Kim Palmer's Bio

Kim Palmer is a singer/songwriter musician originally from Toronto, Canada. Kim has been performing professionally since age 18, receiving her high-school diploma and Ontario Scholarship by mail while already on the road with a well known Canadian recording act, Tranquillity Bass. She has performed as a solo artist as well as in everything from duos and rock bands to sixteen piece big bands. She is also a classically trained pianist and degreed piano teacher with an Honor's Diploma and Music Scholarship Award.

Some of her notable private and public performances include playing for Vice President Bush's inauguration and at many prestigious Hollywood gatherings. She has opened for Emmylou Harris and The Guess Who and has appeared with recording artists Dan Hill and Tony Kosinec.

Richard Carpenter has recorded one of Kim's songs, "What Kind Of Love?". Her songs have been picked up many times by music industry people at The Los Angeles Songwriter's Showcase, earning her Professional Membership there.

She has written with hit songwriters for The Doobie Brothers, Paula Abdul, Sheena Easton and Natalie Cole as well as musicians for Peter Gabriel, Celine Dion, Sara McLachlan, Tori Amos, Joni Mitchell, John Hiatt, Daniel Lanois, Robbie Robertson, Toni Childs, Crowded House, Sam Phillips, Laura Brannigan, Sister Sledge, Rick Springfield, and Tina Turner.

You can hear Kim Palmer on various commercials and on albums by The String Band, Dave Essig, Tony Kosinec (with Paul Schaffer), Dan Hill and her own band Lila.

Kim has been first place winner of The Goldenwest Songwriting Competion in California three times, second place winner of The International Music City Song Festival in Nashville, first place winner of Pop in the Barebones Songwriting Competition in Austin, won The Future Charters Contest in Philadelphia, and is featured in the 4/99 issue of "Songwriter's Monthly".

Kim Palmer has several albums worth of material and is a one woman band, producing
music from her specially made porcelain environment due to her chemical
hypersensitivities.

She wrote, sang, played the instruments on, programmed, arranged, recorded and produced the songs you will hear.

Read Kim Palmer's personal story and listen to one of her songs about MCS

Kim passed away Oct 23 2006. The AlerG.com team is honored to host Kim's story as a tribute to her life and the thousands of people she has inspired.

About the time of Kim's passing I felt that I needed to contact Kim. I e-mailed her and after not receiving a response for a few weeks I called and got her VM. A few weeks later one of Kim's friends called me and informed me of her passing.

Kim's story has been inspirational and has given strength to countless people. One of the most memorable comments from one of our customers was quote: "I thought I had it bad until I read Kim's story. My issues seem minor compared to hers."

David Tan
CEO AlerG.com