Kim Barlow (born March 10, 1969) is a Canadian folk singer and musician.

Biography

Barlow was born in

Montreal Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple ...

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...

, and raised in rural

Nova Scotia Nova Scotia ( ; ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. Nova Scotia is Latin for "New Scotland". Most of the population are native Eng ...

, she is of Anglo-Quebecker descent. She studied classical guitar at Florida State University before moving to the Yukon in the 1990s. In 2013 she left the Yukon so she could move back to

Music career

Kim Barlow has released on the independent record label Caribou Records in

Whitehorse, Yukon Whitehorse () is the capital of Yukon, and the largest city in Northern Canada. It was incorporated in 1950 and is located at kilometre 1426 (Historic Mile 918) on the Alaska Highway in southern Yukon. Whitehorse's downtown and Riverdale areas ...

and on

Jericho Beach Music Jericho Beach Music is a record label in Vancouver, British Columbia that specializes in world music, folk, and jazz. It was named after Jericho Beach in Vancouver. The label was formed in 1997 and released its first album, ''Compadres'' by Jame ...

in Vancouver. Her album ''Saplings'' (2010) was produced with Jean Martin of Barnyard Records in Toronto and Bob Hamilton at Old Crow Recording in Whitehorse. She has toured across Canada and internationally as a solo artist and as part of the Pan Canadian New Folk Ensemble tour with

Christine Fellows Christine Fellows (born 1968) is a Canadian folk-pop singer-songwriter from Winnipeg, Manitoba. History Born in Windsor, Ontario and raised in France and Kelowna, British Columbia, Fellows lived in Toronto, Vancouver, Guelph and Montreal befor ...

and

Old Man Luedecke Old Man Luedecke is the recording name of two-time Juno Award-winning Canadian singer-songwriter and banjo player Chris Luedecke of Chester, Nova Scotia. He is most noted as a two-time Juno Award winner for Roots & Traditional Album of the Year ...

. She frequently collaborates with Mathias Kom of The Burning Hell in the side project Spring Breakup. Her second album, ''Gingerbread'', was a nominee for Roots and Traditional Album of the Year (Solo) at the Juno Awards of 2003. In 2009, she recorded "Dawson City" for CBC Radio 2's ''

Great Canadian Song Quest ''Great Canadian Song Quest'' is a Canadian songwriting contest, presented by CBC Music. The competition has been presented in three editions to date, in 2009, 2010 and 2013. 2009 edition For the inaugural installation of Great Canadian Song Quest ...

''.

Discography

* ''Humminah'' (Caribou, 1999) * ''Gingerbread'' (Caribou, 2001) * ''Luckyburden'' (Caribou, 2004) * ''Champ'' (

Jericho Beach Jericho Beach, known originally as ''iy'a'l'mexw'' in Squamish, a Vancouver beach, is located west of the seaside neighbourhood of Kitsilano. It is surrounded by Jericho Beach Park, a grassy area with a pond, which is a picnic destination. Je ...

, 2007) * ''Saplings'' (2010) * ''How To Let Go'' (2018)

References

External links

Official site
1969 births Living people Anglophone Quebec people Canadian folk singer-songwriters Canadian women singer-songwriters Florida State University alumni Musicians from Nova Scotia Musicians from Yukon People from Whitehorse Singers from Montreal Songwriters from Quebec Writers from Montreal 21st-century Canadian women singers {{Canada-singer-stub