Occupation(s) singer-songwriter Role Singer-songwriter Years active 1999–present | Website Kim Barlow Genres Folk music Name Kim Barlow Music group Spring Breakup | |
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Born March 10, 1969 (age 55)
Montreal, Quebec ( 1969-03-10 ) Instruments cello, clawhammer banjo, guitar Labels Caribou Records, Jericho Beach Associated acts Christine Fellows, Old Man Luedecke, Mathias Kom, Catherine MacLellan, Raghu Lokanathan Albums Luckyburden, Saplings, Champ, Lucky Burden, Gingerbread, Humminah, Wilderness Tips People also search for Anne Louise Genest, Mathias Kom | ||
Education Florida State University | ||
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Kim Barlow is a Canadian folk music singer-songwriter, based in Whitehorse, Yukon.
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Biography
Born in Montreal, Quebec on March 10, 1969, and raised in rural Nova Scotia, she studied classical guitar at Florida State University before moving to the Yukon.
Music career
Kim Barlow has released three albums on the independent record label Caribou Records (Yukon) in Whitehorse and one on Jericho Beach Music out of Vancouver. Her most recent album Saplings (2010) was produced in collaboration with Jean Martin of Barnyard Records in Toronto, and Bob Hamilton at Old Crow Recording in Whitehorse.
She has toured across Canada and internationally, both as a solo artist and as part of the collaborative Pan Canadian New Folk Ensemble tour with Christine Fellows and Old Man Luedecke. She also 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 a new song, "Dawson City", for CBC Radio 2's Great Canadian Song Quest.