Best New Bands » Kevin Morby https://www.bestnewbands.com News, Reviews and Interviews Wed, 07 Feb 2018 02:08:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 Kevin Morby Shares New Video For “Downtown’s Lights” & Tour Dates https://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/kevin-morby-shares-new-video-downtowns-lights-tour-dates/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/kevin-morby-shares-new-video-downtowns-lights-tour-dates/#comments Wed, 16 Aug 2017 07:29:41 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=34730 Chicago – Kevin Morby has shared the stunning new video for the contemplativeCity Music standout “Downtown’s Lights.” Directed by Hugo Jouxtel and shot in Paris, the video – like the album – is a paean to the cities of the world, with the City of Lights taking center stage. Kevin offers the following insight into the video for “Downtown’s

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  3. Kevin Morby Sings of Peace on Election Night London – Texas-born Kevin Morby has arrived as a solo artiste augmented by a regular touring band, via spells, as the bassist for psych folk act Woods and co-vocalist alongside Cassie Ramone of Vivian Girls with The Babies. The solo label...
]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/kevin-morby-shares-new-video-downtowns-lights-tour-dates/feed/ 0 Kevin Morby Hits The Cities https://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/kevin-morby-hits-cities/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/kevin-morby-hits-cities/#comments Sat, 25 Mar 2017 19:34:58 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=34221 London – Having crafted one of 2016’s finest albums in Singing Saw, Kevin Morby has hardly been resting on his laurels, announcing a full-length follow-up, City Music, due for June release. Promising to be the yang to the former’s yin, the new record takes its cues from an urban rather than rural perspective. Morby has

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  2. Kevin Morby Sings of Peace on Election Night London – Texas-born Kevin Morby has arrived as a solo artiste augmented by a regular touring band, via spells, as the bassist for psych folk act Woods and co-vocalist alongside Cassie Ramone of Vivian Girls with The Babies. The solo label...
  3. Glastonbury Emerging Talent Competition 2017: Round 1 London – The annual Glastonbury Emerging Talent Competition offers unsigned artistes based in the UK or Ireland a more even playing field in the quest to reach a wider audience. Only a handful of the several thousand acts who are...
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]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/4-new-bands-pitchfork-day-2/feed/ 0 Kevin Morby Brings His Blend Of Noisy Rock And Sublime Folk To L.A. https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/kevin-morby-brings-blend-noisy-rock-sublime-folk-to-l-a/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/kevin-morby-brings-blend-noisy-rock-sublime-folk-to-l-a/#comments Wed, 05 Aug 2015 07:03:18 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=26540 Los Angeles – Despite spending years as the bassist of Woods and the co-leader of “super group” The Babies, singer-songwriter Kevin Morby still seems to be flying under the radar. His debut album, Harlem River, was a collection of songs he had written over the course of his early 20s and was released in 2013.

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