Kim Churchill

From Kim about Kim I feel like I ’ m just beginning. Which is strange because for the last 17 years I ’ ve been living in the back of a camper van playing gigs and chasing this crazy dream. I grew up in a small town on the east coast of Australia called Merimbula. We ’ re mainly known for surfing, oysters and whale watching. I started busking alongside a travelling coffee van at farmers markets all over the south coast when I was 15 and after high school I set off in my own camper van to chase my dreams and surf my way across the country. In that first year I was lucky enough to win the Byron Bluesfest Busking comp and became National Folk Artist of the Year. This led to some incredible adventures to Japan, North America and Europe. I busked all over the world and bought two more camper vans on different continents. I have three now and each year I fly between them playing festivals and seeking the far corners of the world and all the beautiful places I can play. I was lucky enough to become good friends with Billy Bragg from England early on and he taught me a lot about longevity and living as an artist for the long haul. He took me across America, Canada, Europe and England in a tour bus for a whole year. We played Glastonbury Music Festival together also! After that time, I wrote a song called ‘ Window to the Sky ’ . It was on an album called ‘ Silence/Win ’ which really helped me step up a few notches. I signed major record deals with Warner, Atlantic Records (UK) and Universal (Europe). ‘ Window to the Sky ’ was the most played song on triple J at that time and it went on to be 42 in the Hottest 100 and is Platinum in Australia, Gold in Canada and Germany and has over 60 million streams. I manage myself these days and am at the wheel of this beautiful ship. I have amazing people around the world who have become dear friends over the years and help me on my path. But I ’ m so so proud to be an artist in control of my own journey A few years ago, I started waking up before Dawn and creating a little sunrise ritual out of my song writing. Every morning I get up at about 5am and light some candles and write music. This inspired my last 2 albums ‘ Dawn Sounds ’ and “ It ’ s Lovely To Have You Here” which we ’ re released over the last 2 years. Over these two releases I have toured across Europe 3 times on two different headline tours, have toured Canada 3 times, the US once supporting my good friend Ziggy Alberts and Australia 3 times. All up I have sold 30 thousand tickets across these tours and I ’ m super proud of that! 2027 brings a new ‘Live at the Vanguard’ album release and headline tours of Europe, New Zealand and Canada. I sit here in a small restaurant in Oaxaca, Mexico, updating this Bio I’m looking out a calm ocean and becoming very excited for the next year of incredible adventures touring the world!