River Tiber (musician)

Tommy Paxton-Beesley, known professionally as River Tiber, is a Canadian singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer.[1]

Background

Paxton-Beesley is from Toronto, Ontario and graduated from the Berklee School of Music.[2] He released his debut EP The Star Falls in 2013,[1] and followed up in 2015 with When the Time Is Right.[3] A track from the latter EP, "No Talk", was sampled by producer Boi-1da for "No Tellin'", from the 2015 album If You're Reading This It's Too Late.[4] Paxton-Beesley has also collaborated with BADBADNOTGOOD on their 2015 album Sour Soul,[1] with Kaytranada on his Polaris Music Prize-winning 99.9%,[1] and with Jazz Cartier on a track for Hotel Paranoia.[1]

He released his debut full-length album Indigo in 2016.[5] In 2017, he won a MuchMusic Video Award for "Acid Test",[6] and the song was a shortlisted finalist for the SOCAN Songwriting Prize in 2017.[7]

He is the brother of actress Alex Paxton-Beesley.[8]

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