2013 Blues – Kim Wempe – Coalition – leads to a night with East Coast Canadian Music and Musicians!

So premiering at number 46 this week on the Roots Music Report is the new album from Kim Wempe Coalition. After giving the album the thirty-second test the fresh voice of Kim sounded like an artist that I’d like to get to know! I downloaded the album on to the iPhone and my initial assessment was correct she is a great sounding new talent!! So let’s find out a little more about Kim, From her website…… A powerful performer with smoky vocals and an undeniable stage presence, Kim Wempe has been tearing up highways and stomping her way across every stage…

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“Into the Morning” with thoughts about John Prine, Steve Goodman, David Bromberg and Brother Jack McDuff??

As I was straightening sugar and flour in the baking aisle at Target tonight, the “jukebox in my head” started playing Steve Goodman’s “City of New Orléans” and I was singin’ along and hoping that I was singing softly enough, so that no one could hear me!! After that Steve’s “Turnpike Tom” came on. I love that song! On the way home, I started think why Steve Goodman? I guess that was a logical trip for my train of thought (wait the City of New Orléans is a train???) to go from John Prine’s birthday and thinking about John’s first…

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