Tim Newby

Timothy Michael Newby (born May 29, 1974) is an American writer and educator. He is the author of two books and his work has appeared in a variety of publications including Bluegrass Unlimited, Paste (magazine), Relix, AmericanaUK, Inside Lacrosse, Society for American Baseball Research, Slide & Banjo, and Honest Tune, where he was the Features Editor.

Newby lives in Baltimore, Maryland with his wife and daughter.

Overview
Newby has written three books, 2015's Bluegrass in Baltimore and 2019's Leftover Salmon: Thirty Years of Festival!, and his latest a biography on 19th Century baseball legend Pete Browning, which will be published in Fall 2024 by the University Press of Kentucky. He has also contributed to 2004's The Phish Companion and 2023's One-Win Wonders.

Following the release of Bluegrass in Baltimore Newby was featured on the Maryland Morning Radio Show on WYPR in an interview with Tom Hall that examined the unique legacy of Baltimore's rich bluegrass history. The book was hailed as "momentous" by Baltimore (magazine). In November 2016, Bluegrass in Baltimore was awarded a Certificate of Merit from the Association for Recorded Sound Collections for Excellence in Best Research in Recorded Country Music. In January 2017 it was named one of the thirty best books about bluegrass music by About Great Books.

Upon the release of Leftover Salmon: Thirty Years of Festival! in February 2019, Leftover Salmon celebreated its release with a special acoustic tour called the Stories From the Living Room Tour, that featured, "a stripped down version of Leftover Salmon, with a full living room set with lampshades and paintings and all that," as well as a reading from Newby and stories from the band about their thirty years together. In December 2019, the book was named "Best Book of 2019" by Festy GoNuts.

In 2023 Newby co-curated "Ola Belle Reed: I’ve Endured," an exhibition at the Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery on the campus of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. The exhibition explored the life and work of nationally recognized Bluegrass musician Ola Belle Reed and contextualized her achievements within a history of migration from rural Appalachia north in the twentieth century. Newby has also appeared in the documentaries Charm City Bluegrass: A Renewed Baltimore Tradition (2018) and I've Endured: The Music and Legacy of Ola Belle Reed (2023).