Tam Lin Music is a catch-all name for songs written and performed by Paul Weinfield. Paul is an active performer in the downtown New York City folk-rock scene, where he plays with a revolving group of backing musicians. His songs have been compared to those of David Byrne, Jeff Buckley, Nick Drake, and Sufjan Stevens. They mix poetic lyrics with unusual, dark harmonies and melodic ideas reminiscent of older jazz tunes. The centerpiece of Pauls style, though, is his voice, which combines the lyrical precision of spoken-word poetry with the range and intensity of rock.

Paul has been writing songs and playing music since he was ten years old. He is the son of a poet and classical composer, and has always been interested in finding new ways to fit words and music together. Growing up, he was drawn to an eclectic range of influences from Smithsonian-era folk ballads to modal jazz from the 1960s to post-punk (Patti Smith, the Talking Heads) to old Tin Pan Alley standards. After playing guitar, bass, and singing in various high school bands, he began to devote himself seriously to the craft of songwriting. He sees private writing and public playing as mirror images of each other, rewriting songs as he performs them and covering a wide array of songs from various traditions.

Tam Lin Musics EP, Floating World (self-released, 2006, available through CD Baby (www.cdbaby.com/cd/tamlinmusic) is Pauls first effort at mixing more ambient instrumentation with a folk sensibility, in which he wrote all parts and played all instruments. Paul is currently getting ready to record a full-length CD of new songs that will make more use of collaborations with other musicians.