By Linc Bradham
With a voice as smooth as butter and songwriting to match, Nashville-based rising pop star Kev Kelly brings a sound that is epic, anthemic, and honest. Kelly’s voice is one that fans of Ed Sheeran and Dermot Kennedy will feel right at home with. Kelly has begun releasing singles highly anticipated forthcoming two part EP, “THIS MIGHT ESCALATE…AND THEN COLLAPSE.” The most recent of these singles is entitled “Royal Blue.”
Says Kelly in relation to the writing of the track, “There was a bar in Nashville called Crazy Town. It was the worst best bar on Broadway. I hate going downtown, but if you had people in town or it was your friend’s birthday, you went to Crazy Town. There was a DJ that was there every weekend, named DJ Donnie D. When Donnie D played a song that everyone knew, the whole place would erupt. These girls in cowboy hats and boots they bought from Boot Barn would go nuts. I’m talking drinks thrown into their bridesmaids’ faces because this dude played Replay by Iyaz. If Donnie D played something, you danced. I would like to think if Royal Blue came on at Crazy Town in 2018 the whole place would go nuts. Miss you, DJ Donnie D.”
And there you have it. A high-energy, up and exciting hopeful smash hit from Kev Kelly. Royal Blue is a strong showing from this rising star, and the song is any indication, “THIS MIGHT ESCALATE…AND THEN COLLAPSE” is not to be missed. Listen here and see what all the buzz is about, and find this track on the Alchemical Records Multigenre Mixture playlist on Spotify and YouTube.
Linc Bradham is an American multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, audio engineer, and songwriter originally from Savannah, GA. He has resided in the DMV for the last three years and has served in the active-duty Army for the last 12 years. He is in the process of switching Army careers into the Army Field Band as an audio engineering professional, with long-term goals of promoting music education in America and the Middle East.
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