Member Since: 6/22/2005
Band Website: brigidkaelin.com
Band Members: Brigid's story (from Nashville Star finals' video):
Brigid
Kaelin : accordion, piano, acoustic guitar, musical saw, yodeling, etc.
The YouTube Phenomenon: THE DREIDEL SONG! (Blue Dreidel No. 9)
On my TBA record: Peter Searcy, Justin Craig, Robby Cosenza, Duane Lundy, and MuzikMafia's Shannon Lawson .
On my Chanukah single: Peter Searcy, J. Scott Lankford, Ben Andrews, Randy Bolton, Allison Stovall.
On Keep Your Secrets, Brigid Kaelin's debut CD, which is available for purchase at CDBaby.com or from iTunes :
Tim Krekel , Peter Searcy , Danny Flanigan , Aaron Montgomery, Jimmy Brown (cheers to Guitar Emporium!), Nick Reifsteck, Mick Sullivan, Joe Burchett.
Influences: John Prine, Cole Porter, Carole King, Lyle Lovett, Loretta Lynn, irish ballads, jazz standards, lyricists.
Sounds Like: Lyle Lovett, Kasey Chambers, Nellie McKay, Sarah Vaughn, Kitty Wells, with a rock band and an accordion.
Brigid and the musical saw:
PRAISE for Brigid Kaelin
"
...a genre-busting record, featuring a sound that ranges from acoustic rock to swing to folk to country and beyond, with Kaelin equally adept at all."- New Southerner Magazine
"To say she is multi-talented is certainly an understatement."
- Today's Woman Magazine
"The
woman can write songs." - Louisville Music News
"...[Brigid Kaelin is] a lyrically driven musician who is as adept
at owning her music as Joni Mitchell and as amusingly -- and amazingly
-- versatile vocally as the late Eva Cassidy."
- Angie Fenton, Velocity Weekly
"...clever, thoughtful songwriting." - Louisville Magazine
"An amazing singer." - WFPK Radio Louisville
"Brigid Kaelin is always a treat." - The Courier Journal
"...successfully merges compelling lyrics with a strong but vulnerable
voice perfect for melancholy ballads as well as up-tempo sing-alongs."
- LEO Weekly, Sara Havens
"Subtle and seductive." - Stephen George, LEO Weekly