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Chanteuse Country US née Kimberly Kay Richey, le 1er
Décembre 1956
à Zanesville (Ohio).
Ohio might
not seem like a hotbed of music, but when you have an aunt who owns a record
shop, you've certainly got a leg up. That's how Kim Richey got hooked on what
would become her chosen path — digging through bins of 45s and listening to
everything she could, from Janis Joplin to the Lovin' Spoonful. In high school,
she started playing guitar but didn't rack up much stage time until in college.
That was when she started a band and sang a lot of harmony. After college, she
did a lot of moving, to and through Colorado, Washington, South America, Boston,
Europe, and occasionally Nashville. Serving a stint as a cook at the Bluebird
Café didn't do much harm to pull her into the singer/songwriter fold. In 1988,
Richey planted her roots in Nashville to really test that fold and hone her own
songwriting craft. She built a reputation as a singer who could interpret a
lyric and harmonize with the best of them, all the while writing songs with an
optimistic melancholy quality that is unusual and alluring. Before too long,
Richey was signed to PolyGram Records, releasing her eponymous debut in 1995.
Bitter Sweet and Glimmer followed in two-year increments. All three
albums were tagged as contemporary country but actually fall in step pretty
close to John Hiatt's brand of music making. Comparisons to Shawn Colvin have
also run rampant over the years, due to Richey's cleverly twisting lyrical
phrases and beats. By the time she made 1999's Glimmer with producer Hugh
Padgham, her sound leaned even further toward the pop end of the spectrum. Cut
to 2002 and the release of Rise. Teaming up with producer Bill Bottrell,
Richey fleshed out her sound with worldly flavors of instrumentation, atypical
for a so-called contemporary country artist. The result was mesmerizing and her
most masterful work to date. A greatest-hits Collection arrived in 2004,
followed by Chinese Boxes in the summer of 2007. Richey focused on
touring and writing songs for other artists for a few years, and operated
particularly in the British Isles during that time. She emerged from her
recording silence with Wreck Your Wheels, a collection of 11 new songs issued on
the Lojinx imprint in 2010. Though recorded in Nashville with co-writes from Beth
Rowley, Boo Hewerdine, and Mark Olson, its initial release was in the U.K. in
the spring, followed by a fall issue in the U.S. Richey made a full-fledged
return to her brand of country music on Thorn in My Heart, which was released in
the spring of 2013 on Yep Roc. Five years later, she delivered Edgeland, which
featured cameos from Robyn Hitchcock and Chuck Prophet.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Richey
Talents : Vocals, Songwriter, Guitar, Bouzouki
Style musical : Contemporary Country, Progressive Country, Pop/Rock
Years in activity :
| 1910 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 2000 | 10 | 20 |
DISCOGRAPHY
Singles
| 05/1995 | SP MERCURY 422-856 832-7 (US) | . |
Just My Luck / Just Like The Moon |
| 09/1995 | SP MERCURY 422-852 300-7 (US) | . |
Those Words We Said (radio edit) / Let The Sun Fall Down |
| 04/1997 | SP MERCURY 314-574 184-7 (US) |
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I Know / I'm Alright |
| 04/1997 | CD MERCURY 314-574 184-2 (US) |
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I Know / I'm Alright |
| 1999 | CD MERCURY MNCD 247 (US) (promo) |
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Come Around - Come Around (radio edit) / Come Around (album version) |
| 2000 | CD MERCURY MNCD 244 (US) (promo) |
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The Way It Never Was |
| 2007 | CD Vanguard 79834-2EP (US) (promo) |
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Little Record - Chinese Boxes (acoustic) / Drift (acoustic) / Straight As The Crow Flies (acoustic) / Mexico (acoustic) / A Place Called Home (acoustic) |
| 2010 | CD THIRTY TIGERS KR-S1 (US) (promo) |
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Wreck Your Wheels (radio edit) / Wreck Your Wheels (album version) |
| 05/2014 | CD Lojinx LJX075 (US) |
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Gareth Dunlop / Kim Richey - The Nashville Sessions - |
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Albums
| 05/1995 | CD MERCURY 526812 (US) |
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KIM RICHEY - Those Words We Said / Here I Go Again / You'll Never Know / That's Exactly What I Mean / Let The Sun Fall Down / Just Like The Moon / From Where I Stand / Sweet Mysteries / Just My Luck / Can't Find The Words / That's A Lie / Echoes Of Love / Good |
| 03/1997 | CD MERCURY 534255 (US) |
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BITTER SWEET - Every River / I'm Alright / Wildest Dreams / Straight As The Crow Flies / I Know / Fallin' / To Tell The Truth / My Whole World / Lonesome Side Of Town / Don't Let Me Down Easy / Let It Roll / Why Can't I Say Goodnight |
| 08/1999 | CD MERCURY 538888 (US) |
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GLIMMER - Can't Lose Them All / Other Side Of Town / Come Around / Lay It Down / Hello Old Friend / Way It Never Was / Good At Secrets / Keep Me / If You Don't Mind / So It Goes / Long Way Back / Didn't I / Strength In You / Gravity |
| 10/2002 | CD LOST HIGHWAY 170327 (US) |
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RISE - Girl In A Car / Place Called Home / Me And You / Circus Song (Can't Let Go) / Fading / Without You / Reel Me In / No Judges / This Love / Good Day Here / Electric Green / Hard To Say Goodbye / Cowards In A Brave New World |
| 05/2004 | CD LOST HIGHWAY 000226802 (US) |
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THE COLLECTION - Can't Find The Words / Those Words We Said / Just My Luck / Every River / I'm Alright / Straight As The Crow Flies / I Know / Come Around / Hello Old Friend / Girl In A Car / Place Called Home / Circus Song (Can't Let Go) / No Judges / Break You Down / Electric Green |
| 07/2007 | CD VANGUARD 798232 (US) |
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CHINESE BOXES - Jack And Jill / Chinese Boxes / Drift / The Absence Of Your Company / Turn Me / I Will Follow / Something To Say / Not A Love Like This / Another Day / Pretty Picture |
| 09/2010 | CD THIRTY TIGERS 7060943 (US) |
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WRECK YOUR WHEELS - Wreck Your Wheels / Careful How You Go / Leaving 49 / For A While / Keys / When The Circus Comes To Town / In The Years To Come / 99 Floors / Once In Your Life / Back To You / Word To The Wise |
| 04/2013 | CD YEP ROC YEP-2320 (US) |
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THORN IN MY HEART - Thorn In My Heart / London Town / Something More / Breakaway Speed / Angels' Share / Come On / Love Is / I Will Wait / I'm Going Down / No Means Yes / Take Me To The Other Side / Everything's Gonna Be Good |
| 03/2018 | CD YEP ROC CDYEP 2569 (US) |
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Edgeland - The Red Line / Chase Wild Horses / Leaving Song / Pin A Rose / High Time / The Get Together / Can't Let You Go / I Tried / Black Trees / Your Dear John / Not For Money Or Love / Whistle On Occasion |
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