FOLK RECORDING OF THE YEAR
- WHERE I NEED TO BE released in May 2009
Track 1 – Where I Need to Be (Radio Mix)
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WHERE I NEED TO BE (Buy Now)
YOUTUBE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7VrDpVmJzY
Free download of Where I Need to Be at.kimwempe.com/eastcoast
“… When Kim opens her mouth she lets loose a powerful force pouring out her emotion with a style that has Janis Joplin written all over it….” ~ Dan MacDonald, Cape Breton Post
TORONTO – MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9TH, 2009 – Powerhouse songbird KIM WEMPE can’t contain her excitement after her big win this weekend. After doing it up right at the MOLSON CANADIAN NOVA SCOTIA MUSIC WEEK’S official showcase this past Saturday night in Yarmouth, it was announced Sunday that she is the 2009 Award-winner for FOLK RECORDING OF THE YEAR, for her stunning May release, Where I Need to Be.
I guess you could say that the phrase “Go big or go home” applies here. Travelling from her Saskatchewan prairie roots to the rolling hills and crashing tides of the East Coast, KIM WEMPE has emerged as one of the freshest, most unique performers on the Canadian music scene. And now she can add “award-winning” to her list of accomplishments, having garnered FOLK RECORDING OF THE YEAR at this year’s Nova Scotia Music Week Festival and Conference, held in Yarmouth from November 5-8, 2009. Bruce Guthro and Jimmy Flynn hosted the event, the largest Nova Scotia Music Week awards show to date, with performances by Joel Plaskett, Classified, Brian Borcherdt, Grand Dérangement, In-Flight Safety and more.
Kim and her current tour-mate Carmel Mikol performed a showcase for the event on the Saturday night, while the bulk of the awards were given out at the Music and Industry Awards brunch at the Rodd Grand Yarmouth on Sunday, where Kim was honoured to close the event with a performance of “Where I Need to Be (The East Coast Love Song).”
Unable to contain herself (and who would?), the giddy young songstress gushed upon receiving the news of her award: “Holy crap, everyone!!! I just won my first award ever!!! Folk Recording of the Year!!! Thank you soooo much, everyone!!! This means the world to me…seriously…I almost cried but I held it together.”
Among the other nominees for her category were Blou -Noël Blou, Brian Vardigans – Springhill, David Bradshaw – No Place, James Hill & Anne Davison – True Love Don’t Weep.
Kim will begin her next tour November 12th at the Vintage Bistro in New Brunswick and is joined by tour-mate, singer-songwriter CARMEL MIKOL. Touring their way across Canada under the umbrella of the “GUESS WHO’S DRIVING TOUR, the dynamic duo will play major centres in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Quebec and Ontario, where a touchdown at the CN Tower would be the ultimate destination.
Watch video blogs from the road including performance footage at kimwempe.com/ontheroad/
www.carmelmikol.com
MORE ABOUT KIM WEMPE
“Great songwriting meets soulful vocals. Kim Wempe’s ability to deliver to an audience is refreshing and intoxicating. Watch this one and expect great things.”
~ Dwayne Keller (Music Director, 98.9 XFM 102.5 and host of “Sounds Atlantic”)
With a raw and powerful voice, Kim leaves an imprint on your soul and a melody you just can’t shake. Her evocative artistic style, fiercely emotional lyrics and honest onstage performance are one of a kind.
Since her move to the East Coast, Kim has shared stages and stories with some of Canada’s favorite Maritime musical acts, including Jill Barber, Christina Martin, Ryan Cook, Charlie A’Court, Coco Love Alcorn, and Norma MacDonald. Her captivating live show has turned heads and hearts at festivals across the country from Evolve in Nova Scotia to Morfee Mountain in British Columbia and back to Halifax’s In The Dead of Winter Festival.
While Kim’s first full-length album The Last Version (2007) captures a range of toe-tapping rhythms and styles from soulful blues melodies, to jazz-influenced folk tunes, her star is rising with this recent win for Where I Need to Be, not to mention an upcoming album, Painting With Tides, due for release in 2010.
UPCOMING DATES:
November 12 – Hampton, NB (Vintage Bistro)
November 13 – Montreal, QC (The Yellow Door Cafe w/ Michelle Tompkins)
November 16 – Ottawa, ON (Rainbow Bistro – Stacie’s Showcase w/ Paper Lions)
November 17 – Peterborough, ON (The Spill)
November 19 – Kitchener, ON (Encore Records w/ Lynn Jackson)
November 20 – London, ON (London Music Club)
November 21 – Toronto, ON (The Press Club w/ Alejandra Ribera)
November 25 – Moncton, NB (Plan B w/ Ashley Bernard)
November 26 – Saint John, NB (Lily’s Cafe, Rockwood Park Pavilion)
November 29 – Halifax, NS (The Carleton)
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For more information, photos, interviews, please contact:
Beverly Kreller
SPEAK Music
www.speak-music.com
bev@speak-music.com
416.922.3620
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