Scott Kirby – SINGER/SONGWRITER

One of the best and busiest of Northern Wisconsin’s Working Musicians/Artists; Scott Kirby, has been featured on Milwaukee public television’s “Around the Corner with John McGivern”, Relix Magazine’s Dec 2015 music Sampler, “The Maple Leaf Mailbag” of Radio Canada International, “Live from the White Pine” on WXPR, the Independent Documentary film “UP a River”, was first runner up at Big Top Chautauqua’s Celebration of Song Festival ’09 . He is the recipient of the Northern Arts Council’s individual Artist Grant for 2021. Kirby Has opened for: Suzanne Vega, Indigo Girls, Bill Miller, J.L. Stiles with Doug Ellington, Sean Kelly, Rhonda Vincent…Performs Over 200 shows per year in Diverse Venues from the House of Blues to the Hard Rock Cafe to The Overture Center’s Capitol Theatre, to street corners in Nashville and Subway Platforms in New York City. He Performs Weekly in northern Wisconsin. “One of the Northwood’s best and busiest musicians” is how the Northwoods Live Music Calendar describes Scott Kirby, an alternative blues rock singer/songwriter living in northern Wisconsin. Don Burnstick describes what Kirby has simply as “mojo”. It’s that mojo that is Kirby’s signature sound. Kirby has been exploring guitar and writing songs since the age of twelve. Kirby’s wide range of influences helped hone his individual voice in songwriting. He notes his larger inspirations to be Bob Dylan, Neil Young, REM, Tom Petty, Stevie Wonder, and Johnny Cash. Band Camp Diaries says, “He has a unique approach to blending melody and attitude that makes me think of modern artists such as The Fray or Daughtry, just to mention a few.”