You have to love Kim Richey. We do. In the world of independent

touring singer-songwriters that we honor, Kim may well be the poster

child. She is a traveler, after all, musically, physically, emotionally.

Not merely restless or rootless, it’s who she is. Willing to follow

where the music leads, she’s landed in New York, Nashville,

London…working with a who’s who of producers…attracting a

coterie of top-shelf genre-definers…Jason Isbell, Trisha Yearwood,

Chuck Prophet, Carl Broemel (My Morning Jacket), Pat Sansone

(Wilco)…for her critically-lauded projects…and also singing on

records for Ryan Adams, Shawn Colvin, Isbell and Rodney Crowell

and many others.

Part of what draws them to the dusky honey of her crystalline alto is

the way she writes: to and from the soul, never flinching from the

conflicts and crushing moments, yet always finding dignity and

resilience. Her arc of the human heart is true. True enough that over

the years as a songwriter, Kim has written No.1 hits for Radney Foster

(“Nobody Wins”) and Trisha Yearwood (“Believe Me Baby”), the latter

for which she was Grammy-nominated, as well as songs for Mary

Chapin Carpenter, Gretchen Peters, Patty Loveless, Jamie Lawson,

Brooks and Dunn, Jim Lauderdale and many more.

She is the real deal. A single genre has never defined her career. Her

delivery can have a hint of folk, country, blues, roots, gospel…. Yet,

when you hear the first few notes of a Kim Richey song you know

you’re in for a great ride; warm, expressive, melodic songs. Her

music never disappoints.

-Arthur Bowman