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Born in Dallas, Texas and raised in Mesquite, Kimberly's been singing and dancing since childhood. She studied as a music (opera/voice) major in Dallas and UT Austin, and danced professionally with a dance troupe in Dallas. During college she became more interested in writing music than performing classical prior works. Moving to Houston (after living in Dallas & Austin), Kimberly sang with the Houston Symphony Chorale and fronted top 40 bands. It was during this period that she started writing songs and playing songwriter open mike nights. This led to a homemade tape of her songs which was sent to Rounder Records. Rounder liked'em and came to Houston to see a live performance and offered a recording contract that very same evening. Kimberly's two Rounder releases, Breathe the Moonlight and Inherited Road, (containing only original songs) drew great reviews, nominations (Best Independent Record, CA) & charted on the Americana chart. She's been nominated by the Houston Press Music Awards for Songwriter of the Year 2001 & Best Acoustic/Folk from 1992-1998, as well as Public News critic's pick for Best Female Vocalist. Her third cd, Cross the Danger Line contains seven of her original songs along with Greg Trooper's Ireland, Townes Van Zandt's Niles River Blues, & the classic Return to Me. It includes an amazing group of musicians including Aubrey Haynie (Faith Hill), Viktor Krauss (Lyle Lovett), Scott Neubert (Hal Ketchum,Trace Adkins), & harmonies by grammy-winning singer-songwriters Jim Lauderdale and Claire Lynch. Other than her own cds, here's a list of some of Kimberly's songs and where they've appeared: Kimberly's TV appearances include Texas Music Café, Houston's Weeknight Edition, and other local (PBS) documentaries. She has toured the US, UK & Europe, and played festivals including Lincoln Center's Outdoor Concert, Seattle's Bumbershoot Festival, Houston's International Festival, Glasgow Scotland's Big Country Festival, Kerrville Folk Festival, and venues including the BlueBird Cafe (Nashville), Anderson Fair, McGonigel's Mucky Duck (Houston), Passim's (Boston), Cactus Cafe (Austin), The Ark (Ann Arbor), Birchmere (D.C.), Iron Horse (Northampton), and many, many more. Kimberly has toured with Jim Lauderdale, and opened for Guy Clark, Radney Foster, HoneyBrowne, Harris & Ryden, Junior Brown, Karla Bonoff, John Gorka, Johnny Paycheck, Gary P. Nunn, David Allen Coe, Jimmy LaFave, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Leo Kottke, Loudon Wainwright, Chris Smithers, Robert Earl Keen, Riders in the Sky, Tom Russell, and many more! Reviews of her cds can be found here. |