Kevin Neidig
@AcousticWisdom · Vocals, Guitar, Clawhammer banjo, Mandolin, Ukulele, Bass, Cajon, Didgeridoo, Piano. · Mechanicsburg, PA
Bio
2018 AMA EMERGING ARTIST NOMINEE!
RARELY DO YOU GET IN ONE MUSICIAN THE VIRTUOSITY OF SINGER, INSTRUMENTALIST AND SONGWRITER. KEVIN BRINGS ALL THREE WITH ELOQUENT EFFORTLESSNESS:
PLAYING
THE UNEXPECTED COMPLEXITY, COMBINED WITH GRACEFUL AGILITY, ARE WHAT GRAB YOU BY THE THROAT, COMPELLING YOU TO LISTEN INTO THE WEE HOURS. KEVIN POSSESSES AN OTHERWORLDLY EAR AND LITERAL SLEIGHT OF HAND. WATCHING HIS NIMBLE FINGERS EXECUTE A FRETBOARD IS LIKE BEARING WITNESS TO A SPIDER WEAVING GEOMETRY INTO FORM. HE MANAGES TO PROJECT A KIND OF TENDERNESS CLAD IN POWER, BY TURNS EXUDING MYSTERY, EXUBERANCE AND WIT.
SINGING
FROM FIRST NOTE, YOU NOTICE HONED, FLEXIBLE VOCALS, AT ONCE AT EASE WITH OLD-AS-THE-HILLS BLUEGRASS AS THE LATEST POP NUMBER ON THE RADIO. THERE'S AUTHENTICITY UNDERLYING ALL THE FLOW, AND A COMFORT LEVEL WITH AN IMPRESSIVE RANGE - HIGH AND SOULFUL TO DEEP AND BALEFUL. CLEAR AND POWERFULLY EMOTIVE, KEVIN'S VOICE COMMANDS YOU TO LISTEN TIME AND AGAIN AS YOU MARVEL AT HOW YOUR SOUL IS STIRRED WITH EACH PLAY.
SONGWRITING
KEVIN'S APPROACH NEVER FAILS TO PRESENT A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE - LYRICALLY AND MUSICALLY. WITH HIS USE OF INTRICATE TIMING, INGENUITY WITH KEYS AND TEMPOS, AND A DIZZYING CONTORTION OF CHORDS, IT'S EASY TO UNDERSTAND WHY OTHER MUSICIANS CLAMOR TO PLAY HIS COMPOSITIONS FOR THE THRILL AND SHEER WORKOUT OF IT. HE DELIVERS IMPECCABLY CRAFTED, HAND-HEWN TUNES - A PERFECT TURN OF WORD HERE, TRANSFORMING MELODIES THERE - LUSH, TUNEFUL JOURNEYS NOT TO BE MISSED.