Joe Yunkes (Failures Art), GNU FUZ, Andre Roman, Soma 13, Joni Mitchell, India Arie, Jeff Buckley, Amit Erez, JD Hill, Sound Garden, CSN, Alice N Chains, Tori Amos, Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, Sting, The Beatles, The Doors, The Cure, Radiohead, Frank Sinatra, Etta James, Billie Holiday, Neutral Milk Hotel, The Smiths. Silver Spider, Pink Floyd, Syd Barrett, Melanie, Red House Painters, Ben Harper, Bjork, old Bonnie Raitt, Van Morrison, Sade, Sebadoh, Carly Simon, Jose Gonzalez, Julie Doiron, Iron and Wine, The Kinks, Loreena McKennitt, Low, Mazzy Star, Modest Mouse, Neil Young, Portishead, Smashing Pumpkins, Sunnyday Realestate, The Pixies, The Verve, Unida, Heart, Ben Harper, Cream, David Bowie, Flaming Lips, Country Joe and the Fish, America, Hall & Oats, Feist, Mike Connelly, Chris Morrison, International Brunch Mummies......too many to name and I can't remember them all!
Alot of people say I sound like a female Jeff Buckley which is a HUGE compliment and I am honored to hear that. Others say The Sundays....Fiona Apple at times...I really don't like being compared to anyone. I am the worst critic of myself but it makes me work that much harder on my music. I have a hard time describing it so I try and remember what people have told me. Hope you enjoy it!
Kim Leaman,
the outspoken singer songwriter of loves trials and tribulations has recorded
her first album “Strange Venus” deep rooted in the up’s and downs of the
unique songwriters music are suggestive lyrics of abandonment, anger, sadness,
love, death and rebirth. Kim’s sultry voice makes passes at her audience while
the swirling music surrounds you in its web.
Currently
performing in top showcases in New York City, Connecticut, and Massachusetts,
she has appeared throughout New England, and has shared the stage with Melanie
Safka LINK,
Chris Trapper of The Push Stars
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, Patty GriffinLINK,
and Brian Gallaway
LINK.
She also performed at The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland Ohio for Jeff
Buckley and Nina Simone's induction.
Kim has
appeared as a guest and featured guest on radio stations in MA, CT, and NY and
her song “Wealth of Words” was the number one most listened to song on 91.7
WXCI. She has also appeared on 95.1 WRKI singing her dark and haunting song
“Beads of Water” and became an instant hit with listeners as they called in
asking where to purchase the album. Kim also has appeared on 91.3 WVKR Vassar
College.
