Kevin Griffin: News

Well, incase the name didn’t give it away. This song has only been performed live only twice. The first time on my Wedding Day. October 9, 2004.  A couple of you were there.  And then one other time at my favorite venue Café Blue Hills in Milton.  Hope you like it and thanks for playing along with my little FB experiment.

FB CD Release on a Friday: Remember Howie Day? One night I was mad I couldn't write a popsong like that guy. I went to bed that night and woke up in the middle of the night and started writing this song. It's a complete failure at  sounding like Howie Day? Hope you like it.

http://www.cdbaby.com/AlbumDetails.aspx?AlbumID=KevinGriffin1

No family member inspired this one. No deep meaning. I just wanted to write a summertime song. Hope you like it.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Kevin-Griffin/120673184621128

So I've made my first top 10 list. And not just with one song but 3.

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Cici Song
Private Gravity

All these songs made the CD Baby Folky Pop top 10 and have been on the charts for about 3 weeks. Not too shabby. Even if I say so myself.

As a kid I was always a fan of songs that tell stories -- The Gambler, Boy Named Sue, Homeward Bound. Stuff like that. And that's where Randall came from. I took the story of my dad's life and built this song. Once again Ben Willmott joins in on piano. I hope you like it.

I couldn't have planned it any better. This song is about my wife Laura. And I released it on the week she gave birth to our daughter Siena. She's had quite a week. Hope you like it.

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.