Live Music: Kevin Kelly

Kevin Kelly is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and producer based in Austin, Texas. He is best known as the lead vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, and principal songwriter of the dark musical project Musidora Vampires, which he founded in 2013 and of which he was the sole official member until 2018.

His unique sonic identity is adorned with captivating hooks infused with a lasting structural prowess that blends cool undertones with gothic tendencies. In 2013, he took a significant step to further establish his creative and artistic freedom and to provide a platform for artists to explore and express their unique sounds by founding the independent record label Revvolt Records.

Throughout his storied three-decade career in music, Kevin Kelly has collaborated with a multitude of renowned artists in various capacities playing crucial roles in both technical and creative aspects including the Clown Prince of Rock Joe Walsh, acid-punk frontman in a space bubble Wayne Coyne, Rocky Horror rock n’ roll theatrical powerhouse vocalist Meat Loaf, lead guitarist and heavy metal dark horse Mick Mars, progressive rock howler and shoegaze balladeer Rob Dickinson, Austria-based desert-tinged troubadour Matt Boroff, Wichita Western goth rocker iAN Ottaway, LA-based dexterous multi-instrumentalist and producer Alain Johannes, prolific collaborator and grunge icon Mark Lanegan, cosmic space rock drummer extraordinaire Kellii Scott, alt-rock anti-hero and tribal assault wild card Jack Irons, combative punk experimenter and auteur Joe Cardamone, and many others.