Kim Stockwood

At the age of 24, Kim Stockwood began performing at a pub's folk nights in her hometown of St. Johns, Newfoundland, Canada. The year was 1990, and by the end of it, she was filling the weekend slots at the venue. At the time, Stockwood was working a day job, employing the skills she'd received in English and business at college. As a joke, Stockwood moved to Toronto in 1992 in order to see if she could receive a record deal. She arrived at the office of EMI Music Publishing president Mike McCarthy, talked to him for an hour, and jumped up on his piano stool and belted out her ...