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latest list of the best guitarists of all time, but only one was recently found hanging out at her bright Glover Park rowhouse, making a pot of tea. In person,—who landed at number 95, between Mark Knopfler and Joe Satriani—is as unassuming as a guitar great can be, and though she was honored to be included, she seemed sheepish about the attention as she sat at her white farmhouse table and sipped from a mug.
Partly recorded in her home’s basement studio, the album is a collection of subtly sophisticated guitar pop that chronicles a devastating period in her life. First, her 12-year relationship unexpectedly collapsed. Then her father got seriously ill, and soon her mother did too, leaving Timony immersed in caretaking responsibilities. “It felt like I was running a marathon,” she says. “The one thing I would look forward to was making another record.
Timony grew up in DC and attended Duke Ellington School of the Arts, playing in the wiry DC punk band Autoclave before heading to college in Boston, where she ended up fronting the prominent indie band Helium. Since that band’s split, she’s made a series of solo albums and played in acclaimed groups like Ex Hex, Wild Flag, and current DC band Hammered Hulls. Timony has been back in Washington since 2003, when she moved into the house where she spent much of her youth.
Timony’s mother, Joan, was a beloved longtime teacher at Murch Elementary in Northwest, and when Timony moved back to town, she decided to continue the family tradition by giving guitar lessons. She started out by recruiting students from Murch. Over time, she created a whole community of music-loving kids, organizing concerts for their bands at Comet Ping Pong. Some didn’t even realize their teacher was kind of famous. “At first, I felt like I had to keep it really separate,” she says.
With the album now out, Timony is embarking on a US tour, including a March 14 gig at DC’s Black Cat. She’s also talking to her Ex Hex bandmates about another record, and there could be new music from Hammered Hulls at some point. Meanwhile, she continues to keep a surprisingly low profile around Glover Park—a rock star who’s never been recognized at the local Whole Foods.
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