Kim Kuzma
Kim Kuzma is a Canadian musician. Her award-winning debut CD "Contradictions" received positive reviews from critics and held the No. 1 spot on the HMV Vancouver indie sales charts for over seven and a half months. Walt Grealis, founder of the Canadian Juno Awards (Canada's equivalent to the Grammys), called "Contradictions" "pretty powerful stuff". Career. Voted Canada's Best Independent Artist in 2001 by fans at http://canadian-music.com, Kuzma continued to build on her career by collaborating with other artists on the studio album, "Who You Are" released in Fall 2005. Interlaced with the strong, soaring vocals  that she is best known for, "Who You Are" was a bold release from Kuzma. A pulsing collection of remixed pop songs and original dance music, this new album features a remix of Bagdad Café's hit "Calling you", The Beach Boys’ "God only knows" and Kim's originals "I’d Miss You", "Come Along", and "Price You Pay". Recorded at Aureus Studios in San Francisco, by Composer & Producer, Steven Marc Trier (https://web.archive.org/web/20170913065323/http://stevenmarctrier.com/), Kuzma explores a side of herself in this album that her fans get to experience during her live shows. Kuzma has performed solo shows at the Plush  Room and Martuni’s, opened the show for legendary singer Harry Belafonte in the Wine Country and shared the stage of the Palace of Fine Arts and The Castro Theatre with the renowned San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus. Mister Marcus from the Bay Area Reporter called Kuzma "an absolute hit with the audience", and encouraged his readers to "keep an eye on this name!" Kuzma has also performed live in the PRIDE parade in San Francisco and Vancouver. She often headlines PRIDE and community concerts in her native Canada. Kim has performed for five years as a headliner of  the TD Canada Trust Music Davie Day Community Concert in Vancouver. Awards. In 2001, Kim won the West Coast Music Award for "Best Independent Release" for her debut CD "Contradictions". Kim received five nominations that same year including Best Live Performer and Artist of the Year. Reviews. In press Kim's debut CD has received rave reviews and some of these include: "Pretty powerful stuff!" – Walt Grealis, Editor, RPM Weekly Magazine; creator of the Canadian Juno Awards "Kim is one of those rare people who seems to have been born for the stage." – Dugg Simpson, Vancouver Folk Music Fest "I  love this woman's voice!… There's a certain girl-next-door warmness wrapped around her multi-octave voice-a believability that brings each song a little closer to the heart." – John Beaudin, Shared Vision Magazine. "4 out of 5 stars... Kuzma has produced one of the year's strongest and most engaging indie-Vancouver albums." – Tom Zillich, West Ender