Kim Stockwood
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Kim Stockwood is a Canadian
pop
singer and songwriter. She was a member of Atlantic Canadian
regional music group Shaye
from 2003-2009 with Damhnait Doyle
and Tara MacLean
(2003–2007).
Stockwood was most recently a presenter on the morning show on Astral Media
's CJEZ-FM
(97.3 EZ Rock) Toronto
for its EZ Mornings show with Humble Howard and Colleen Rusholme
.
In 1999, Stockwood released her second album, 12 Years Old. The title track from that album was a moderate hit. She also released "You and Me" and a new radio remix for "Still" was the album's third single.
and Damhnait Doyle
to form the group Shaye
, named after Tara Maclean's sister Shaye Martirano, who died as the result of injuries suffered in a motor vehicle accident. Shaye's debut album The Bridge (produced by Bill Bell
and Jay Joyce) was released in 2003 on EMI
Canada. The album features songs by Ron Hynes
, Sinéad Lohan
and Crash Vegas
. Support for the album included shows in Canada
and Japan
. "Happy Baby" the lead single, was nominated for Single of the Year at the 2004 Juno Awards. This was followed by "Beauty" in January 2005.
Their 2006 followup, Lake of Fire was released on EMI
Canada. It was exclusively available on iTunes
in November 2006, then released physically in February 2007. It was produced by Jay Joyce (Patty Griffin
, Tim Finn
, Chantal Kreviazuk
) and features songs by Van Morrison
, The Waterboys
and Ron Sexsmith
.
In March 2011, Stockwood released her fourth studio album Back to the Water. It includes performances with fellow Shaye
band member Damhnait Doyle
, and Newfoundland
bands The Once and The Dardanelles.
On March 12, 2011, CMT will air Kim Stockwood's television special Back to the Water.
2005 - Nominated Album of the Year - East Coast Music Awards - The Bridge
2005 - Nominated Group of the Year - East Coast Music Awards
2005 - Nominated Pop Recording of the Year - East Coast Music Awards - Happy Baby
2005 - Nominated Songwriter of the Year - East Coast Music Awards - Happy Baby
2005 - Nominated Single of the Year - East Coast Music Awards - Happy Baby
2004 - Nominated Single of the Year - Juno Awards - Happy Baby
2004 - Won Best New Group Mainstream AC/Hot AC - Canadian Radio Music Award - Happy Baby
2004 - Nominated Video of the Year - East Coast Music Awards - Happy Baby
2004 - Nominated Group of the Year - Music Industry of Newfoundland & Labrador Awards
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
singer and songwriter. She was a member of Atlantic Canadian
Atlantic Canada
Atlantic Canada is the region of Canada comprising the four provinces located on the Atlantic coast, excluding Quebec: the three Maritime provinces – New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Nova Scotia – and Newfoundland and Labrador...
regional music group Shaye
Shaye
Shaye was a Canadian pop group, consisting of singer-songwriters Kim Stockwood, Damhnait Doyle and Tara MacLean who left the group in 2007.-The Bridge:...
from 2003-2009 with Damhnait Doyle
Damhnait Doyle
Damhnait Doyle [DAV-net] is a Canadian pop singer. The phonetic spelling of her first name also serves as the title of her 2003 album. Her most recent album, Lights Down Low, is a collection of covers...
and Tara MacLean
Tara MacLean
Tara MacLean is a Canadian singer and songwriter...
(2003–2007).
Stockwood was most recently a presenter on the morning show on Astral Media
Astral Media
Astral Media Inc. is a Canadian media corporation. It is Canada's largest radio broadcaster with 83 radio stations in eight provinces, and is a major player in premium and specialty television in Canada, including The Movie Network, Super Écran, Family, Teletoon, Canal D, Canal Vie, VRAK.TV,...
's CJEZ-FM
CJEZ-FM
CHBM-FM is a radio station in Toronto, Ontario, Canada owned by Astral Media. It broadcasts an adult hits format at 97.3 FM and is branded as boom 97.3 - 70's, 80's, 90's, and is also the only adult hits station owned by Astral...
(97.3 EZ Rock) Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
for its EZ Mornings show with Humble Howard and Colleen Rusholme
Colleen Rusholme
Colleen Rusholme is a Canadian radio and television broadcaster. Rusholme began her career as a news reporter in Toronto....
.
Biography
Stockwood's first album, 1995's Bonavista, was a slow seller until it was rereleased in 1996 with an extra track. That song, "Jerk", became Stockwood's breakthrough hit both in Canada and internationally. Her other early singles included "She's Not In Love", "You Won't Remember This" and "Enough Love".In 1999, Stockwood released her second album, 12 Years Old. The title track from that album was a moderate hit. She also released "You and Me" and a new radio remix for "Still" was the album's third single.
Shaye
2002 saw Stockwood collaborate with close friends Tara MacLeanTara MacLean
Tara MacLean is a Canadian singer and songwriter...
and Damhnait Doyle
Damhnait Doyle
Damhnait Doyle [DAV-net] is a Canadian pop singer. The phonetic spelling of her first name also serves as the title of her 2003 album. Her most recent album, Lights Down Low, is a collection of covers...
to form the group Shaye
Shaye
Shaye was a Canadian pop group, consisting of singer-songwriters Kim Stockwood, Damhnait Doyle and Tara MacLean who left the group in 2007.-The Bridge:...
, named after Tara Maclean's sister Shaye Martirano, who died as the result of injuries suffered in a motor vehicle accident. Shaye's debut album The Bridge (produced by Bill Bell
Bill Bell
William V. "Bill" Bell is the current mayor of Durham, North Carolina. Bell holds a Bachelor of Science and Master's degree in Electrical Engineering from Howard University and New York University, respectively....
and Jay Joyce) was released in 2003 on EMI
EMI
The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...
Canada. The album features songs by Ron Hynes
Ron Hynes
Ron Hynes is a popular folk singer-songwriter from Newfoundland. He is especially known for his composition "Sonny's Dream," which has been recorded worldwide by many artists and was named the 41st greatest Canadian song of all time on the 2005 CBC Radio One series 50 Tracks: The Canadian...
, Sinéad Lohan
Sinéad Lohan
Sinéad Lohan is an Irish singer and songwriter of folk music and folk-inspired popular music.A native of Cork, Lohan first came to prominence thanks to the inclusion of her song "Sailing By" on the second installment of the hugely successful "A Woman's Heart" collection.She has released two albums,...
and Crash Vegas
Crash Vegas
Crash Vegas was a Canadian folk rock band which formed in 1988, and achieved moderate success in the early 1990s.-Biography:The band was formed by Michelle McAdorey and Greg Keelor of Blue Rodeo in 1988. Jocelyne Lanois joined the band as bassist and shortly after Ambrose Pottie as drummer...
. Support for the album included shows in Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
and Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. "Happy Baby" the lead single, was nominated for Single of the Year at the 2004 Juno Awards. This was followed by "Beauty" in January 2005.
Their 2006 followup, Lake of Fire was released on EMI
EMI
The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...
Canada. It was exclusively available on iTunes
ITunes
iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....
in November 2006, then released physically in February 2007. It was produced by Jay Joyce (Patty Griffin
Patty Griffin
Patty Griffin, born Patricia Jean Griffin, March 16, 1964, is an American Grammy award-winning singer-songwriter and musician. She is especially known for her down-home crafting of songs and her connection to musicians including Emmylou Harris, Ellis Paul, and the Dixie Chicks, who have played with...
, Tim Finn
Tim Finn
Brian Timothy "Tim" Finn, OBE is a New Zealand singer and musician. Finn is most known for his music with New Zealand 1970s and 1980s rock group Split Enz, and later for his solo work, a temporary membership in his brother Neil's band Crowded House and his joint efforts with Neil Finn as the Finn...
, Chantal Kreviazuk
Chantal Kreviazuk
Chantal Jennifer Kreviazuk is a Canadian singer-songwriter of the adult contemporary music genre. She is also a classically trained pianist, and can play the guitar.-Albums:...
) and features songs by Van Morrison
Van Morrison
Van Morrison, OBE is a Northern Irish singer-songwriter and musician. His live performances at their best are regarded as transcendental and inspired; while some of his recordings, such as the studio albums Astral Weeks and Moondance, and the live album It's Too Late to Stop Now, are widely...
, The Waterboys
The Waterboys
The Waterboys are a band formed in 1983 by Mike Scott. The band's membership, past and present, has been composed mainly of musicians from Scotland, Ireland and England. Edinburgh, London, Dublin, Spiddal, New York, and Findhorn have all served as homes for the group. The band has played in a...
and Ron Sexsmith
Ron Sexsmith
Ronald Eldon "Ron" Sexsmith is a Canadian singer-songwriter from St. Catharines, Ontario, currently based in Toronto. He started his own band when he was fourteen years old, and released the first recordings of his own material seven years later, in 1985...
.
Current events
In 2006, Stockwood released a Christmas CD called I Love Santa.In March 2011, Stockwood released her fourth studio album Back to the Water. It includes performances with fellow Shaye
Shaye
Shaye was a Canadian pop group, consisting of singer-songwriters Kim Stockwood, Damhnait Doyle and Tara MacLean who left the group in 2007.-The Bridge:...
band member Damhnait Doyle
Damhnait Doyle
Damhnait Doyle [DAV-net] is a Canadian pop singer. The phonetic spelling of her first name also serves as the title of her 2003 album. Her most recent album, Lights Down Low, is a collection of covers...
, and Newfoundland
Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada. Situated in the country's Atlantic region, it incorporates the island of Newfoundland and mainland Labrador with a combined area of . As of April 2011, the province's estimated population is 508,400...
bands The Once and The Dardanelles.
On March 12, 2011, CMT will air Kim Stockwood's television special Back to the Water.
Albums
- Bonavista (1995)
- 12 Years Old (1999)
- I Love Santa (2006)
- Back to the Water (2011)
with Shaye
- The Bridge (LP) (2003)
- Lake of Fire (LP) (2007)
Singles
| Year | Title | Chart Positions | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAN Canadian Singles Chart The Canadian Singles Chart is currently compiled by the U.S.-based music sales tracking company, Nielsen SoundScan . The chart is compiled every Wednesday, and is published by Jam! Canoe on Thursdays.... |
CAN AC | |||
| 1995 | "She's Not in Love" | 13 | 7 | Bonavista |
| "Enough Love" | 19 | 7 | ||
| 1996 | "Jerk" | 3 | 12 | |
| "You Won't Remember This" | 10 | 26 | ||
| 1999 | "12 Years Old" | 7 | 5 | 12 Years Old |
| "You and Me" | 29 | 16 | ||
| 2000 | "Still" | — | 45 | |
| 2006 | "Home This Christmas" | — | — | I Love Santa |
Shaye
2005 - Won SOCAN Pop Music Award - SOCAN Awards - Happy Baby2005 - Nominated Album of the Year - East Coast Music Awards - The Bridge
2005 - Nominated Group of the Year - East Coast Music Awards
2005 - Nominated Pop Recording of the Year - East Coast Music Awards - Happy Baby
2005 - Nominated Songwriter of the Year - East Coast Music Awards - Happy Baby
2005 - Nominated Single of the Year - East Coast Music Awards - Happy Baby
2004 - Nominated Single of the Year - Juno Awards - Happy Baby
2004 - Won Best New Group Mainstream AC/Hot AC - Canadian Radio Music Award - Happy Baby
2004 - Nominated Video of the Year - East Coast Music Awards - Happy Baby
2004 - Nominated Group of the Year - Music Industry of Newfoundland & Labrador Awards