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- NXNE 2013 Recommended Daily Picks

"A cross between (Bowie's) Ziggy Stardust and Serge Gainsbourg"

- Veglam Magazine, 2012

"... A brilliantly versatile modern singer/songwriter who can rock furiously as well as deliver languid french chansons in a smooth as silk crooner's voice."

- Gary Lucas, May 2012

Kevin McWha Steele is a poet, lyricist, and songwriter, who finds inspiration through singing, writing poetry/lyrics, and travel. After studying music and poetry in France for four years, he relocated to New York City in 1996, where he has been writing and performing songs in many different styles in both French and English.

His professional music credits range from session vocalist for Virgin U.K. to performing/recording with a variety of musicians, performance artists and songwriters in both New York and Los Angeles. To date, he has released four studio albums and a collection of poems and song lyrics entitled, "Medawin". He is currently at work on his fifth studio release, "The Nightly Howl!", also the name of his current backing band.

Recent venues/festivals include:

- NXNE Music Festival 2013

- Montauk Music Festival 2012, 2013

- Cape May Singer Songwriter Festival 2013

- CBGB Music Festival 2012

- WilliFest Music and Film Festival 2012

- Manhattan Inn Summer Music Festival 2012

- "McWha at Cafe' Wha?" curated events, Cafe' Wha? 2012, 2013

- Hurricane Sandy Relief Benefit at Bowery Electric, NY, NY (headlining with Lenny Kaye, Steve Earle, Jesse Malin, among others) 2012

- Bowery Electric, NY, NY

- Pianos, NY, NY

- Rockwood Music Hall, NY, NY

- The Living Room, NY, NY

- Le Poisson Rouge, NY, NY

- The Village Lantern, NY, NY

- The Village Vanguard, NY, NY

- Fontanas, NY, NY

- Caffe Vivaldi, NY, NY

- The Map Room, NY, NY

- cultureFix, NY, NY

- Alphabet Lounge, NY, NY

- The National Underground, NY, NY

- The Knitting Factory, Brooklyn, NY

- Freddy's Bar and Backroom, Brooklyn, NY

- Bar Matchless, Brooklyn, NY

- The Manhattan Inn, Brooklyn, NY

- Pete's Candy Store, Brooklyn, NY

- Trash Bar, Brooklyn, NY

- World's Fairgrounds, Queens, NY

- Sole' East, Montauk, NY

- O'Murphy's, Montauk, NY

- Gurney's, Montauk, NY

- Gosmans, Montauk, NY

- The Elbo Room, Chicago, IL

- The Mad Batter, Cape May, NJ

- The Marquis, Cape May, NJ

- Eddie's Attic, Atlanta, GA

- Centennial Olympic Park, Atlanta, GA

- Ma Petite Shoe, Baltimore, MD

- 8x10, Baltimore, MD

- Czehoski, Toronto, ON