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

Biography

Barlow was born in

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, and raised in rural

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, she is of Anglo-Quebecker descent. She studied

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before moving to the

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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

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and on Jericho Beach Music 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

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and

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. 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

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. In 2009, she recorded "Dawson City" for

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's '' Great Canadian Song Quest''.

Discography

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

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, 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 Singers from Nova Scotia Singers from Yukon Musicians from Whitehorse Singers from Montreal Songwriters from Quebec Writers from Montreal 21st-century Canadian women singers 21st-century Canadian singer-songwriters {{Canada-singer-songwriter-stub