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Tue, Mar 29th, 8-10pm, Concert – VIMA Vocalist of the Year Kim June Johnson – folk/roots
Kim June Johnson is a Canadian singer-songwriter and poet. Her third album, Canvas & Clay, was released in the fall of 2014. It was nominated for two 2015 Vancouver Island Music Awards, including “Album of the Year” and won "Vocalist of the Year". It was also chosen by Indie Acoustic Project as one of the top 21 Independently released albums of 2014. Her live shows combine song, storytelling and poetry and are often performed in living rooms and small, intimate settings, both solo and with other musicians (recently Marc Atkinson and Scott White from The Bills).
Critics have long praised her moving, angelic vocals and her craftsmanship as a songwriter. Written with a maturity and wisdom that calls to mind the classic works of Vashti Bunyan, Carol King and KD Lang, her songs are universal and timeless and sung with an intimacy and openness that are unmistakably her own.
Kim has been recognized by the USA Songwriting Competition and the International Songwriting Competition for several of her compositions, including Calgary and Parachute from her album Paper Sun, which was produced by Colin Linden with the help of a FACTOR grant. She has shared the stage with Chic Gamine, Blackie & the Rodeo Kings, Shari Ulrich, the Marc Atkinson Trio, Little Miss Higgins and Colin Linden.
Canvas & Clay was produced by Marc Atkinson at the Barn Studio on Hornby Island. It is Kim’s most pop-oriented record to date and features guest appearances by Daniel Lapp on trumpet and fiddle and Scott White on upright bass.
She calls Hornby Island home.
“I was charmed by Kim’s work from the very first song I heard – her voice, her melodies and her lyric writing are all delicately and yet relentlessly captivating.” -Shari Ulrich
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=hCWDd7kaZyI
Tickets Showdate $20 (Advance $15) on sale now @ Char’s Landing or call (778) 421-2427 to purchase with Visa/MC/Amex/Debit
FMI http://alberni.ca/events/ Char’s 19+ Lounge open 5:30-12midnight 365+ days a year www.charslanding.com Char’s Landing, 4815 Argyle @5th. Port Alberni V9Y 1V9
