Kim Fields & October Skies

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"Kim, loved your CD." Chely Wright, Country Music Recording Artist

- Kim Fields & October Skies Make For 'Cool' Evening In Sterling -
Times Community Newspapers Review ( click here to read review )

- Featured Artist on March 15, 2002 and April 19, 2002 on CDStreet.com

- Spotlight Artist on February 4, 2002 at CDStreet.com

- This Week's Hot Stuff, The News Star , Monroe, Louisiana, March 29-April 14, 2002

- "Her sweet, clear voice has impressed audiences around the area and is sure to impress you as well." Borders Books, November 2002 News and Local Events

- "October Skies is a must-see local band that brings its progressive acoustic also called contemporary folk pop sound to the masses and affords a great way to spend a Saturday night." Kristie Little, Weekender, Times Community Newspapers - Loudoun Times , May 2, 2002

- "The Franklin Park Performing and Visual Arts Center presents a mid-winter acoustic coffeehouse concert by October Skies..." Franklin Park Acoustic Concert - February 22, 2001 Washington Post Top Picks

- "Glassoline is headed by a female with a strong voice and a silver dress. She brings life to the hard, angry, but catchy tunes with her charisma and energy." Zena Barakat, MTV Local Stringer, C.U.R.E. at the Black Cat in Washington, DC, June 15, 1999

October Skies Make For 'Cool' Evening In Sterling

- Kristie Little, Times Community Newspapers/Weekender May 2, 2001
Live concerts can be a good way to spend a cool spring evening. October Skies is a must-see local band that brings its "progressive acoustic" - also called "contemporary folk pop" - sound to the masses and affords a great way to spend a Saturday night.

In 1994, when Kim Fields of Leesburg was just learning to play the guitar, she put an ad in the newspaper to find some other people with the same interests in music to start a band. She met Jeanette Phillips of Arlington.

They then hooked up with classical guitar player Cris Chillura, also of Arlington, in 1998, followed by Eric Stanley of Leesburg who plays jazz guitar and joined the band after jamming with them at a King's Court Tavern open mic night.

Fields and Chillura share their songwriting capabilities, but one of the most interesting spectacles is when they begin doing impromptu songs on stage. "We're getting really good at it," said Fields. "Now we just need to start writing them down."

The songs they have written down and recorded have intensely personal lyrics. "Some songs have words inspired by mistakes that I make," said Chillura, while Fields writes "to get it out of my heart." For a way to unwind after a long day, October Skies offers a laid back night away from the whirlwind of life in Northern Virginia.