Katie Kim (Irish musician)

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Katie Kim
A sepia image of a woman standing on a bridge with railway tracks.
Kim in Waterford, Ireland in 2008
Background information
Birth nameKatie Sullivan
Born (1983-03-16) 16 March 1983 (age 41)
London, England
OriginDublin, Ireland
GenresIndie folk, lo-fi, ambient, alternative rock
Occupation(s)Musician, singer-songwriter, composer
Instrument(s)Vocals, guitar, bass piano, keyboards
Years active2008–present
LabelsFlaming June

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

Personal life[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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. Kim's 'drone-folk' style on the record was compared to Scandinavian folktronica artists such as AURORA and Eivør.[2] 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.[3]

Kim released her fourth studio album Hour of the Ox in September 2022.[4]

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[edit]

Albums[edit]

Singles[edit]

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

Film scores[edit]

Appears on[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Murphy, Lauren (18 September 2016). "A shot at the dark". The Times. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  2. ^ Wiser, Danny (23 April 2022). "IRELAND: Salt - Katie Kim". 200worldalbums.com. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  3. ^ "FOREIGN FLEAS, by Katie Kim". Katie Kim. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  4. ^ "Hour of the Ox review: Katie Kim offers light and darkness". Retrieved 10 September 2022.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 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[edit]

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