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Kim Barlow was born in Quebec and raised in rural Nova Scotia. She
graduated from Florida State University with a BA in music. She taught
herself to play banjo beside a campfire in the Yukon and from there
embarked on a musical career that has taken her from Inuvik to the
UK; and from Martha's Vineyard to the Vancouver Folk Music Festival.
Along the way Kim produced 3 CDs and one son. Her second CD,
‘Gingerbread’ was nominated for a Juno award (Canadian Grammy) in
2003 in the roots/traditional category. Her son hasn't been nominated for
any awards yet. He wants to be a firefighter.
Kim came to our attention via her compelling sets at the Western
Canadian Music Alliance festivals in Regina, Saskatchewan in 2003
and Calgary, Alberta in 2004. Her stories of life in the Yukon (total
population 30,000, of which 22,000 live in Whitehorse) were quite
simply some of the most honest we have had the pleasure of hearing, and
her playing is something to witness. Wry and impassioned, Kim’s songs
are deft distillations of the beautiful and absurd world she inhabits.
Kim’s first tour of Australia kicked off at the Port Fairy Folk Festival, with further dates including Brunswick Music Festival
(Melbourne), Yackandandah Folk Festival, Cockatoo Island Festival
(Sydney), and club shows in and around Melbourne & Sydney.
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