River Tiber

Tommy Paxton-Beesley, known professionally as River Tiber, is a Grammy-winning Canadian artist based in Toronto who works across singing, songwriting, production, and multiple instruments. He debuted with The Star Falls EP in 2013, then released When the Time Is Right in 2015. A track from that album, No Talk, was sampled by producer Boi-1da on his 2016 release No Tellin from Drakes If Youre Reading This Its Too Late. He has also collaborated with BADBADNOTGOOD on their 2015 album Sour Soul, worked with Kaytranada on his Polaris Music Prize-winning 99.9%, and contributed to a track for Hotel Paranoia River Tiber released his debut full-length album Indigo in 2016. In 2017 he won a MuchMusic Video Award for Acid Test, which was shortlisted for the SOCAN Songwriting Prize that same year. On December 9, 2022 he released his second record Dreaming Eyes, accompanied by a music video for Hypnotized directed by Leo Aguirre. Hypnotized was sampled on Kendrick Lamars Savior from his 2023 Grammy-winning album Mr. Morale No Tellin by Drake, Broken Clocks by SZA, AstroThunder by Travis Scott, and I Keep Calling by James Blake. Other artists who have used Tommys music include Mac Miller, Chris Brown, James Blake, Camila Cabello, Post Malone, Jhen Aiko, Kodak Black, and Ty Dolla $ign to name a few. Tommy collaborated with Kaytranada for Hold On from his Grammy-nominated album Timeless, was recently sampled by OVO-signing Smiley for his single Spill the Tea, and was also sampled Drake and Partynextdoors track Small Town Fame their album $ome $exy $ongs 4 U. River Tibers latest EP release Tell Her with Justin Nozuka follows his highly acclaimed album Dreaming Eyes. During summer 2025 Tiber performed headline debuts across Chicago, Atlanta, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and London. The tour capped off with the release of River Tibers NPR Tiny Desk on August 5.