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Singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer
Timothy Bloom counts
Marvin Gaye,
Jimi Hendrix,
Bill Withers, and
Jeff Buckley among his inspirations. The son of pastors, he grew up with music surrounding him. He debuted not as a solo artist, but as a collaborative songwriter, and he got his foot in the door in a major way; the North Carolina native co-wrote a pair of songs with
Smokey Robinson, "My World" and "Fallin'," both of which were included on
Robinson's 2005-released
My World: The Definitive Collection. In 2009, he played a major role in Quite Like Me, an independently released album by vocalist
Dionyza. He finally broke through as a solo artist in 2011 with The Budding Rose, an EP led by the stunning ballad "'Til the End of Time," a duet with Veronika Bozeman promoted with an equally striking video. The song impacted Billboard's R&B/Hip-Hop chart just before the release of
Chris Brown's
F.A.M.E., an album highlighted by
Bloom's "All Back." His album
Timothy Bloom was released in 2014, led by the single "Stand in the Way (Of My Love)." The video for the song featured an appearance from
Herbie Hancock. ~ Andy Kellman