Simply because your mother is a trombone player will not insure that you reach any success in the business of being a fine musician. It may not influence an interest in music whatsoever. It did however, in the case of Tim Carbone, violinist, vocalist, guitarist and a sought after producer in the metropolitan New York City music scene. Somewhere between the notes on that trombone and the voice of Ed Sullivan announcing, “Ladies and gentlemen, The Beatles,” an inspiration harmonized in the mind of a now prolific talent. Tim Carbone's history was set to motion.

In 2000, Tim Carbone was invited by His Holiness, the Dalai Lama, to perform with the Dharma Bums at The World Festival of Sacred Music. With the Dharma Bums, a band dedicated to spreading the Buddhist Dharma, Tim traveled extensively throughout India and Thailand. While in northern India they were invited to perform a private concert for the Dalai Lama at his residence in Dharmsala. This experience, as one might imagine, was a most enriching and cultural journey. “My trip to India. with the Dharma Bums, culminating with a performance for His Holiness, was one of the greatest spiritual and musical experiences of my life”, says Tim of his eastern musical adventure. In recent years he held the honor twice, as the house fiddler for New England’s long running Falcon Ridge Folk Festival. He has joined the stage, lending his talents to some of his musical heroes such as Guy Clark, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Chris Hillman, Greg Brown, and John Gorka. Most recently, Tim has become the founding member of the “rootsgrass” band, Railroad Earth. “Shortly after recording our first album, we played our tenth gig at the prestigious Telluride Bluegrass Festival and were signed to Sugar Hill Records,” says Tim of their speedy success.