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Brent Kirby: On+On+On Album Release Party @ BOP STOP
with Grace Blackford & Ricardo Morales
June 27 from 7:00pm - 9:30pm
Brent Kirby will be celebrating his album release of On+On+On, a new collection of songs written by Kirby and recorded and produced by Don Dixon (R.E.M., Smithereens, James McMurtry, Mary Chapin Carpenter). Recorded in an 1800's haunted farmhouse at Riverdog in Oberlin, OH, the spiritual songs on On+On+On are impressions of redemption, loss, and reflection.
Brent will be joined onstage with Andy Leach on guitar, Alfredo Guerrieri on bass, and Jeremy McCabe on drums. Special guests include Laurie Michelle Caner on vocals. Grace Blackford & Ricardo Morales will open the show.
Tickets for tonight are $20. This event will not be live-streamed.
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Brent Kirby’s music has been called "Main Character" music, which is representative of the personal emotion and collective perspective he offers in his songs. His performances are reflective in nature, with the listeners often finding themselves as a catalyst in the song. Kirby's universal lyrics are on the surface specific and at the same time deeply layered, where the audience can find a common and personal point of relation and entry into the song. His soulful voice is both unique and soothing, colored with weathered age and experience. In 2022, Brent was voted “Best Folk” by the Cleveland Music Awards and nominated for “Best Songwriter” by the Cleveland Scene. Kirby was especially proud of the "Best Folk" award, saying "I try hard to be a good example.”
“In Brent Kirby, a lot of hope, faith, truth and music is traversed. A true believer.” - Holly Gleason, No Depression
Back to Calendar"A restlessly creative dynamo” - John Soeder, Pop Music Critic, Plain Dealer