Kevin
Meisel
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Born the son of a big band musician, Kevin Meisel grew up with the sound and spirit of music around him. Raised in Detroit, and traveling abroad, he listened to the streets hearing the stories of those around him with an ear for empathy, translation and narrative.  His first artistic love was painting which took him to live in New York City where in the dank summer and autumn nights he would slip into the subways to play his guitar and sing to the commuters. His first gigs were there, underground. Eventually, painting was replaced with songwriting.

Moving back to Michigan, Kevin gravitated to the thriving music scene in Ann Arbor, forming acoustic and electric bands with his brother Keith. There, he began to forge his artistic identity as a songwriter, playing gigs at the Gypsy Cafe, the Blind Pig and the prestigious folk venue, The Ark. His first recordings, bare and acoustic, received airplay and earned him the encouragement needed to embark on his first full-length record, Coal and Diamonds, a rich record developed in the folk tradition. Kevin's themes are truly archetypal; he writes from the arena of the human spirit, seeming to chronicle its wanderings toward deceptions and truth. His approach, always honest and unbiased, makes him accessible and trustworthy as an artist with a vision.

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