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!