The Woodshed Podcast 45 featuring Kim Moberg

Kim Moberg was born in Juneau, Alaska, the daughter ofa classical pianist mother of Alaskan Native Tlingit descentand a US Coast Guard veteran father from Kansas.Music was the constant in Kim's childhood, helping her toadjust to the frequent movesassociated with growing up in a military family. At the age of 14, Kim began playing acoustic guitaron a borrowed nylon 6 string. A few years later,Kim taught herself to strum and finger pickto her favorite songs by singer/songwriters of the 1970’s, but debilitating stage fright kept her from pursuingher own dream of becoming a professional performer.In 2014, after a hiatus from music to raise her two daughterswith her husband, Kim set out to overcome herstage fright and wrote her first song. Kim's debut CD entitled "Above Ground”, celebrates the achievement of her goal to bring her music out of the basement. “Above Ground”, produced by Grammy nominated producer Jon Evans, was released worldwide in September 2017. Kim teamed again with Jon Evans to record her sophmore albumn “Up Around The Bend” consisting of 13 new original songs and one cover, Cliff Eberhardt’s “The Long Road”.Kim's passionate and heartfelt vocals mesmerize listeners while her compositions tug at feelings ofmelancholy, heartbreak, healing and social consciousness.RECENT RECOGNITIONS* 2020 Folk Alliance International Scholarship Grantee*Finalist Blues & Roots Radio Song Contest 2019* Above Ground #23 Folk Alliance International Folk DJ Charts 2 songs in the Top 20 Category July and August 2018 * Winner: 2018 Rose Garden Coffee House Performing Songwriter Competition* 2nd Place: Linden Tree Coffeehouse Winter Potpourri American Idol Folk* 2017 Northeast Regional Folk Alliance (NERFA) Suzi Wollenberg DJ Showcase performing artistKim's performance resume includes sharing the stage as opener and/or co-bill with numerous contemporary and established artists including: Jim Kweskin, Bill Staines, Kirsten Maxwell, Ellis Paul,, Joe Jencks, Vance Gilbert, Catie Curtis, Cheryl Wheeler, Alice Howe, Liz Longley, Grace Morrison and Rod Abernethy.