Biography
Singer-songwriter Kim Edgar is “an already refined new talent” emerging from Scotland right now.
Kim's eagerly anticipated debut album, butterflies and broken glass, was released in 2008 to critical acclaim, receiving extensive airplay and Album Of The Week on BBC Radio Scotland (twice!), a five star review in Scotland On Sunday, and earning Kim a place in Radio 2’s New Songwriters Academy 2008.
Produced by Mattie Foulds, the album features Karine Polwart and her band, alongside musicians including Mairi Campbell (The Cast) and Greg Lawson (Moishe’s Bagel, Mr McFall’s Chamber).
During 2006 Kim took part in a week-long ‘Burnsong Songhouse’ songwriting retreat, collaborating with a range of artists: Chris Difford (Squeeze), Emma Pollock (Delgados), King Creosote, MC Soom T, Future Pilot AKA, Michael Johnston and Karine Polwart.
Subsequently, Karine performed their collaboration, “1, 2, 3, 4, 5” as a duet with Paolo Nutini, and invited to Kim to record this track with her, and also to create and record piano arrangements of two Scots ballads for her traditional album, The Fairest Floo’er.
In 2008, the ‘Songhouse’ collaborators (minus Chris Difford and supplemented by Mattie Foulds on drums) undertook a TuneUp Tour of Scotland and the north of England, and formed a collective called ‘The Burns Unit’ – they made their debut performance as a band at Celtic Connections 2009 and their album is forthcoming.
Kim has performed with and been the guest of Karine Polwart, David Ferrard and Dean Owens on tour within the UK, and has performed at North American Folk Alliance, Celtic Connections, Shrewsbury Folk Festival, Greenbelt Festival and Stokes Bay Festival, sharing the stage with the likes of Kate Rusby, Capercaillie, Luka Bloom, Kris Drever, Emma Pollock and Julie Fowlis. She has also performed in a range of UK venues including The Roundhouse (London), The Queens Hall (Edinburgh), The Sage (Newcastle) and Glasgow Royal Concert Hall.
A warm and engaging live performer who “positively smoulders” on stage, Kim’s songs combine compelling narratives and strong, piano-led melodies, indicative of her degree in English Language & Literature, experience as a children’s writer and her classical piano training.
Described as “strangely uplifting, despite the well-phrased, sombre lyrics” and “a comfort blanket for the disillusioned soul”, Kim’s songs capture distilled emotions, which increasingly wide audiences across the UK, and beyond, are identifying with and responding to.
"Edgar's original songs are often very moving, literate, allusive and expressively sung - and destined to travel far beyond their Scottish genesis."
***** Scotland On Sunday
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Instrumentation
Kim Edgar Solo: piano, acoustic guitar, vocals
Kim also performs with a range of musicians including:
Mattie Foulds (drums)
Kevin McGuire/Tom Lyne/Lorna Thomas (double bass/electric bass)
Steven Polwart (electric and acoustic guitar)
Inge Thomson (backing vocals/percussion)
Discography
butterflies and broken glass (2008)
1. Red
2. Just Outside Your Door
3. House On The Hill
4. Heavy Skies
5. Cinderella's Slipper
6. Do You Feel Loved?
7. The Bonnie Lad
8. Scissors, Paper, Stone
9. Climber
10. The Majesty Of Decay
wee dote EP (2004):
1. Shelf
2. She Waits For Saturday
3. Tucked In My Pocket
4. Wee Dote
5. Thaw
Links
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