Kevin Garrett @ CMJ, Tour w/ X Ambassadors & Teases New Single "Refuse" Out Oct 23 (Listen / Share)
Upcoming Dates With X Ambassadors
New Single “Refuse” Coming Oct. 23
LISTEN “Refuse” Teaser
Check Out His Breakout EP Mellow Drama
“The pensive, soulful artist blends R&B with mellifluous electronics” – Complex
“Garrett works with throbs and clicks: hollow-toned bass, a beat programmed with a light crackle, a flicker of guitar.” – Billboard
“The singer-songwriter sings fresh air, sultry nights, and moves between love songs and out-of-love songs so smoothly.” – Entertainment Weekly
“Kevin Garrett’s music is the cure for what ails you.” – VH1
“Hauntingly beautiful” – Teen Vogue
Photo Credit: Shervin Lainez
Following the success of his Mellow Drama EP, Kevin Garrett announces a series of CMJ shows leading into his upcoming tour with X Ambassadors and shares a teaser of his upcoming single “Refuse” out 10/23. A full list of upcoming tour dates can be found below.
Known for poignant out-of-love songs that combine a reverence for classic soul with modern electronics and traditional instrumentation, the Brooklyn-based, Pittsburgh-born singer-songwriter released his debut Mellow Drama EP earlier this year to wide praise including The Fader, which premiered the collection saying, “Spanning five tracks, it fits in somewhere between James Blake and Sam Smith and plays like the sonic equivalent of leaning into an extant bruise—but he promises it’s not meant to hurt, at least not too much.”
Counting heavyweights such as Sam Smith and Katy Perry among his most ardent supporters, Garrett has shared the stage with with James Vincent McMorrow, Emily King, Norah Jones, and Maps & Atlases, performed at festivals such as Bonnarro, Electric Forest, and Montreal Jazz, and charted on Spotifyʼs Viral 50 list. And he’s only just begun…
Purchase Mellow Drama EP via iTunes / Stream it on Spotify
Kevin Garrett @ CMJ
Wed 10/14
8:00pm: ASCAP Showcase @ Webster Hall Studio (NYC)
10:00pm: HillyDilly Showcase @ Good Room (Brooklyn)
TH 10/15
9:00pm: UTA Showcase @ Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 2 (NYC)
Upcoming Tour Dates
*supporting X Ambassadors
** Red Bull Sound Select
10/21: Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club* – SOLD OUT
10/22: New York, NY @ The Bowery Ballroom* – SOLD OUT
10/23: Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg* – SOLD OUT
10/24: Boston, Ma @ Royale* – SOLD OUT
10/25: Philadelphia, PA @ The Electric Factory*
10/27: Richmond, VA @ The National*
10/28: Saxapahaw, NC @ Haw River Ballroom*
10/30: Birmingham, AL @Saturn Birmingham*
11/1: Nashville, TN @ Marathon Music works*
11/3: Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall* – SOLD OUT
11/4: Minneapolis, MN @ Mill City Nights* – SOLD OUT
11/6: Des Moines, IA @ Wooly’s*
11/7: Kansas City, MO @ Arvest Bank Theatre*
11/9: Dallas, TX @ Cambridge Room, House of Blues* – SOLD OUT
11/10: Dallas, TX @ Cambridge Room, House of Blues* – SOLD OUT
11/11: Austin, TX @Scoot Inn* – SOLD OUT
11/13: Tucson, AZ @ The Rock*
11/14: Hollywood, CA @ Fonda Theatre* – SOLD OUT
11/15: San Diego, CA @ The North Park Theater
11/16: Hollywood, CA @ Bardot**
11/18: Denver, CO @ Lost Lake Lounge
11/19: Omaha, NE @ Reverb Lounge
11/20: Chicago, IL @ Tonic Room
11/21: Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Tavern
Kevin Garrett: Website / Facebook / Twitter / Instagram / Soundcloud