Sleeping Bear Surf & Kayak hosts musical duo
From staff reports
Mark your calanders for some toe-tapping fun on Friday, June 14, at 7:30 p.m. in the green space between the Empire Post Office and Sleeping Bear Surf & Kayak. Beryl Skrocki reports that the Surf & Kayak shop will host the Texas musician duo of Kevin Higgins & Barbara Malteze.
Here’s what music critics say about them: “Kevin Higgins ascends to the pantheon of eloquent and evocative American singer-songwriters with that rare gift for articulating the fullness of human experience within splendid and alluring melodies — Rob Patterson, veteran music critic.
Like William Faulkner, Kevin’s exceptional writing is rich with imagery and meaning, with characters so real you feel like you can touch them — Stephen Doster, Producer for Nanci Griffith, Lyle Lovett, James Honeyman-Scott/Pretenders
Gentler than, say, Steve Earle, more serious, say, than Robert Earl Keen, and much more hopeful than, say, James McMurtry — Duggan Flanakin, Flanfire blog spot
Texas does it again … all the best singer songwriters come from Texas – everyone knows that. Townes Van Zandt, Guy Clark, Steve Earle, Lyle Lovett, Butch Hancock, Joe Ely, Nanci Griffith, Willie Nelson … the names go on, and now there’s one more to add to the list — Kevin Higgins, americana-uk.com
Drawing comparisons to Townes Van Zandt, Patterson Hood, Neil Young, Bruce Springsteen and John Prine, (which he quietly dismisses), Kevin Higgins has gone from being one of the “best kept secrets” amongst Texas songwriters to “quite possibly the next great Texas songwriter” — Dave Pilot, Rockzilla.com
Check them out at kevinhigginsmusic.com
