Singer-songwriter Tim Higgins writes and performs songs which spiral around issues dealing with love, loss, destruction, and history; his are personal songs that often carry broader social implications. Born and raised partly around Detroit, Michigan, and coastal Alabama, his Rust Belt meets Southern upbringing is channeled in his straightforward imagery and gravel-throated delivery.
His teenage and college years in Alabama lead to the formation of Bible Study, a collective of songwriters including Higgins, Emily Dozier-Ezell, and Kori Hensell. Their self-described "convoluted folk" genre garnered much attention in West Alabama, including performances at the Kentuck Folk Art Museum and the historic Bama Theatre. In 2014, Bible Study released their first record, Guilt Trip, recorded at WouldYou Studios in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, under the direction of England in 1819's Andrew Callaway.
In November 2018, Higgins released his first single, Blight, the title track of his upcoming full length album debut, to critical acclaim. Blight was included on Rolling Stone magazine’s Best New Country/Americana Music on 11/9/18, and a music video was released the same day. Shot in Greensboro, Alabama, and directed by Reagan Wells, the video showcases the beauty, decline, and revitalization of the area, conjuring the experiences of both the artist’s upbringing in Detroit, and his later home in the Deep South.
October 2024 saw the release a new single, Lost in Heaven - featuring Ziona Riley, and former Bible Study bandmates, Dozier-Ezell and Hensell, on background vocals. Lost in Heaven’s music video, shot in Selma and Greensboro, AL, was an Official Selection at Birmingham’s Sidewalk Film Festival.
Higgins followed up that release in 2025 with a new single and music video for his track Doomed to Love Me, with a smokey, jazz influenced production and his signature direct lyrical style, Higgins holds a mirror up to what he sees as a growing misanthropic American society. Produced by Tim and bassist Parker McAnnally (The Prescriptions, Single Lock Records), the song also features Ben Alleman (Marc Broussard, Madi Diaz) on keys, and John Wood (Midland) on drums. Recorded in Tim’s home, Doomed to Love Me was mastered by Adam Grover at Sterling Sound, Nashville.
Higgins lives in Greensboro, Alabama, where he is working on a collection of new songs dealing with the ideas of blight, destruction, history, and responsibility.