Oct 3, 2024

NOEL - Tim's Christmas MP3 Album now available online

 




NOEL (JTA004)  $9.99 MP3

This recording contains 36 Christmas favourites played on banjo, mandolin, classical and steel string guitars with bass accompaniment. These instrumentals provide enjoyable seasonal background music.

https://timallan.com/shoppingcart/product/noel-mp3/

  1. Santa Claus is Coming to Town
    Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer
    Frosty, the Snowman
    Here Comes Santa Claus
  2. Jingle Bells
    Sleigh Ride
  3. Have a Holly Jolly Christmas
    Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
    The Christmas Song
  4. Joy to the World
    God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
    Good King Wenceslas
    Deck the Halls
  5. Oh Holy Night
    Joy of my Soul (Bach) Ode to Joy
  6. What Child is This
    We Three Kings
    It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
  7. Hark, the Herald Angels Sing
    O Little Town of Bethlehem
    O Come, All Ye Faithful
  8. O, Christmas Tree
    Silver Bells
    It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
    Jingle Bell Rock
  9. Angels We Have Heard on High
    The First Noel
    Away in a Manger
  10. Silent Night
    Amazing Grace
    Silent Night
  11. Winter Wonderland
    Let it Snow
    White Christmas
    I’ll Be Home for Christmas
  12. We Wish You a Merry Christmas



Aug 19, 2024

Banjo Cruise - SAN DIEGO to MEXICO, Coming in March 2025


 

Tim's Europe Gigs - April 2024

 Tim spent mid-April in southern France, providing lessons and concerts with guitar and banjo.






After two weeks in southern France, Tim flew to the Netherlands where a banjo workshop awaited him at the home of Tom Stuip in the Hague.










Sep 20, 2023

Tim's new PDF instruction booklet: 25 EASY READING Song Arrangements (Volume 5)

 This 25 song pdf booklet contains a mixture of popular standards, arranged with a single note melody line and a chord diagram above each melody note to help the student learn the music as easily as possible. These chord diagrams are perfect for stringed instruments tuned to C,G,D,A, such as the tenor banjo, mandola, or tenor guitar. Sold through Tim's website.


Jul 17, 2023

Dixieland JAZZ CRUISE to ALASKA, July 9 - 16, 2023

 Tim and Nida boarded the Holland America Westerdam in Seattle, Washington, for a return trip to Alaska, from July 9 to July 16, 2023. Tim played his banjo and conducted the Banjos Aweigh group of banjos and horns, including sax, trumpet and flute, and played song medleys from his two Banjos Aweigh books along with other song requests. Various singers also joined in the fun, including Barbara Jordan from Toronto.

Tim also backed up Barbara Jordan and other singers during the two-hour evening band concerts.

Ports of call were Seattle to Juneau, Alaska, the Hubbard Glacier, Sitka, Ketchikan, Victoria, British Columbia, then back to Seattle. The weather was beautiful throughout the week!













Oct 20, 2022

Tim Allan BACK IN EUROPE, September/ October 2022

 Tim was invited to perform again in Germany and France in the autumn of 2022, the first time out of Canada since the Covid lockdown.

He and Nida toured and revisited favorite towns in Germany and France, in between Tim's concert dates.

Here are a few shots taken during their three weeks away...








Apr 19, 2020

Tim's "Home Routes" Concert, from home, April 17, 2020

I was asked to participate in a livestreaming format from a Canadian organization called "Home Routes/ Chemin Chez Nous". The date allotted to me was April 17,2020. Performers from Canada and the USA have a chance to be heard during this isolation time of the pandemic.
I played a 46 minute show with my guitar, banjo, ukulele, and mandolin.

Here's a YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WVAKGkCPa0&t=118s