Also known as lead singer and guitarist for eclectic West Coast group Mother Hips and one-time guitarist/keyboardist for his then-wife's project Nicki Bluhm & the Gramblers, Tim Bluhm released a more intimate version of alternative country-rock as a solo artist. After releasing four albums with Mother Hips in the '90s, he issued his solo debut, Land & Sea Chanteys, in 1999. With a folksy charm and a '70s singer/songwriter demeanor, he released three more solo albums during the 2000s, all while continuing to tour and record with his bands. After sustaining serious injuries in a speed flying accident in 2015, a year that also brought divorce, he rejoined Mother Hips for their 2018 release, Chorus. Bluhm issued his fifth solo LP, the old-school country-styled Sorta Surviving, in 2019. ~ Marcy Donelson