Several of my songs have been heard in major television shows such as Grey’s Anatomy, Veronica Mars, The Hills, Dirt, Greek etc. I have played everything from Lilith Fair to The Cavern Club in Liverpool. I recently toured for three months across North America and performed live on the BBC, but my story begins in the picturesque seaside village of Horseshoe Bay, BC. Horseshoe Bay is best known for its Ferry Terminal and fish and chips. It is also the start point of the intensely scenic Highway 99 which winds through the Coast Mountains, all the way to Whistler and beyond. This is where I grew up. A place of great beauty on the edge of the edge of Vancouver and the departure point for endless adventures.
I somehow graduated from UBC with a degree in Psychology even though I spent most of my library time writing strange children’s stories about fantastical creatures. I then took some courses in creative writing and wrote a lot of poems that seemed to have melodies. Finally I borrowed a guitar and taught myself to play so I could turn them into the songs they wanted to be. Soon after that I started performing them in front of people despite my almost paralyzing fear of doing so. The next thing I knew I was playing Lilith Fair. I made one album of my songs called Small Fires and people seemed to like it. The reviews were good and I managed to get all the songs licensed to TV shows and it was good. Yes it was. I hosted an open mic night for a long time at a popular Vancouver bar and played and played and played until one day it seemed like it was time to play somewhere new.
I toured Canada a few times and toured in the US as well. I played at all those festivals with names like SXSW and NXNE. I even played in England. I toured with some amazing people like Jane Siberry, Damien Rice and Ray LaMontagne and even had a member of Radiohead compliment me on my performance after a show in Toronto (so I could die now I guess). Somewhere just after the part where I toured Canada and just before the part where I played in England it should be said that I was signed by Nettwerk Management.
One day I wrote a song called Fools Gold with Niko Friesen and people called it things like “a smash” and “ a hit”. Fools Gold ended up being played twice on Grey’s Anatomy. The success and fun of this co-write thing led to more co-writes. I wrote a song with Tim Bright called “Lost and Found” which was played on Veronica Mars and they used it on the soundtrack for the show as well. I wrote with Jeff Trott (he has written a lot of hits with Sheryl Crow) and we worked together so well that we decided that he should produce my record. So Jeff produced 10 tracks and the extremely talented and nice Thom Russo produced three. These two producers pulled together an amazing group of musicians to play on the record. Members of REM, Fiona Apple’s band and Beck’s band all made appearances.
Nettwerk signed me to a record deal. We made Faultline and we released it digitally.
Thanks to the magic of the internet Faultline has been winning over people all over the world. I even have a fan club in Brazil. Sure there are only 9 people in it, but still…Brazil!!
Last October (2007) my cover of a Neil Young song (along with covers by Ron Sexsmith, Barenaked Ladies etc.) was released as part of Broken Tunes II. All proceeds go to charity. Last fall I toured for three months all over North America opening for Issa (Jane Siberry). This spring I toured the UK and this summer I will record my third full length album.
See her at Doc Willoughby’s July 14th with Ari and Kevin Kane.
More Kevin Kane dates:
July 9 – Nanaimo, BC – The Queens
July 11 – Vancouver, BC – The Railway
July 12 – Victoria, BC – The Lucky Bar
July 13 – Duncan, BC – The Duncan Garage
July 14 – Kelowna, BC – Doc Willoughby’s (solo w/Ari Shine & Adrienne Pierce)
July 20 – Dawson City, Yukon – The Dawson City Music Festival (w/o Leeroy)
July 22 – Banff, AB – The Rose And Crown
July 23 – Banff, AB – The Rose And Crown
July 24 – Lethbridge, AB – Eagles Hall
July 25 – Calgary, AB – The Palomino
July 26 – Canmore, AB – The Canmore Hotel
Aug 2 & 3 – Artswells Festival – Wells, BC (w/o Leeroy)
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