Kim Beggs
News
#4 and #34
Whitehorse, YT    18-Aug-10 news article 19
This just in from killbeat... Blue Bones re-enters at # 4 on the national roots chart http://www.earshot-online.com/charts/index.cfm?intChartTypeID=107 and debuts at # 34 on regular chart http://www.earshot-online.com/charts/index.cfm
Maiden Heart an Essential Track
Globe and Mail website    12-Aug-10 news article 18
Maiden Heart, Kim Beggs, from Blue Bones (Black Hen Music, streaming at myspace.com/kimbeggs). "Kim Beggs’s sturdy, trusting, girl-woman voice is perfect for this song about a kind of innocence that never dies. It’s a love song that’s also about a northerner (Beggs lives in the Yukon) getting bruised in the south before returning to the heart’s true sheltering harbour." --Robert Everett-Green Globe and Mail Essential Tracks
Blue Bones feels the iTunes love!
Whitehorse, YT    10-Aug-10 news article 17
This just in from killbeat... "Check out the iTunes love! This week's Indie Spotlight features singer/songwriters and Blue Bones is the top featured album." --Bryan Columbus iTunes screen shot August 10, 2010 iTunes Store
Blue Bones #2 for week two on !earshot!
Whitehorse, YT    28-Jul-10 news article 16
This just in from killbeat music... http://www.earshot-online.com/charts/index.cfm?intChartTypeID=107
Blue Bones on the charts!
Whitehorse, YT    22-Jul-10 news article 14
This just in from killbeat music: http://www.earshot-online.com/charts/index.cfm?intChartTypeID=107
On the road
Calderhouse B&B, Steinbach, MB    16-Apr-10 news article 13
Helloo out there! I am writing from the road. We have done our fifth show of the Home Routes Tour and the whole tour, and it is going extremely well. Four of the five shows were sold out and the cd sales have been exceptional! Natalie Edelson is part of this tour with her great harmonies and some banjo and electric guitar. We are touring through southern Manitoba and then fly to Ontario for a few shows there, which includes a double bill with the Undesirables in Toronto on Sat, April 24th. Sean Cotton will be playing some fancy guitar with me for that show! I then travel to Saskatchewan for a couple of shows, Alberta for five shows and BC for a few more. See the list Let me know you are coming by visiting my facebook event for the tour, and pressing attend (if you are on facebook!). You will still need to buy tickets in advance for some of the shows. http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=221094629969&index=1 Thanks everybody. See you at the show! Kim
New CD name change
Whitehorse, YT    17-Feb-10 news article 12
The new album has been recorded (with Steve Dawson) and I have decided to call it Blue Bones not Mama's Dress. Blue Bones has been beautifully designed by A Man Called Wrycraft. You can still buy pre-sales of Blue Bones to be sure to get your copy early. On this album is included a wonderful lineup of fine players and singers from Canada and the US. It is a very exciting mixture of DNA and it sounds great! Here they are: Steve Dawson, Laurie Lewis, Gurf Morlix, Jeanne Tolmie, Natalie Edelson, Ben Rogalsky, John Raham, Chris Gestrin, Keith Lowe, Joey Wright, Moritz Behm. I will be previewing some of the new songs at Frostbite Feb 19-21, 2010.
2009 Canadian Airplay stats
Vancouver, BC    14-Jan-10 news article 7
The stats are in for the 2009 Canadian Airplay around the world. I have come in at #8 Artist #11 Album #13 Song Airplay Charts
Brand new record on the way!
Factory Studio, Vancouver, BC    12-Jan-10 news article 5
I am currently in the studio recording my next album. It is very exciting to be recording at the Factory with producer Steve Dawson and all the fine musicians including Chris Gestrin, John Raham, Keith Lowe and Steve Dawson himself. Sheldon Zaharko is the in-house fabulous engineer at the Factory Studio in Vancouver where we have spent the last three days recording the bed-tracks.
Blue Bones #2 for week two for Earshot!
Whitehorse, YT    01-Jan-10 news article 15
Congrats to Kim Barlow
Whitehorse, YT    08-Dec-09 news article 4
Congratulations to fellow Yukon songwriter, Kim Barlow, for winning the CBC Radio 2 Songquest commission to write and record a song about Dawson City. I have had many chances to write about Dawson City in song and film (see my store). I am happy for Barlow. She is fabulously talented.
Bucko licensed to The Border
Whitehorse, YT    24-Nov-09 news article 3
Bucko, from my first album Streetcar Heart, was featured in the CBC TV series The Border. Season 2 Episode 5 (#205). In the same episode Corb Lund was also featured with his song Hurtin' Albertan. http://www.cbc.ca/theborder/episodeGuide.php?sid=2&eid=205#
Upcoming Gigs
Whitehorse, YT    19-Nov-09 news article 2
Played an opening set of my new tunes, for Mary Gauthier, last night at the Yukon Arts Centre. On Saturday, November 28 I will be performing in Skagway, Alaska for the Skagway Arts Council. On Sunday December 6, I will be performing a concert at the Ted Harrison Artist Retreat (THARS) at Crag Lake, Yukon as part of the open house for visiting visual artist, Belinda Harrows
New CD advance news
Whitehorse, YT    12-Oct-09 news article 1
Can't Drive Slow Yodel mp3   A sample of what is to come on the new album Mama’s Dress which will be recorded in Vancouver with Steve Dawson. This demo track was recorded live off the floor in Austin, TX, during my US tour. The recording includes Todd Livingston on dobro, Brian Kobayakawa on bass, myself on guitar and vocals, plus special guest Ray Bonneville on harp.