Comment
Favorite
Jack Jill
Artist: Kim Richey
Channel: Vanguard Records
Time: 03:22|30 Views
 
I Know
Artist: Kim Richey
Channel: Universal Music Group
Time: 03:29|338 Views
 
Those Words We Said
Artist: Kim Richey
Channel: Universal Music Group
Time: 04:02|110 Views
 
Just My Luck
Artist: Kim Richey
Channel: Universal Music Group
Time: 03:27|69 Views
 
The Way It Never Was
Artist: Kim Richey
Channel: Universal Music Group
Time: 03:14|92 Views
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
         
         
Artist Info
Genre
Location
Stats
Total Views
Number of Fans1
         
Kim Richey
By All Music Guide
Ohio might not seem like a hotbed of music, but when you have an aunt who owns a record shop, youve certainly got a leg up. Thats 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 didnt 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 didnt 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 Hiatts brand of music making. Comparisons to Shawn Colvin have also run rampant over the years, due to Richeys cleverly twisting lyrical phrases and beats. By the time she made 1999s 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.
Source: All Music Guide
         
         
More from the Web
 
         
Marketplace(i)Displays Artist merchandise, albums, downloads, auctions, tickets and more.
The CollectionSource: Amazon
$13.98
No Description
Own It
Chinese BoxesSource: Amazon
$17.98
Newly signed to Vanguard Records, Kim Richey is set to release her first collection of new music in five years on July 10th. Chinese Boxes was prod...
Own It
         
         
         
         
         
Similar(i)Recommends similar artists or influential artists from different sources.
Tift Merritt
Source: All Music Guide
Views: 275
Caitlin Cary
Source: All Music Guide
Views: 33
Allison Moorer
Source: All Music Guide
Views: 242
Whiskeytown
Source: All Music Guide
Views: 75
Lucy Kaplansky
Source: All Music Guide
Views: 41
Lyle Lovett
Source: All Music Guide
Views: 204
Shawn Colvin
Source: All Music Guide
Views: 74
Shelby Lynne
Source: All Music Guide
Views: 160
Patty Loveless
Source: All Music Guide
Views: 126
Emmylou Harris
Source: All Music Guide
Views: 82
Jimmie Dale Gilmore
Source: All Music Guide
Views: 76
Rosanne Cash
Source: All Music Guide
Views: 59
 
 
 
 
 
 
         
         
Fans(i)See users who are fans of this artist.
DogTown
Sedona,AZ
         
Shows by JamBase(i)See upcoming tour dates for this artist.