Kevin Griffin: News

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

Kev continues his self proclaimed monthly residency at the Abbey Lounge. SEE THE GIGS PAGE Yo!

RED SKIES FEATURES

Skippy Drives a big ass Lincoln
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Annie Please






LIVE IN AN EMPTY ROOM FEATURES

2006 International Songwriting Semi Finalist

Lullaby (Where does the Moon go?)







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Well, Kev has been playing here and there on the DL but now he's making it public. He's got new shows in the coming weeks. SEE THE GIGS PAGE Yo!










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Kevin Griffin Copywriter 

 

Here's a quicktime movie of my print work. To look at each individual ad, see below.  

Print Ads

 

 

 

 

Well the great people at CDBaby now offer digital downloads straight from their site and I want to celebrate that. They're an awesome resource for us musician types and now you can download my Live in an Empty Room cd for just $4.00. This has some songs from Red Skies and some newer songs including my Lullaby song that people seem to like. 

You can listen to the songs first before you decide. (They sound a little rough here and they cut out before the end, but you get a good sampling.)

1 Lullaby (where does the moon go?)

2 Randall

3 Good Intentions

4 Subway Song

5 Red Skies (with Pete)

6 All I Got

7 Skippy Drives (with Pete)

8 Mary Dyer

9 Better Way of Dreaming

10 Might Not Be Alone

11 Continental Drift (with Pete)

Well that's it from Kev and the Tricycle Crew pretty much for 2007. But 2008 is going to be an exciting year.  So just click the cd cover below and you'll be Worldwide Webly zoomed off to the CDBaby site. I hope you like the songs. I've been told their very kid friendly, for you parents out there. thanks kev

 

HOLY CRAP KEV HAS A VIDEO.

Ok only a select few know this but yes Kev made a video. It's from his song "Are you still sleeping" off of Red Skies. Directed by Paul Hackett in New York, the direction, the editing, the lighting, are great. Even the song is catchy but don't be surprised to witness the angrier, edgy side of Kev.

This link will take you there.

 http://enjoymymovie.com/player.php?videoID=64

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here's a ruff cut of better way of dreaming

Kevin performing with Tony Lechner

Mocha Maya

47 Bridge St.

Shelborne Falls, MA 01370

http://www.myspace.com/mochamayas -

Sharing the bill with Tony Lechner. An amazing singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Check him out here www.myspace.com/tonlech

"You should go just to see him. I'm just gravy." kev