He likes one fan’s description: Like Leonard Cohen, but with a sense of humour.
His lyrics are warm, earnest and hopeful. A serious guitar picker, you can tell he paid his dues playing for years as a pro sideguy. A great storyteller, he can place himself in shoes he’ll never occupy, and just nail it. He’s comfortable in his own skin, without a hint of pretense. Kev Corbett is the best kind of folksinger.
Kev Corbett is one of the best of our bumper crop of fine young songwriters. His new album, Son of a Rudderless Boat, features 10 acoustic-flavored tracks that both engage and entertain; with zinger lyrics and a sound that borrows from classic folk, bluegrass, blues and jazz, without getting too cozy with any of those descriptors.
His recent coming-out party at the Lunenburg Folk Festival in Nova Scotia earned him a long standing ovation, and a buzz status for the weekend. He has placed twice in the Telluride Bluegrass Festival song contest, and played legendary folk rooms The Yellow Door (Montreal), The Free Times Cafe (Toronto), and Club Passim (Cambridge MA).
The new record recently hit #3 on the NCRA Folk/Roots chart, and will tour the nation from coast to coast this spring, BY TRAIN!
Dates Currently finalizing. Announcement soon, don’t worry.
Son of a Rudderless Boat
June 28th, 2009 at 6:29 pm
[...] Kev played here last night, at a big outdoor party. Steve Bowers and Keith Mullins were on the bill, too, and Alana Yorke. It was lots and lots of fun. We had a wee fire afterward, sat around drinking beers and singing songs and laughing so hard. We stayed at the hostel last night, sleeping in bunk beds, and it was the best sleep I’ve had in a long time. Now, the coffee and the promise of a rhubarb muffin. [...]
August 1st, 2009 at 8:55 pm
I have seen kev play more than anyone else I know. This is an amazing instrumental map through your life. he’s just showing you what you already know, but pointing it out to you in a beautiful way. Thanks kev