Kamikaze Love - Kate Klim

Singer, songwriter, Kate Klim was five years old when her family inherited a piano, 9 years old when she received her first lesson, and 11 years old when an unsuccessful audition for the film "Life with Mikey" caused her to rethink her career as a moviestar. This was fortunate, because the singer/songwriter Club Passim has since called a "local rising star" then turned to music.

With roots in Palatine, Illinois and Downingtown, Pennsylvania, Kate was raised on a steady diet of Carole King , Paul Simon, Billy Joel and John Lennon. Later on, her influences grew to include Patty Griffin, Jonatha Brooke, Chris Trapper and Garrison Starr.

Kate's musical success in her hometown led her to Berklee College of Music in Boston. It was here that Kate worked on her skills as a writer and performer, and became involved with the music community that had produced icons like Bob Dylan years before, and Tracy Chapman and Patty Griffin in the recent past. Soon enough her song "Heaven Help Me" led off the 2003 "Best of Boston" singer-songwriter compilation CD, and her audience beagn to grow.

Her folk/pop style is making a name for her in thesinger/songwriter community. Her newest release, "Kamikaze Love" contains her strongest songs yet, including the two pieces than won her the New Folk competition and earned her a spot at Telluride, taking the main stage between Steve Earle and Sarah MacLachlan. Produced by friend, band mate and promising new producer Brian Packer, the album is a sign that Kate is no longer trying to conform to the folk community, but rather embracing the indie-pop songwriter she has always been. The product is an honest collection of songs that Kate considers her best work yet.

July 2012:  Featured New Artist