Multi-instrumentalist Brigid Kaelin has been a guest on NPR's A Prairie Home Companion, the BBC, has traveled the world doing speaking engagements as well as music performances. She’s played accordion, musical saw and sung with Elvis Costello many times, tours Europe at least once a year, yet remains a staple performer in Louisville, where she has received multiple "Best Singer/Songwriter" awards.
She's recently partnered with sonablast! Records to release a succession of singles over the next year, culminating in a new album. The first release is out December 10, 2021, and is called "18 Months Later."
Brigid writes the popular blog, The Red Accordion Diaries, where she overshares her adventures in music, travel, whisky and motherhood. She recently turned down a dream role in a national-touring Broadway show in order to care for her dying mother and wouldn't change a thing about that.
NOTABLE FESTIVAL APPEARANCES:
AmericanaFest (Nashville)
Original Thinkers (Telluride)
Forecastle (America)
Belladrum Fest/ Tartan Heart (Scotland)
HullabaLOU (America)
Islay Whisky Festival (Scotland)
Celtic Connections (Scotland)
HebCelt (Scotland)
MusicPort (England)
Einsiedeln MusikFest (Switzerland)
HAS OPENED FOR/SHARED A MIC WITH :
Jason Isbell, Jim James, Ben Folds, Maceo Parker, Nellie McKay, Elvis Costello, Dan Bern, Loretta Lynn, Cowboy Jack Clement, Patty Loveless, Dave Matthews & so many more.