Kelly Steward

Oh Iowa!!

This Friday night we make our way to Iowa City, IA to play at The Mill and grab some delicious hummus and falafel treats at Oasis….then off to Des Moines, IA SATURDAY night to play one of our favorite places… The Gas Lamp.  SUNDAY night we bring it back home to Rockford to play an intimate show at Just Goods on 7th Street…7pm.  Please find us out in the world this weekend and we will play you our sweet tunes and cheers you with cocktails.

You can preorder the new EP at one of our shows this weekend  or you can go here: http://goodsie.com/store/RKindShop  FREE SHIPPING!

Thanks always for your support and we look forward to sharing our music with you….

KS ~ xoxo

FINALLY!! A Release date for the new EP…..

7 months later and about 4 months behind but FINALLY I will be releasing the new EP “Out From Within” on June 15th!!  You can pre-order the CD with Free Shipping RIGHT HERE: http://goodsie.com/store/RKindShop

Thanks to Andy Whorehall (www.andywhorehall.com) for the great design!

Get your ears on this people – “Lonesome White Dove”

Get your ears on this!!  With the new EP “Out From Within” scheduled to be released in a few weeks….we’re giving a sneak peek (listen) to one of the tracks “Lonesome White Dove”……RIGHT HERE….

You can Pre-Order a copy of the EP today with FREE SHIPPING at our store  RIGHT HERE….R KIND SHOP

Pre-Order “Out From Within” EP TODAY!

PRE-ORDER THE NEW EP “OUT FROM WITHIN” TODAY….as a BIG THANK YOU….you will receive your CD a week prior to the release date and FREE SHIPPING!! Here’s where you order….

http://goodsie.com/store/RKindShop

Kelly ~ xoxo

RAMI Award – Getting some LOVE from the Hometown!

Thank you so much Rockford, IL for the RAMI Award!! It means a ton to me and I feel so blessed to do what I love to do. I have an amazing band behind me…not only are they all extremely talented but they are all incredible human beings! Thanks Greg, Scott, Jesse and Jon for believing in me and making it all that much better:-).

This Saturday night April 21st we will be playing a show and celebrating the RAMI win at The Olympic Tavern 9:30p to 12:30a….If you are in the Rockford area….come see what we’re all about!

Thanks Again!!

This Week in Folk Rock/Americana/Alt-Country/Bluegrass/Blues/Neo-Traditional Country…What are we?

I always find it difficult, when asked what genre we are, to express where we really fall in the genre debacle.  I don’t know…today we’re feeling a little bit Patsy Cline meets Emmylou Harris meets Brandy Carlile with a swift kick of John Mellencamp and yes, sometimes Tom Petty.  Unless you categorize yourself, it sure is a lot harder to find ways to reach an audience.  If we say we’re “Country”, people think we sound like Toby Keith or Carrie Underwood AND WE DON’T….we say “Folk” and people think we are sitting around in a circle singing “Kumbaya”…We’re not quite “Blues” either.   I guess when I sit down and write music, my passion for all kinds of music gets rolled into a sound like a big burrito of traditional country/folk rock/blues/bluegrass with a bit of sweet sauce and a sidekick of tabasco.   Now you must know exactly what we sound like…right?  See what I mean…it ain’t easy.   All I can say is….just check us out and you will love us and we will strike every emotion in your sweet soul and you will keep coming back for more.  SO PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT OUR UPCOMING TOUR DATES AND JOIN US IN THE FUTURE FOR SOME GREAT SHOWS!!

To update you all on the upcoming EP and LP projects…..we will be finishing the EP mixing process this week and then next week we head to the Milwaukee, WI area to Mystery Room Mastering with THE Mr. Justin Perkins to have this thing mastered.   We will have a release date for you this week and we couldn’t be more excited.  The second week of April we will start the process of recording the full length album with the full band and you can expect more great things from us!!

THIS WEEK!!!!  If you are in the Rockford, IL area this Friday March 30th (7:30-9pm) please come join us on the Rockford College Campus in Fisher Chapel for a very intimate show.  It will be the first real presentation of what you can expect from the soon to be released EP and the upcoming full length album.  We are really looking forward to this show and it is one that you definitely don’t want to miss.  THEN…. We head to one of our favorite venues on Saturday….THE GAS LAMP in Des Moines, IA….this is sure to be a great night, so if you are in the area….don’t miss this one!!

Thanks for reading…thanks for listening….thanks for giving a shit!

Peace,

Kelly Steward

EP Update

Howdy!  I’m happy to say that we are putting the finishing touches on the new EP “Out From Within”, which means a projected release for the end of March is very feasible.  I’ve fallen in and out of love with these songs through the course of 5 months, but the blood, sweat and tears are starting to pay off and the end product is starting to sound unique, beautiful and vulnerable….exactly how I wanted it.  We also made sure to lace in some sounds that will hint to what you may expect from the Full Length album that we are starting to demo out in a couple weeks.  This is going to be a very exciting year for myself and the band….lots of music will be coming your way and hopefully reaching more people and building a bigger foundation so we can continue to do what we love….Make Music!!  Thanks for your patience and all your support.

Please take a look at the tour dates because we are adding new shows weekly.  Looking forward to seeing your faces at upcoming shows!

xoxo

Kelly

Yeah for the weekend!

TONIGHT we grace ST. Charles with our presence at Chord On Blues!!  Excited to play a new town and a new venue I must say!

TOMORROW NIGHT we bring it on home to Rockford, IL. to play our favorite little dive bar….Mary’s Place.  Stiff drinks, real people and a damn good time….doesn’t get any better than that now does it?

Hope to see your awesome faces at one of these shows!!  GIDDYUP!

Giddyup….2012!!

Oh Yeah….Happy New Year!!  Excited to start 2012…I think it’s going to be a saucy 365 days.  We have a February release for the EP “Out From Within” and in a couple weeks we start tracking for the full length record.  We are adding new shows to the calendar everyday so please keep checking.  I will be in Portland in March and California in June and just finalizing some locations and dates there.

The T-shirts are in and they look amazing.  Thank you to Andy Whorehall (www.andywhorehall.com) for the great design and our friends at Pirate Ninja Print Shop (www.pirateninjaprintshop.com) for making them look so fantastic.  The unisex Burgundy (truffle) tee is now available at the Goodsie Store (http://www.goodsie.com/store/kelly-steward).  We are still putting the Store together and adding more stuff and we’ll keep you posted when more options become available.

I hope everyone is enjoying a great start to their New Year…looking forward to seeing your great faces throughout the year at our shows!

Jambalaya, Jameson and Jingle Bells

A few Sundays ago a few of Rockford’s finest singers and The Restless Kind got together for some cocktails and Jambalaya and decided to lay down some vocals on a little Christmas tune I had been playing around with.  We had so much fun with it!!  Some of us drank more than others….ahem (Arik), but I think it turned out pretty good.  It’s not a masterpiece but we had fun doing and want to share it with you all for the holidays!!!  So ENJOY!!

THANK YOU TO:  Holland Zander, Pat Doherty, Greg Whitson, Jesse Carmona, Jessica Bruneni, Arik Jenkins and Dane Brown for your contribution

HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYBODY!!!

TAKE A LISTEN HERE:

Xmas Again by Kelly Steward