Katie Kim (Irish musician)

Katie Kim
Katie Kim
	Kim in Waterford, Ireland in 2008
Background information
Birth name	Katie Sullivan
Born	16 March 1983; London, England
Origin	Dublin, Ireland
Genres	Indie folk, lo-fi, ambient, alternative rock
Occupation(s)	Musician, singer-songwriter, composer
Instruments	Vocals, guitar, bass piano, keyboards
Years active	2008–present
Labels	Flaming June

Katie Sullivan (born 16 March 1983), also known as Katie Kim, is an Irish musician, singer-songwriter and composer.

Personal life

Born in London to Irish parents, Katie Kim was brought to Waterford[1] in Ireland as a child. In her late teens she moved to Dublin to attend university where she continues to reside.

Sound

Katie Kim performs atmospheric alternative folk rock music as a solo project, using a loop station and both classical and electric guitar. She also performs with as part of an ensemble, playing guitar, bass, keyboards and singing.

Music career

Katie Kim has released four studio albums, Twelve (2008) Vaults (2010) Cover & Flood (2012) and Salt (2016). She most recently released a live album with Crash Ensemble where the collective reworked the songs of her previous album, Salt. They performed this in its entirety to sold-out audiences around Ireland between 2016 and 2018.

She has also composed a film score, an original soundtrack for The Seashell and the Clergyman. Commissioned by the Cork French Film Festival, Kim performed the score at the Pavilion, Cork in front of a live audience, where renowned director Agnès Varda attended.

On 15 August 2016 she released the track "Foreign Fleas" through her Bandcamp site.[2]

She has worked with various musicians and bands, including Halves, Mike Scott and The Waterboys, David Kitt, Ed Harcourt and Radie Peat, a folk singer with the band Lankum.

Discography

Albums

Twelve (2008)
Cover & Flood (2012)
Salt (2016)

Singles

"Radio" (2008)
"Heavy Lighting" (2012)
"The Feast" (2013)
"Foreign Fleas" (2015)
"Salt" (2016)

Film scores

The Seashell and the Clergyman (La coquille et le clergyman) (2011)

Appears on

The Nightsaver – David Kitt (2009)
It Goes, It Goes (Forever & Ever) – Halves (2010)
An Appointment with Mr Yeats – The Waterboys (2011)
Songs to Save a Life – Various artists (2012)
Final Witness (Episode 6: "A Mother's Revenge"/ Episode 7 – "What the Boy Saw")[3][4]
Beekeeper – Steve Wickham (2017)

gollark: There are some in development.

gollark: Why are you aaaaing? Poison ivy vaccine side effects?

gollark: Well, the bees in your walls can relay me information, and they say you do in fact have clothing.

gollark: What? That would work. You have clothes, yes?

gollark: Wear clothes which cover up arbitrary exposed skin?

References

Murphy, Lauren (18 September 2016). "A shot at the dark". The Times. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
"FOREIGN FLEAS, by Katie Kim". Katie Kim. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
Media relations, ABC. "FINAL WITNESS: A Mother's Revenge". Final Witness press release. ABC media relations. Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
Preblick, Patrick. "Final Witness What The Boy Saw". ABC Television Network. Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 21 January 2013.

External links

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[1] Murphy, Lauren (18 September 2016). "A shot at the dark". The Times. Retrieved 25 January 2019.

[2] "FOREIGN FLEAS, by Katie Kim". Katie Kim. Retrieved 25 January 2019.

[3] Media relations, ABC. "FINAL WITNESS: A Mother's Revenge". Final Witness press release. ABC media relations. Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 21 January 2013.

[4] Preblick, Patrick. "Final Witness What The Boy Saw". ABC Television Network. Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 21 January 2013.