creek Performing Arts, Bragg Creek, AB
Apr 20: Royal Canadian Legion event, Rig Hand Distillery, Leduc, AB
Apr 30: Edmonton District Historical Society, Pioneer Cabin, Edmonton, AB
May 02: Ye Olde Jar Bar (Grand re-opening), Medicine Hat, AB
May 03: Ye Olde Jar Bar (Grand re-opening), Medicine Hat, AB
May 04: Central Music Festival Society, Red Deer, AB
Jun 01: TBC
Jun 02: Lilac Festival, Calgary, AB
Jun 27: Empress Theatre, Fort Macleod, AB
Jul 01: Canada Day, Millwoods Park Mainstage, Edmonton, AB
Jul 28: Porch Concert Series, Edmonton, AB
Aug 01: Big Valley Jamboree, Songwriter Stage, Camrose, AB
Aug 05: Taste of Calgary, Calgary, AB
Oct 12: Fall Concert Series, Pioneer Museum, Stony Plain, AB
Oct 18: On the Edge Concerts, Calgary-Spruce Meadows, AB
Oct 19: Strathmore Musical Arts Society, Strathmore, AB
Nov 01: Yardbird Suite, Edmonton, AB
Nov 02: Rotary Performing Arts Centre, Okotoks, AB
Nov 03: Carstairs Heritage Centre, Carstairs, AB
Album Review! Canadian Beats
Album Review! Roots Music Canada
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Album Review! Edmonton Journal
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About Tim....
Originally from southern Alberta, Tim Isberg is an accomplished singer-songwriter, veteran soldier and multiple ACMA nominee. From Rwanda to Afghanistan, Tim experienced the many life-changing challenges while deployed in different cultures and conflicts, and amid the best and worst humanity has to offer.
As a performer, Tim has entertained audiences in many corners of Europe, Africa, and Afghanistan and throughout the Middle East. Many of his storyteller songs stem from these life adventures. In his years abroad, Tim was a favourite on folk club circuits and in group performances for deployed military and civilian personnel.
Tim brings an Americana style blend of well-crafted Alt-country, Roots and Contemporary Folk songs to the stage along with an appealing vocal timbre and an array of life experiences he shares in a way that makes each listener feel connected. With genuine sincerity and a sense of humour carefully woven through stories and songs, it is Tim's live show - whether solo or with his full band - where he shines most.
An international tour in spring 2016 followed Tim’s album 'Tears Along The Road' was recorded with Grammy nominee and JUNO celebrated producer-engineer Miles Wilkinson, and selected by Music Canada in the Top 25 Favourite Albums of 2015. Tim’s sophomore album ‘Running on the Edge’, also recorded with Miles Wilkinson at the helm, was released in 2019 and nominated as Best Album of the Year by the ACMA. The song 'Jerusalem Road' was selected as a Top 10 song among international songwriters. His upcoming 2024 history-themed album "Prairie Fire" is based on captivating story songs of the people and events from the late 19th century Canadian Prairies and Western Plains.
Tim is also a published author. In October 2017, Simon & Schuster published the book ‘Everyday Heroes’ which includes a chapter by Tim on one of his many experiences in the line of duty. It is a national best-seller.
Tim's solid guitar rhythms and ear-catching songs create a style of his own where listeners can escape into the story behind the song. His song "Devil on Your Back" of revenge on outlaws on the western Blackfoot Plains was a past finalist in the Best Song of Alberta for the Calgary Folk Music Festival.
Tim has an academic background in environmental sciences, western Canadian history and international studies, skills in training horses, and plays hockey the best way he knows how. His added experience as a public speaker and as a Master of Ceremonies for special events all contribute to a positive audience experience.
As a performer, Tim has entertained audiences in many corners of Europe, Africa, and Afghanistan and throughout the Middle East. Many of his storyteller songs stem from these life adventures. In his years abroad, Tim was a favourite on folk club circuits and in group performances for deployed military and civilian personnel.
Tim brings an Americana style blend of well-crafted Alt-country, Roots and Contemporary Folk songs to the stage along with an appealing vocal timbre and an array of life experiences he shares in a way that makes each listener feel connected. With genuine sincerity and a sense of humour carefully woven through stories and songs, it is Tim's live show - whether solo or with his full band - where he shines most.
An international tour in spring 2016 followed Tim’s album 'Tears Along The Road' was recorded with Grammy nominee and JUNO celebrated producer-engineer Miles Wilkinson, and selected by Music Canada in the Top 25 Favourite Albums of 2015. Tim’s sophomore album ‘Running on the Edge’, also recorded with Miles Wilkinson at the helm, was released in 2019 and nominated as Best Album of the Year by the ACMA. The song 'Jerusalem Road' was selected as a Top 10 song among international songwriters. His upcoming 2024 history-themed album "Prairie Fire" is based on captivating story songs of the people and events from the late 19th century Canadian Prairies and Western Plains.
Tim is also a published author. In October 2017, Simon & Schuster published the book ‘Everyday Heroes’ which includes a chapter by Tim on one of his many experiences in the line of duty. It is a national best-seller.
Tim's solid guitar rhythms and ear-catching songs create a style of his own where listeners can escape into the story behind the song. His song "Devil on Your Back" of revenge on outlaws on the western Blackfoot Plains was a past finalist in the Best Song of Alberta for the Calgary Folk Music Festival.
Tim has an academic background in environmental sciences, western Canadian history and international studies, skills in training horses, and plays hockey the best way he knows how. His added experience as a public speaker and as a Master of Ceremonies for special events all contribute to a positive audience experience.
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'Fire Canoe'
First Single from the upcoming history-themed album 'Prairie Fire' A story of the early paddle wheel steamboats of late 19th century on the Saskatchewan River " |
"Steel Wheels'
A second advance single from 'Prairie Fire' about building the CPR's Transcontinental Railway across the West |
'Home'
Single recorded with Tim's acoustic trio
"Inspired by Tim's connection as a military veteran from small town Alberta and reflects a sentimental feeling
of leaving from - and returning to - a time and place we all call home."
https://open.spotify.com/album/0cnv1fjy0nNC6dxY3rNcgD...
https://music.apple.com/ca/album/home-single/1594491707
https://on.soundcloud.com/H9zJd
Single recorded with Tim's acoustic trio
"Inspired by Tim's connection as a military veteran from small town Alberta and reflects a sentimental feeling
of leaving from - and returning to - a time and place we all call home."
https://open.spotify.com/album/0cnv1fjy0nNC6dxY3rNcgD...
https://music.apple.com/ca/album/home-single/1594491707
https://on.soundcloud.com/H9zJd
"Running on the Edge"
Nominated for Top 5 Best Album of 2019 by ACMA!
11 songs in a blend of Alt-Country/Americana/Folk
Nominated for Top 5 Best Album of 2019 by ACMA!
11 songs in a blend of Alt-Country/Americana/Folk
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"Songs inspired by adventures both 'round the world and 'round the human heart"
Michael Wrycraft
JUNO award-winning Album/Graphic Designer and Radio Host
"Blue Rodeo and Mark Knopfler meets Lyle Lovett and the Civil Wars. Tim's cover of Bob Seger's Turn the Page eclipses the original. Brilliant!"
David O'Keefe
Historian, Professor, Best-Selling Author, Producer and Music Fan
'Tim Isberg is a staple on our Canadian folk/roots playlist. Informed by his military experience, Tim weaves compelling and evocative tales in the classic tradition of musical storytelling'.
Phil Taylor
Music Director, Erin Radio 91.7 FM
"Isberg's life experience lends an unexpected worldliness to this album... Running on the Edge is a well-crafted, heartfelt and honest record"
Tanya Corbin, Penguin Eggs Magazine
Album Videos
"Highway Two" ... 'when you can never drive fast enough for some of those behind you... '
"Into the Grey" ... 'a powerful moment of reflection delivered with a dreamy-retro sound'
"Baghdad Cafe"... 'a fantasy story with music from Syrian National Symphony Orchestra'
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Special Show-Tour !
"25 Years After: Songs & Stories of a Canadian Soldier in Rwanda"
"25 Years After: Songs & Stories of a Canadian Soldier in Rwanda"
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Short Version EPK Promo Video- '25 Years After: Rwanda'
2019 was the 25th anniversary of the tragic Rwandan genocide. As a young army captain in the summer of 1994, Tim Isberg was deployed for a one year mission to Rwanda as an unarmed UN Military Observer. It was his first of many tours of duty, but one that would change his life forever.
Combining a cascade of photographs, genuine stories and live music, Tim shares a very personal account of his experiences in Rwanda and songs it inspired. "If you are going to be a singer songwriter, it can help to have some hefty accrued personal baggage to enrich your lyrics and music..veteran Canadian Army officer Tim Isberg has that, in spades".
Barry Davis - Jerusalem Post 
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Full Version EPK Promo Video- '25 Years After: Rwanda'
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Audience Reactions to '25 Years After: Rwanda...
"Tim Isberg and his band never disappoint... Inspiring.. incredible! His description of a country in chaos and the plight of the children was heart wrenching. His stories of child soldiers gave us all pause for thought. I hope high schools throughout Alberta take the opportunity to book the tour."
"He made me smile. He made me laugh. He made me sing. He made me moan in horror and pain. And he made me cry. Go see Tim Isberg’s show if you get the chance! He is a wonderful storyteller and a consummate performer, weaving pictures, words and music together Into a never to be forgotten experience like no other. It will make you feel. It will make you think. It will open your eyes".
"Tim Isberg is a powerful story teller, with a strong message. The content was a window to the journey of a soldier.
It was an honour to witness.”
"Tim Isberg and his band never disappoint... Inspiring.. incredible! His description of a country in chaos and the plight of the children was heart wrenching. His stories of child soldiers gave us all pause for thought. I hope high schools throughout Alberta take the opportunity to book the tour."
"He made me smile. He made me laugh. He made me sing. He made me moan in horror and pain. And he made me cry. Go see Tim Isberg’s show if you get the chance! He is a wonderful storyteller and a consummate performer, weaving pictures, words and music together Into a never to be forgotten experience like no other. It will make you feel. It will make you think. It will open your eyes".
"Tim Isberg is a powerful story teller, with a strong message. The content was a window to the journey of a soldier.
It was an honour to witness.”
Did ya' know?
Tim is a contributing author and featured in the book "Everyday Heroes" . Published by Simon & Schuster in October 2017, it quickly became national best-seller !
Tim's academic background includes a formal education in environmental sciences, Western Canadian history, global governance and political sciences.
Tim is a contributing author and featured in the book "Everyday Heroes" . Published by Simon & Schuster in October 2017, it quickly became national best-seller !
Tim's academic background includes a formal education in environmental sciences, Western Canadian history, global governance and political sciences.
Public Speaking and Presentations
Tim is an experienced public speaker who provides audiences with personal insights and stories in special audio-visual presentations from his field work and from political-military roles during his missions abroad.
When possible, Tim includes his music as part of his presentation.
Tim can also be your Master of Ceremonies for concerts and for corporate and community events.
Booking: info@timisberg.com
Tim is an experienced public speaker who provides audiences with personal insights and stories in special audio-visual presentations from his field work and from political-military roles during his missions abroad.
When possible, Tim includes his music as part of his presentation.
Tim can also be your Master of Ceremonies for concerts and for corporate and community events.
Booking: info@timisberg.com