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A very busy writer and
guitarist, Kimberley Rew has only released
four solo albums within the last
25 years.
He first
came to notice in the late seventies as a member of Robyn Hitchcock's
Soft Boys (a primary influence on REM).
In 1981, Rew made
a solo single backed by American band the dBs before forming Katrina
and the Waves, writing most of the group's
songs including the worldwide top ten hit "Walking on
Sunshine". The Bangles also
covered Rew's "Going Down to Liverpool".
In 1997 Katrina
and the Waves won the Eurovision Song Contest for the UK with the
Rew composition "Love Shine a Light", a Europe-wide top
ten hit.
In 1999 Rew appeared on Julian Dawson's album Under the Sun and
Robyn Hitchcock's Jewels for Sophia and its associated tours.
2000 saw Rew's second solo album, Tunnel into Summer.
In 2001 the Soft
Boys reconvened to re-release their Underwater Moonlight album, now
hailed as a gem from the vaults, and tour the
US and UK.
His third solo lp,
Great Central Revisited, followed on Bongo Beat Records.
Kimberley's
fourth solo album, Essex Hideaway, will debut at IPO Liverpool.
Kimberley makes a
guest appearance with Bongo Beat Records label supremo, Ralph,
at IPO Liverpool,
Sunday, Oct 24.
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