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{{Short description|Canadian musician}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name            = River Tiber
| birth_name      = Thomas Rohan Paxton-Beesley<ref>{{Cite web|title=Song Details: Broken Clocks|url=https://www.umusicpub.com/hu/Digital-Music-Library/song/356163/sza-broken-clocks|access-date=2021-02-16|website=www.umusicpub.com}}</ref>
| alias           = Tommy Paxton-Beesley
| birth_date      = {{Birth year and age|1991}}
| birth_place     = [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], Canada
| origin          = [[Toronto]]
| genre           = {{flatlist|
* [[Indie pop]]
* [[alternative R&B]]
}}
| occupation      = {{hlist|Songwriter|musician|record producer}}
| instrument      = {{hlist|Vocals|keyboards|guitar|cello|violin|drums|trombone}}
| years_active    = 2013–present
| associated_acts =
| website         = {{URL|rivertiber.com/}}
}}
'''Tommy Paxton-Beesley''' (born 1991), also known as '''River Tiber''', is a Canadian singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer.<ref name=chart>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160513115457/http://www.chartattack.com/features/2016/05/12/uncharted-river-tiber/ "UNCHARTED: It’s River Tiber’s turn"]}}. ''[[Chart Attack]]'', May 12, 2016.</ref> He released his debut studio album ''Indigo'' in 2016. As a songwriter, Paxton-Beesley has frequently collaborated with producer [[Frank Dukes]] and artists including [[Kaytranada]], [[Daniel Caesar]], and [[BadBadNotGood]]. He has co-written the [[Billboard charts|charting songs]] "[[If You're Reading This It's Too Late|No Tellin']]" by [[Drake (musician)|Drake]], "[[Broken Clocks]]" by [[SZA (singer)|SZA]], "[[AstroThunder]]" by [[Travis Scott]], and "[[Before (James Blake EP)|I Keep Calling]]" by [[James Blake (musician)|James Blake]].
==Background==
Paxton-Beesley was born and raised in [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]]. He also spent a year in Italy as a child, where he lived near the [[Tiber|Tiber River]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-03-10|title=Flowing like the River Tiber|url=https://www.socanmagazine.ca/features/flowing-like-the-river-tiber/|access-date=2021-02-16|website=SOCAN Words and Music|language=en-US}}</ref> Growing up, he took part in community music programs and attended the [[Claude Watson School for the Arts]].<ref name=":0" /> He attended [[McGill University]] before graduating from the [[Berklee School of Music]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Caira|first=Celine|date=2013-02-18|title=Cerebral transmissions|url=https://www.mcgilldaily.com/2013/02/cerebral-transmissions/|access-date=2021-02-16|website=The McGill Daily|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>"Sound of the 6ix: How Drake inspired Toronto to mint its own music". ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', July 30, 2016.</ref>
He released his debut EP ''The Star Falls'' in 2013,<ref name="chart" /> and followed up in 2015 with ''When the Time Is Right''.<ref>[http://exclaim.ca/music/article/river_tiber-when_time_is_right_ep_stream "River Tiber: 'When the Time Is Right'"]. ''[[Exclaim!]]'', September 14, 2015.</ref> A track from the latter EP, "No Talk", was sampled by [[Boi-1da|producer Boi-1da]] for "No Tellin'", from the 2015 album ''[[If You're Reading This It's Too Late]]''.<ref name=":0">[https://noisey.vice.com/en_ca/article/ryzd3k/river-tiber-is-one-credit-away-from-being-famous "Who The Hell Is River Tiber and Why Is He Suddenly Everywhere?"]. ''[[Noisey]]'', February 26, 2015.</ref> Paxton-Beesley has also collaborated with [[BADBADNOTGOOD]] on their 2015 album ''[[Sour Soul (album)|Sour Soul]]'',<ref name="chart" /> with [[Kaytranada]] on his [[Polaris Music Prize]]-winning ''[[99.9%]]'',<ref name="chart" /> and with [[Jazz Cartier]] on a track for ''Hotel Paranoia''.<ref name="chart" />
He released his debut full-length album ''Indigo'' in 2016.<ref>[http://exclaim.ca/music/article/river_tiber-indigo "River Tiber: Indigo"]. ''[[Exclaim!]]'', June 21, 2016.</ref> In 2017, he won a [[MuchMusic Video Award]] for "Acid Test",<ref>"Acceptance and diversity get major stage time at MMVAs". ''[[Hamilton Spectator]]'', June 19, 2017.</ref> and the song was a shortlisted finalist for the [[SOCAN Songwriting Prize]] in 2017.<ref>"Punk Phenoms PUP Win $10,000 SOCAN Songwriting Prize". ''Canada Newswire'', July 12, 2017.</ref> During the end of the decade, he worked with Toronto artists [[Charlotte Day Wilson]] and [[Daniel Caesar]].
On December 9, 2022, he released his sophomore record "Dreaming Eyes".<ref>[https://www.killbeatmusic.com/rivertiber/ "River Tiber: Dreaming Eyes"]. ''[[Killbeat Music]]'', December 9th, 2022.</ref> The album release was accompanied by a music video for the acclaimed track "Hypnotized" which was conceptualized and directed by Leo Aguirre.<ref>[https://atwoodmagazine.com/wr-roundup-2022-12-16/ "ATWOOD MAGAZINE’S WEEKLY ROUNDUP"]. ''Atwood Magazine'', December 16th, 2022.</ref>  “Hypnotized” was also sampled on [[Kendrick Lamar]]’s "Savior" from his 2023 [[Grammy Award]]-winning album ''[[Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers]]''.<ref>[https://www.complex.com/music/best-new-canadian-tracks-dec-9 "Best New Canadian Tracks This Week: Skiifall, River Tiber, Zeina"]. ''[[Complex Networks|Complex]]'', December 9th, 2022.</ref>
==Personal life==
He is the brother of actress [[Alex Paxton-Beesley]].<ref>[http://www.ionmagazine.ca/grolsch-discovery-series/grolsch-open-house-river-tiber "Grolsch Open House {{!}} River Tiber"]. ''ION Magazine'', September 4, 2014.</ref>
==Discography==
===Studio albums===
*''From Now On'' (2011)
*''Synapses'' (2013)
*''Indigo'' (2016)
*''Dreaming Eyes'' (2022)
===Extended plays===
*''The Star Falls'' (2013)
*''When the Time Is Right'' (2015)
=== Singles ===
* "Prophets" (2014)
* "West" with [[Daniel Caesar]] from ''Indigo (2016)''
* "Illusions" (feat. [[Pusha T]]) / "Gravity" (2016)
* "Acid Test" from ''Indigo'' (2016)
* "Patience" (2017)
* "Deep End" (2018)
* "Taurus" (2019)
* "Nevada" (2019)
* "Rainbow Road" / "Hypnotized" (2020)
* "Sent from Above" (2021)
=== As featured artist ===
*[[Kaytranada]] – "Bus Ride" and "Vivid Dreams" (feat. River Tiber) – from ''[[99.9%]]'' (2015)
*[[Selena Gomez]] – "[[Kill Em with Kindness (song)|Kill Em With Kindness - River Tiber Remix]]" single (2016)
* [[Jazz Cartier]] – "Tell Me" (feat. River Tiber) from ''Hotel Paranoia'' (2016); also producer
*[[Junia-T]] – "Tommy's Intro" (feat. River Tiber & [[Sean Leon]]) from ''Studio Monk'' (2020)
== Songwriting credits ==
{{Color box|#6495ed|border=darkgray}} indicates a featured artist contribution.
{{Color box|#87CEEB|border=darkgray}} indicates an additional/co-producer contribution.
{{Color box|#ffffcc|border=darkgray}} indicates a background vocal contribution.
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;"
! scope="col" align="center" style="width: 10px;"| '''Year'''
! scope="col" style="width: 150px;"| '''Artist'''
! scope="col" style="width: 130px;"| '''Album'''
! scope="col" style="width: 130px;"| '''Song'''
! scope="col" style="width: 70px;"| '''Co-written with'''
|-
| rowspan="3" |2014
| rowspan="2" | [[Justin Nozuka]]
| rowspan="2" | ''Ulysees''
| "Right By You"
| rowspan="2" | Nozuka
|-
| "Sweet Lover"
|-
| [[BadBadNotGood]]
| ''[[III (BadBadNotGood album)|III]]''
| "CS60"
|[[Matthew Tavares]], [[Chester Hansen]], [[Alexander Sowinski|Alex Sowinski]], [[Frank Dukes]]
|-
| rowspan="6" |2015
| [[Drake (musician)|Drake]]
| ''[[If You're Reading This It's Too Late]]''
| "No Tellin'"
|[[Frank Dukes]], et al.
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[BadBadNotGood]] & [[Ghostface Killah]]
| rowspan="2" | ''[[Sour Soul (album)|Sour Soul]]''
| "Ray Gun" (feat. [[MF Doom]])
|Tavares, Hansen, Sowinski, Frank Dukes, [[MF Doom]]
|-
|"Experience"
|Tavares, Hansen, Sowinski, Frank Dukes
|-
|[[PartyNextDoor]]
|N/A <small>(later released on 2020's ''Partypack'')</small>
| style="background:#ffffcc" |"Things & Such" <small>(fka. "Kehlani's Freestyle"</small>
|Frank Dukes, et al.
|-
|[[Travis Scott]]
|''[[Rodeo (Travis Scott album)|Rodeo]]''
| style="background:#ffffcc" |"Oh My Dis Side"
|Frank Dukes, et al.
|-
|[[Mac Miller]]
|''[[GO:OD AM]]''
|"ROS"
|Frank Dukes, et al.
|-
| rowspan="4" |2016
| rowspan="2" |[[Kaytranada]]
| rowspan="2" |''[[99.9%]]''
| style="background:#6495ed" | "Bus Ride"
|[[Kaytranada]]
|-
| style="background:#6495ed" | "Vivid Dreams"
|Kaytranada
|-
|[[Jahkoy Palmer|Jahkoy]]
|''Foreign Water''
| style="background:#87CEEB" |"Selfish"
|Frank Dukes, et al.
|-
|[[Usher (musician)|Usher]]
|''[[Hard II Love]]''
|"Make U a Believer"
|Frank Dukes, et al.
|-
| rowspan="2" |2017
|[[SZA (singer)|SZA]]
|''[[Ctrl (SZA album)|Ctrl]]''
|"[[Broken Clocks]]"
|Frank Dukes, [[Daniel Caesar]], et al.
|-
|[[Jhené Aiko]]
|''[[Trip (Jhené Aiko album)|Trip]]''
|"Never Call Me"
|Frank Dukes, et al.
|-
| rowspan="3" |2018
|[[Travis Scott]]
|''[[Astroworld (album)|Astroworld]]''
| style="background:#87CEEB" |"Astrothunder"
|Frank Dukes, [[Matthew Tavares]], et al.
|-
|[[Charlotte Day Wilson]]
|''Stone Woman''
| style="background:#ffffcc" |"Falling Apart"
|[[Charlotte Day Wilson]], Matthew Tavares
|-
|[[Camila Cabello]]
|''[[Romance (Camila Cabello album)|Romance]]''
|"Feel It Twice"
|Frank Dukes, Matthew Tavares, et al.
|-
| rowspan="7" |2019
| rowspan="6" |[[Daniel Caesar]]
| rowspan="6" |''[[Case Study 01]]''
|"Entropy"
|[[Daniel Caesar]], et al.
|-
|"Cyanide"
| rowspan="5" |Daniel Caesar, [[Matthew Burnett]], [[Jordan Evans (record producer)|Jordan Evans]], et al.
|-
|"Open Up"
|-
|"Superposition" (feat. [[John Mayer]])
|-
| style="background:#87CEEB" |"Too Deep to Turn Back"
|-
| style="background:#87CEEB" |"Are You OK?"
|-
|[[Giveon]]
|''Take Time''
| style="background:#87CEEB" |"Like I Want You"
|Jahaan Sweet, et al.
|-
|2020
|[[James Blake (musician)|James Blake]]
|''[[Before (James Blake EP)|Before]]''
|"I Keep Calling"
|[[James Blake (musician)|James Blake]], Charlotte Day Wilson, Matthew Tavares, et al.
|}
=== Other credits ===
'''Albums'''
* [[Justin Nozuka]] – ''Ulysees'' (2014); musician
*[[BadBadNotGood]] – ''[[III (BadBadNotGood album)|III]]'' (2014); guitar, violin, cello
* [[BadBadNotGood]] & [[Ghostface Killah]] – ''[[Sour Soul (album)|Sour Soul]]'' (2015); cello, violin, trombone, guitar, organ
* [[Tess Parks]] – ''Blood Hot'' (2015); co-producer, drums, guitar, bass, tambourine, cello
* [[Frank Dukes|Kingsway Music Library]] – ''Colors'' (2015); musician
'''Tracks'''
*[[Daniel Caesar]] – "Death & Taxes" from ''[[Pilgrim's Paradise]]'' (2015); music
*[[Sean Leon]] – "This Ain't 2012" single (2015); additional vocals<ref>{{Citation|title=THIS AIN'T 2012 (PRODUCED BY WONDAGURL + SEAN LEON)|url=https://soundcloud.com/seanleon/this-aint-2012|language=en|access-date=2021-02-16}}</ref>
*[[Freddie Gibbs]] – "Insecurities" from ''[[Shadow of a Doubt (album)|Shadow of a Doubt]]'' (2015); additional vocals
*Daniel Caesar – "Won't Live Here" single (2016); music
* [[Charlotte Day Wilson]] – "Where Do You Go" from ''CDW'' (2016); producer, bass, cello, violin, synth
*[[Post Malone]] – "Cold" from ''[[Stoney (album)|Stoney]]'' (2016); background vocals
* [[Charlotte Day Wilson]] – "Let You Down" & "Falling Apart" from ''Stone Woman'' (2018); strings, synth, vocals, drums
*[[Kaytranada|Kaytranda]] – "Freefall" from ''[[Bubba (album)|Bubba]]'' (2019); synth
== Awards and nominations ==
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Association
!Category
!Nominated Work
!Result
! class="unsortable" scope="col" |{{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
|2016
|[[Grammy Award]]s
|[[Grammy Award for Best Rap Album|Best Rap Album]]
|''[[If You're Reading This It's Too Late]]'' ([[Drake (musician)|Drake]]) <small>(as songwriter)</small>
| {{nom}}
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |2017
| [[iHeartRadio MMVAs]]
| Best [[MuchFACT]] Video
| rowspan="2" |"Acid Test"
| {{won}}
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[SOCAN Songwriting Prize]]
|Best Song – Anglophone
|{{shortlisted}}
| rowspan="2" |<ref>{{Cite web|title=2017 SOCAN Songwriting Prize Finalists Vie for $10,000 {{!}} SOCAN|date=15 June 2017 |url=https://www.socan.com/2017-socan-songwriting-prize-finalists-vie-for-10000/|access-date=2021-02-16|language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
|Best Song – Anglophone
|"Won't Live Here" ([[Daniel Caesar]]) <small>(as songwriter)</small>
| {{shortlisted}}
|-
|2018
|[[Soul Train Music Awards]]
|[[Soul Train Music Award for The Ashford & Simpson Songwriter's Award|The Ashford & Simpson Songwriter's Award]]
| rowspan="2" |"[[Broken Clocks]]" ([[SZA (singer)|SZA]]) <small>(as songwriter)</small>
|{{nom}}
|
|-
|2019
|[[American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers|ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Awards]]
|Award Winning R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
|{{won}}
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=2019 ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Music Awards|url=http://www.ascap.com/news-events/awards/2019/rs-awards|access-date=2020-12-30|website=www.ascap.com|language=en}}</ref>
|-
|2019
|[[Grammy Award]]s
|[[Grammy Award for Best Rap Album|Best Rap Album]]
|''[[Astroworld (album)|Astroworld]]'' ([[Travis Scott]]) <small>(as songwriter)</small>
| {{nom}}
|
|}
== References ==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Canadian rhythm and blues musicians]]
[[Category:Musicians from Toronto]]
[[Category:Berklee College of Music alumni]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:21st-century Canadian male musicians]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]