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00:00 Sunbeam Dance
06:13 Weaving Waves
11:14 Celtic Traveller
19:45 Zoome in ... and Make a Wish
21:14 A Light in Sound
26:50 A Stone's Throw
31:28 Dear One
34:58 Zoome Out ... Still Wishing
37:15 The Fairy Meados
44:55 Like Diamond


Kim Skovbye
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Kim Skovbye Biography
Kim Skovbye is a composer, songwriter and poet. He was born in 1955, and grew up in an artist´s environment in central Copenhagen.
Kim began to play guitar at an early age, he has grown into a multi instrumentalist that plays numerous instruments such as violin, bouzouki, mandolin, flutes, cello, keyboards and the celtic harp, that has become his chosen instrument.

In 1970 Kim began his professional career in the Danish group Utopia, and was an active member of the lively Copenhagen folkmusic environment, they had at the time, performing in the most popular clubs and venues.

In 1971 he formed a trio with the singer and performer Herman, together with the late harmonica virtuoso Egon Ågård. They performed in the walking streets and toured all over Denmark for several years. In 1978 they released the album ”The Road Out”, they broke up shortly after. However, 16 years later, in 1994, they met again and recorded the children’s album ”Circus Millipede”.

In the 80´s Kim travels frequently to Ireland, Wales and Brittany; the old Celtic countries. Here he finds a very vibrant musical tradition, that later has become a never ending source of inspiration. However, Kim does not play Celtic music, he says; ”The Celts are better at that”. He makes music in the Scandinavian tradition, where especially the light and the landscape help form the colour of his compositions.

Back home Kim is involved with drama and children`s theater. Besides this he works as a music and drama teacher. In 1986 he releases his first soloalbum, ”Shadowboxer”, that is a mixture of modern and traditional instruments. Kim also records the Danish rockalbum ” Eje Veje Væk Med Barsebaek”. Profits from this album support the newly established ”Next Stop Nevada” project.

In 1988 Kim was offered several filmprojects and these projects were the beginning of a close relationship with the syntheziser musician Klaus Schønning. The result of their partnership can be heard on the albums ”Scandinavia” and ”Heartland”, where Kim had the possibility of using his skills on a variety of unusual string instruments. Together with Klaus Schønning´s beautiful arrangements a very special musical universe is created. It sound stretches from the Middle Ages up to the visionary music of the present and reaches into the future.

Another two instrumental albums are released the following years, ”Aftermath”, that features the singer Annisette from Savage Rose and ”Wayfarer”, that is solely an acoustic album with two Celtic harps. On this album Kim plays with the German harpplayer Gabrielle Reger.

In 1994 he records the children’s album ”Ask and Riana”, that is a collaboration with Thorstein Thomsen, the author of children´s books. It is a musical drama based on an old Celtic tale, that includes singing, music and dialogue.

In 1998 the fairytale is re-released on CD.


In 1994 Kim begins working with Ida Kleeman. She was the lead singer of the famous Danish band ”Bifrost”.

In 1995 ”Mountains of Fire” is released. It is a single CD in support of children caught in the war in ex-Jugoslavia.

”Heart`s Friend” is the title of their next album, that is released in 1996.

In connection with ”Culture City 1996” in Copenhagen the duo is asked to write a new carneval song, this is presented at a big carneval party at The National Museum of Copenhagen. The title is ”I am
The Carneval” and the song is released on cassette and CD.

The harp is the instrument of fairytales and in 1997 Kim releases the CD ”Here and Back Again”. Being the subtitle of Tolkien`s book The Hobitt, the album is of course inspired by the book with the same title.

The music follows the plot in the book; Bilbo the Hobitt, who reluctantly sets out into the world together with the wizard Gandalf, the company of dwarfs, elves and trolls who all grow with the task.

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