CHECK THIS EVENT OUT!
Come see me, ISUL KIM, attempt to be a sexy model for a fashion show/performance & benefit on MAY 28th @ the Rickshaw Stop in San Francisco. If you've never seen me try to maneuver around in high heels or crazy outfits, this is your chance...
VIDEO: Isul does a cover of Radiohead's "Creep", San Francisco, July 2008. Note from Isul: "These acoustic bar shows are my bread and butter. Just a guitar and a voice, singing over the din with the beautiful stench of stale beer in my nostrils..."
PRESS ON ISUL'S SOLO WORK:
"...on her way to being a part of some of the music industry's finest..." - Women in Entertainment Magazine
"..natural born poet songwriter...Grade: A" - GuitarLab Magazine
"...the temperature is definitely rising...vocal chops to crack the big time..." - Buddyhollywood.com
"...Kim's smoky and bluesy vocals propel the...I-don't-give-a-damn-but-let-me-tell-you-what-I-think attitude in the face of male attitude. ...definitely the edgiest and she stomps jazzily on any waif-like posturing." - AsiaPacific Arts
ABOUT ISUL KIM:
With vocals that soar from sultry and smoky to powerful and punchy, Isul Kim has proven herself an impactful singer-songwriter with a wide range. Her bluesy, jazz-tinged acoustic pop songs have taken her across the country and back, moving people with her intimate performances in New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Las Vegas - to name a few.
Her beginnings as an acoustic solo artist in 2004, eventually led her to found the rock band Song of the Siren, where yet another facet to Isul shines through. Intimate and captivating one night in an acoustic set, and then edgy and raw on stage with Song of the Siren the next night. Isul's emotional range stems from her upbringing in New York City, her hard-working immigrant parents (a cab driver, a nurse), her Harvard degree, and the loss of several young friends due to terminal illnesses and 9/11.
With comparisons to female artists like Fiona Apple, Ricky Jones and Pat Benetar, Isul is the new Asian-American face the music world has been waiting for.
Isul loves her two kitties, Hefeweizen and Guinness, who are the first to hear her new tunes at home and critique them with brutal honesty. If she ever gets 2 more cats she'll name them after her two favorite hard liquors - Gin and Jaegermeister.
Isul was born and bred in NYC. Her father was a yellow taxi driver and her mom still is a nurse. They disapprove of her hair but otherwise are loving and supportive. Their hard immigrant work ethic is the example that Isul follows and why she has met with many successes.
Isul loves cheesecake but can't eat too much of it in one sitting because she is somewhat lactose intolerant. She thinks that's just fucked up. Why the fuck can't she just have all the cheesecake she wants without getting sick? WHY??!!???
Isul began writing songs for her friends on a guitar she stole from her brother in high school. She recorded them on a cassette tape recorder, overdubbing vocals over guitar tracks and harmony vocals over the overdubbed vocals and so on, via a Radioshack mic.
Isul can most likely out eat you in a "how spicy can you go" food contest.
Isul was once on the cell phone in the eastern Sierra Nevada mountains in California and was talking to her friend who was in a pub in England and she was blown away, like she always is, by mobile communication technology. She just can't get over it. That and how all those different kinds of cereal shapes are made. I mean, do they invent special machines JUST to make corn flakes or cheerios or alphabet cereal? If that's the case, then well, that's someone's job, people. Imagine that...shit.
Isul moved to San Francisco in 2004 and met veteran rock musician, Garry Ventura. After that serendipitous meeting, Isul set out across the country, playing in cities including NYC, Chicago, Las Vegas and Los Angeles, with a vintage Gibson Everly Brothers acoustic.
Isul cannot see, hear or think about two pieces of metal scraping against each other without getting a nasty metallic sensation and taste in her mouth. Freak.
Isul is known for putting on intimate, captivating solo acoustic shows one night and then getting up on stage another night with her band boys from Song of the Siren and rocking your ballz OFF. It's exactly like when you meet this nice sweet girl all cut and innocent and introspective and then you take her home and to bed and it's wham bam thank you MAN. Yowza.
Isul Kim (of Song of the Siren)'s Friend Space (Top 12)
Thanks pretty lady! :) i wish i could have made ur show that night...my bandmate cancelled practice that day so i didn't have a ride... hope to see you guys soon! xo g
Hey you :) come see us tonight @ The Bottom of the Hill! We go on at 11pm! Its only 10 bucks and you will get a copy of the show recorded live if you sign up for it at the show! Not to mention free music for everyone that gives us their email address! Hope to see you :D
dude i'm working hard SO i can come back and play!!! Really want to breathe the california air, pop open some wine and observe the fog.. i miss you xoxo
awww bummer! i hope you get better. I know there is nasty colds going around, i have been sick for months!!
i wasnt going to sing last night but i got pretty drunk and confident so i sang a couple, but it was a bad mistake because i can barely talk today! and i have a show at blakes on friday so i was trying to save my voice. Ah, alcohol, it will make you do anything.
Hopefully we will see you next week! i wanna come to one of your shows soon as well because quite frankly 3 songs at redhat is just not enough song of the siren for me! so ill try to get bobby out with me soon.
