Hey Folks!

Here we are in 2012! I want to genuinely thank you for your support. This past fall tour across Canada, I was blown away by the generosity of house concert hosts and by the enthusiasm of the audiences at the shows. Whether you came out to a show, bought a cd, bought jewlery, hosted a house concert, had us at your venue, put us up, spread the word, shared a link on facebook or twitter, it all helps and I want you to know I appreciate it. I have so many great people to thank and you’re one of them!

I’m excited to kick off the Winter January blues with some co-writing sessions and musicians visiting! Tim Chaisson stopped by for a quick visit where we recapped our December tour, ‘Whose Song Is It Anyway’ by covering each others tunes again! If you missed that tour with Chris Kirby, Andy Brown, Tim Chaisson, and I, hopefully you can catch it next fall when we head out on the road again. Till then, here’s some video of me playing Tim’s song ‘Souris River Girl’ and some footage of Tim covering ‘Rhythm of the Road,’ a song I wrote with my good friend Carmel Mikol.

http://youtu.be/QnSmz_e7A3o

http://youtu.be/CG8-l-zT4Gc

The next friends to visit are Ria Mae, Dave Gunning, Carmel Mikol, and Chris Kirby! I’m pumped to write with these amazing folks.  It’s inspiring to be around other writers and performers, and share ideas and collaborate with them.

I feel renewed and excited about many things coming up this year!  These next months of shows, I’m playing with some great friends and musicians I look up to including David Myles, Jim Bryson, Thom Swift, Chris Kirby, Suzie Vinnick, Roxanne Potvin, and Joanna Barker.  If you’re around, I’d love to see you at a show, and if you can’t, please spread the word and tell your friends about the shows!

I head out the end of January until the end of March (see dates to the right!). I hope you can make one of the shows and if none of them are in your area, I’m releasing more dates for April and June in Western Canada, as well as some great East Coast dates I can’t wait to announce!

Hope to see you out on the road soon!

Much love,

Kim

kim@kimwempe.com

Wow folks,

She will be a day for the books indeed.  We drove 9 hours from New Hampshire today and just arrived at Vintage Bistro in New Brunswick. I’m on my 3rd day of playing 6 shows in a row. We are driving back to Halifax right after this to sleep for 4 hours and then wake up and drive to Yarmouth for Molson Canadian Nova Scotia Music Week where I play an industry-only show at noon and a Songwriter’s Association of Canada “Bluebird North” Songwriters Circle with Old Man Luedecke, Stephen Fearing, Christina Martin, Carmen Townsend, Thom Swift and Charlie A’Court at 7:30.  Wow!

I have had the most absolutely amazing time with Carmel Mikol and Rosie MacKenzie in the U.S.  This was my first trip and I met the loveliest people and saw the most beautiful places! We played sold out shows and not once did we walk off stage without an encore which was the most amazing feeling! I hope to be back soon.  Thank you beyond to all of the house concert hosts, Phill McIntyre at New England Celtic Arts, all the beautiful venues, all of the people who put us up and fed us, and all of the people who came out to the shows!

Now…I have to go play a show and then sleep! Thankfully I have Carmel to help switch off on the driving.  Make sure you check out the gig listings to see if I’m coming near you.  I head West to tour the rest of Canada after this weekend! Hope to see ya somewhere along the road…

Much Love,

Kim