A Louisiana native, now 25-year East Nashville resident, Kevin Gordon is a performing songwriter currently recording the follow-up to his 2018 release, Tilt and Shine. His albums have garnered high critical praise in The New York Times, USA Today, Rolling Stone, and many others.  The title track from Down to the Well, a duet with Lucinda Williams, was featured on the Oxford American Southern Music Sampler. Those who've recorded his songs include Keith Richards, Levon Helm, Hard Working Americans (Todd Snider), Irma Thomas, Webb Wilder, and others. Julie Christensen (Flesh Eaters, Leonard Cohen) releases "11 from Kevin: Songs of Kevin Gordon", a new album comprised entirely of her versions of Gordon's songs, in January 2022. Kevin also holds an MFA in poetry from the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop.