Kevin Griffin: News

Well, another Wednesday, another song. Thanks for checking out the Subway song and for making the Cici Song #3 on the highly regarded CD BABY Poppy Folk charts for the third week in a row. I can't even get to my car without droves of crusty old hippies screaming and carrying on. It's crazy.

This week's song is Private Gravity. 

So thanks for listening to the Cici Song last week. And if you have friends or family who might like singers pretending to be Paul Simon, please pass my stuff on. Word of mouth is all I’ve got. KROQ won’t return my calls. Anyway, this week it’s the subway song. My friends at work make fun of me because I spend the time to write, sing and record the song but never come up with a title. So this one is about a Subway. So it’s called the Subway Song.  Hope you like it.

 

FREE all week here:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Kevin-Griffin/120673184621128?v=box_3&ref=ts

 

iTunes it here:

http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-evidence-against-me/id376522880

 

I’ve got a CD’s worth of new songs recorded and I want to have a CD release party. So I’m going to have it right here on FB. So every Wednesday, I’m going to post a song for you to check out. If you like it, you can click “Buy” and it will take you to CDBABY.com where I’ve set it for $0.00 so you can just download it for free.

 

The music is also here on iTunes http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-evidence-against-me/id376522880 but Steve Jobs wouldn’t let me give the songs away. Like he needs the $.99. Whatever, Steve. Hope you like the music. And thanks for listening.

 

 

FB CD RELEASE PARTY SONG #1: THE CICI SONG.

 

So this song was written for my daughter Cici. It took me 2 years and 2 hours to write. Two years of stressing out about it and 2 hours locked in a practice space to actually write it. If this song makes you slide around on your kitchen floor in your socks while you’re making breakfast, it’s done its job. Hope you like it.

 

Hear it here:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Kevin-Griffin/120673184621128?v=box_3&ref=ts

 

iTunes it here:

http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-evidence-against-me/id376522880

 

 

 

So I played the Relay For Life in Cohasett, MA on Friday night.  At 9:30 in the middle of a field behind the high school, I notice a teen aged girl sit down and start listening. And after the show she came up to me and said, "I thought you were great. Are all those songs originals?" And I said, "Yep." And gave her a couple of CDs. The funny thing is, I think it was a cooler experience for me than it was for her. 

Thanks teenaged girl from Hull. I think you're the one who rocks.

I hate to do this but I've had to cancel my next 2 shows. I will not be performing at the All Asia this Thursday or at the Bull Run Restaurant on June 3. I hope I didn't mess up anybody's plans. Stay tuned for some exciting news.

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Here's a sneak preview of my upcoming release.

 

 

This song isn't for sale yet but if you'd like to buy one of my other songs you can get them on iTunes here.

http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/kevin-griffin/id2035389

or you can just email me here and I'll send it to you free.

kevin@tricycle-music.com

So I've been a busy guy lately and music has unfortunately been on hold for a little bit but very soon I will be back with new music and shows. But to get an idea of what I've been working on, check out the Portfolio Section. I've been shooting some videos for GMC. You can also see them at Terrainsworld.com. Hope you like them. 

Well, it's been a while since I've played live. Except for choking out some 80's tunes at my High School Reunion. You should have seen it. Wow, I'm old. Anyway, I'm playing a singer songwriter's series at the All Asia Bar on Mass Ave in Central Sq. Cambridge. It's a great place to showcase the newest talent in town. And some old guys too. Not mention anybody's names. 

Check CALENDAR for the details. 

So on Thursday Dec 30, 7-10pm. I will be performing live on WATD it's the show completely dedicated to Bob Dylan so that means I'll be playing some of the best covers ever written. Wow, suddenly I don't feel worthy.

Check out the host Craig Coffee's bio and all about the show here.

http://www.959watd.com/BobDylanRadio.php
I will also remind people closer to the date. I got a little excited.

This is probably no surprise to anybody even remotely familiar with Boston area music but Ryan Montbleau is great. I picked up Patience on Friday not long ago and it's just great. Thought provoking and Groovy. That's rare.

Check him out. http://www.ryanmontbleauband.com/

So I went back into the studio this past Saturday and Steve Sadler, an amazing guitar/ lap steel player just brought some of my simple songs to life. They sound real now. Whatever that means. It's just so great to have a studio musician do what they do best. Thanks Steve.

Check him out at http://stevesadler.com He plays with people all over Cambridge and Boston.

Great guy.

So I picked up songs from the Verve's latest CD.

I got them on amiestreet.com

If you don't know about them, they're cool. The price of the music goes up as the popularity does. So if you're ahead of the curve, you can get great music at a low price.

http://amiestreet.com/
Oh and the Verve are great too.
http://www.theverve.co.uk/

MATT THE ELECTRICIAN.

Great singer songwriter and quite popular in Austin TX. I actually opened for him when he came to Boston a bunch of years ago.

Nice guy and an effortless songwriter.

I just pick up a couple of songs from his 2007 release.

http://www.matttheelectrician.com/

I just realized as I was walking through the used cd store, that how can I expect anyone to purchase my stuff if I'm not buying anything from people?

So that's what I'm doing. Finding lesser known people and buying their stuff.
I'll let you know when my next purchase happens.

You ever have that thing where you listen to your song one day and it sounds great, brilliant even. And the next you play it again and you're totally disgusted by it? Only the song hasn't changed, you have.

I'm there right now. Recording purgatory. I hate that.

Hey look, It's been June since I said anything. That's because I'm going back inside the shed and working on stuff. That includes songs that need to be finished in the studio.

I hope to have new songs done by the end of the year.

Stay tuned. And if so inclined buy a song. It really helps pay for studio time.

Thanks to everyone who came out to the Channel Cafe it was a fun night and a great place. Sort of a best kept secret right now but not for long.

Anyway, stay tuned for more shows and take a peak at some pics from the the Burren show.

My friend Kenny Rennard took some great shots. I'll be changing them out so keep checking back.

Sorry about that but the Cafe had a scheduling conflict and they had to cancel. Not sure about playing there again. But we'll let you know.

So I don't get to practice much but when I do, man do I take advantage of it. Like the other night. I was ready to pull out my set list and I ended up playing Michael Jackson songs for 2 hours then I went to bed. Nice work ethic.

So I'm playing 3 shows coming up and as I've been thinking about what to play, I like to cater the songs to the places. So bars like the Burren, I want to have fun, make noise and hopefully have people enjoy the night and the music. So those are the song's I'll play.

But then at the Cafe Blue Hills in June, I'm excited to play some quieter stuff that people can take in and enjoy. It's great to play both types of places and it gives you an excuse to come to both shows and not feel so stalker-y. Is that a word?

Well the other night when I was booking more studio time for my next project that's coming along. I realize that it's been in the works for 3 years.

Yes, that's right I've become Axel Rose.

But on the bright side, I'm playing a lot in MAY and JUNE so you don't have to wait for the album, CD, download or stream. You can get the real thing. Check out the calendar. And we'll see you out there.

It's going to be an exciting year. I've got this new site, I'm hopefully going to finish a new cd. And play more gigs.

7:30 Abbey Lounge
9:30 Asgard

Both in Cambridge. Just minutes from eachother.

Go to the GIGS page for directions.

ALSO this will be my last show at the Abbey Lounge. It's going out of business before Thanksgiving. If you have never been there, tt's a great throw back place. I am really sad to see it go.









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Here you go Steve. These are still rough but I was looking for help on these songs.

Song #1
April Moon.
Country Tune.
Needs one of these: DOBRO, Lap Steel, pedal steel or electric with a slide.

Song 2
SAIL ON.
A Jam Band-ish tune.
This needs funky improvisation throughout. No real solo but lots of space to fill.
Electric with maybe a wa pedal. But more authentic sounding.

Song 3
Cici Song.
Straight ahead. Sort of like Paul Simon

AUGUST 20th

SEE THE GIGS PAGE FOR DETAILS