Tim van Eyken (born 7 March 1978) is an English guitarist and melodeon player of Belgian descent. From 1998 he was a member of the now defunct folk group Dr Faustus (with Robert Harbron, Benji Kirkpatrick, and Paul Sartin. He was a member of Waterson:Carthy from 2000-2007. In 2001 he recorded an album as Tim van Eyken & Robert Harbron. His recording of "Barleycorn" won the award for Best Traditional Track at the 2007 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. Van Eyken first started playing penny whistle after seeing James Galway on television. Read more on