Karen and Bill's
House Concerts
2014-02-05
Kim Wempe
Kim Wempe has a fight in her. From the second you hear one of her stunning folk ballads, it's not something that can be overlooked. Some may call her vocals haunting and smokey, others may insist she is the, child of Janis Joplin and sister of, Adele. but the unique pull of her music is the quiet warrior you can hear seeping through her songs. Wempe is out to blaze her own trail and leave a slew of dropped jaws in her wake.
This is not the story of a fragile and sensitive singer songwriter. This is the story of a strong woman with the urge to move mountains.
Born in a small Saskatchewan farming town, Wempe lived for a period in Alberta before heading to Canada's East Coast in 2007. After only three months in Nova Scotia. she realized that what once seemed a daunting and unplanned move, turned out to be a blessing in disguise. She has peformed alongside Canadian favourites such as Amelia Curran, James Keelaghan. David Francey and Matt Andersen. Winning both an East Coast Music Award and Music Nova Scotia Award for her 2009 release Where I Need to Be EP, it's not hard to tell she's on to something.