Kim Townsend
Wayworn Traveler
© 2003 Kim Townsend (783707750828)
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A truly amazing variety of styles - ranging from Americana & blues to humor & country- creatively combined in the debut recording of original songs from this Texas singer/songwriter.
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When only a small child, Kim Townsend had a tremendous "crush" on Glen Campbell and his ability to play multiple instruments. So smitten was she that at age FIVE she, too, began playing guitar and soon added more than a dozen instruments to her amazing and ever-increasing
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Now the Lubbock, Texas native has grown to become an accomplished singer/songwriter herself; proving to be a versatile entertainer who is as comfortable playing in a quiet coffeehouse or rowdy night club as she is for an intimate house concert or multi-stage music festival! Kim routinely performs in Austin, the Hill Country area, Lubbock, and Dallas in addition to her frequent shows in Oklahoma, Seattle, the Pacific Northwest, and all points in between. She has been honored to 'open' for such notable acts as Nanci Griffith, Bob Franke, Susan Gibson, the McKay Brothers, and Jay-Boy Adams, as well as performing at Seattle's annual Northwest Folklife Festival, the Oklahoma State Fair, the Buddy Holly Center's Summer Songwriter Showcase Series in Lubbock, the National Cowboy Symposium, and twice with her band at the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta where they recently opened for the Marshall Tucker Band!
Kim has received outstanding reviews for her original songs from both print and cyber media, as well as national and international radio airplay; while consistent touring has created a rapidly growing Kim Townsend fan base that spans the U.S. and abroad! Radio and television ads have featured her music as well as a documentary film that was shot for Imax theaters, and plans are currently "in the works" to use three songs from her latest CD in an upcoming feature film! In addition, her songs have been selected as finalists in the Austin Songwriter's Contest, the Woody Guthrie Songwriting Contest, the Texas Country Reporter's Songwriting Contest, and she was recently selected as one of First Act Guitar's "Emerging Artists".
Kim Townsend is a true songstress... clever and refreshing... nothing short of an excellent entertainer whose engaging shows keep audiences of all ages constantly requesting 'just ONE more song'!
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Green Chile Love at First Listen
author: JC ShepardFirst heard singer-Songwriter Kim Townsend when she played KRFC's Live@Lunch and a couple shows along Colorado's front range. Kim calls Seattle home now, but this West Texas native has lived in more places than Hank Snow could fit in a song (I've been everywhere, man, I've been everywhere...). Her self-released debut disc is Wayworn Traveler, after the traditional title track that features a classic acapella recording of her great-grandfather. He and his draft horses grace the cover as well and set the down-to-eath tone of this collection, from humorous (Brithday Suit, Chat Rooms) to poignent to Borderlands Americana (El Mercado). My favorite (or at least most delicious) is Kim's Green Chile Love Song. yummmmm.
Very original, genuine and... entertaining as hell!
author: Dinah Urell --- HIPFISH Astoria, ORTownsend sings songs about her Texas-farmer-traditional roots, grandmas and great-grandmas. She sings very openheartedly about leaving them behind and beginning new traditions, like traveling and writing songs. She also sings about cross-dressing, going naked, chat rooms, and even chili fetishes. And, yes, there is the occasional lovesick/lovesane ballad. But you never quite know if she's going to sing you a sentimental lament, a serious message song, or sneak-off a quirky, country do-wop, risque little number. She does them all with comfortable aplomb. This must be what makes Kim Townsend very original, genuine and... entertaining as hell!
One of the best Americana CD's of the past year.
author: Nicole BlizzardDelivering on the promise showed in her early live performances as well as her self-produced demo E.P., Kim Townsend has finally released her first full-length CD Wayworn Traveler. Almost every one of the 14 songs featured here in a masterpiece. There are a wide variety of musical forms and songs within these 14. There is Traditional (Wayworn Traveler), Country (It's In There), Humor (Birthday Suit, Old Lady Fitzhugh, Chat Room), and Latin (El Mercado), just to name a few. This CD also features one of my favorite songs from Kim, Broken-Hearted, which was featured on her demo CD but this time she has added a cello to wonderful effect. With this CD I feel that she joins the ranks of other great female singer/songwriters such as Dar Williams, Kim Richey, and Tish Hinojosa. Be sure you check her out----Nicole Blizzard/Freelance Writer for TechnoDyke