Artist Information
Biography
Kev Rowe has been a touring musician for 10 years doing over 1000 gigs either by himself as a solo musician or with his americana band, Big Leg Emma. He has certainly met a lot of interesting and amazing people. Recently he opened for songwriting legends America and was asked to play the encore "Horse with No Name" to a sold-out audience at the legendary Birchmere Music Hall in Alexandria, VA. He also made his debut at the #1 songwriting venue in NYC, The Living Room, and also at the legendary spot, The Bitter End. Over the years he's shared the stage with an incredible list of musicians (see below).
Currently, Kev Rowe is releasing his third cd entitled "hi love" which was recorded at Echo Mountain Studios in Asheville, NC with producer Danny Kadar (The Avett Brothers, Trey Anastasio of Phish, and My Morning Jacket). "Making "hi love" was an amazing two year journey of recording for me. Every couple of weeks I'd go up to Asheville, record a few tunes with some unbelievable musicians and then come home. The songs on "hi love" are straight from the heart and describe the things closest to me", says Rowe. His previous cds "Into the Gold" and "Brown Book" have both won numerous awards in national songwriting contests (see below).
Kev Rowe lives in Jamestown, NY, home to a very fertile and loyal roots music scene. When he's not at home recording or writing, he's on the road spreading the love with his personal tunes.
Awards...
14th Annual Billboard Song Contest -3 honorable mentions
2007 "Singer-songwriter of the year" -CCMA's
2006 Great American Song Contest -finalist
2006 Unisong International Songwriting Competition -finalist
2006 Pacifici Songwriting Competition -judge favorite
2006 "Best Solo Musician of chautauqua county" -word magazine
2005 Great American Song Contest -honor award
2005 United Kingdom Songwriting Contest -semi-finalist
2005 "Chautauqua county's person of the year" -word magazine
Throughout the years, Kev has shared the stage with...
America The Wailers Rusted Root 10,000 maniacs
Derek Trucks Band Los Lobos Del McCoury Band Little Feat
Sam Bush Keller Wiliiams The Weepies Michael Glabicki
Moe. Donna the Buffalo and many others..
Instrumentation
Kev sings and plays acoustic and electric guitars.
Discography
"Hi Love" - new 2010 release!
"Into the Gold" - 2007
"Brown Book" - 2004
Links
Video
Photo Gallery
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Hi Love cover
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with songwriting legends, America
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with Big Leg Emma
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Kev and producer, Danny Kadar
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Recording at Echo Mountain Recording
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Recording acoustic
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At Blue Heron Festival, NY
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solo acoustic at festival
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sticker
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7544 square
Press
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Chris Kocher, music editor
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"Here's a man who knows about love and it's complexities - worrying about the future while trying to...
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Zabrodsky, music editor
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"With an acoustic guitar, Kev Rowe creates his own little space in the world." -Zabrodsky, music e...
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Michael Salamone, editor
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"Rowe has created an acoustic gem with "Brown Book". He sings deeply personal stories told against t...
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Tom Ball, Dj
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"Kev Rowe's Brown Book cd is filled with wonderful songs of love and true life experiences. Pick up ...
Setlist
I have 3 cds worth of original material. I can do shows from 30 minutes to 3 hours. In an hour show I may do 1 or 2 covers for fun. In a longer show, usually a few more covers, but never more than 20%. Some covers I do span a wide range from Paul Simon, Phish, UB40, Grateful Dead, and more.
