Tim Rayborn

Tim Rayborn is an acclaimed and prolific writer of books on many different subjects. He lived in England for nearly seven years and has a PhD from the University of Leeds, which he likes to pretend means that he knows what he’s talking about. He has written something like fifty books and thirty magazine articles about music, the arts, history, the strange and unusual, mythology, how-to books, business, and several other topics. He undoubtedly will write more.¹

On the musical side of things, he’s an internationally acclaimed musician who plays dozens of unusual instruments that quite a few people of have never heard of and frequently can’t pronounce.² These include medieval instrument reconstructions and folk instruments from Northern Europe, the Balkans, and the Middle East.

He has appeared on over forty recordings, and his musical wanderings and tours have taken him across the US, all over Europe, to Canada and Australia, and to such romantic locations as Marrakech, Istanbul, Renaissance chateaux, medieval churches, and high school gymnasiums.

He currently resides in southern Washington amid many books, antique music reproduction devices (CDs), and musical instruments, along with a sometimes-demanding cat.³ He is rather enthusiastic about good wines, smoky single-malt Scotch,⁴ and cooking excellent food.