We’re always looking for new ways to help promote YOUR music. Every Thursday we’ll highlight the career and the music of a SongCast artist. Check out this week’s Spotlight interview with Kevin Kurth.

Kevin Kurth is a singer, actor, composer and arranger. He appeared in the national Broadway tour of Pump Boys and Dinettes with the original Tony Award winning cast. Kevin orchestrates Broadway accompaniment tracks in his studio for theatres all around the world. Click here to visit Kevin’s website to read more!

What’s your first musical memory?

My first musical memory was my mother sitting by my bed in the dark playing Brahms’ Lullaby to put me to sleep as a child. She played violin in the Saint Louis Philharmonic Symphony and it always made me cry when she played for me.

What artist inspires you?

The artist who most inspires me is Barry Manilow. He writes for the orchestra.

What’s your latest track or album?

My latest album is “Saint Louis Serenade” All original songs by me.

What song or album do you HATE?

Song I hate would be “Feelings”

What’s a song or album everyone should be listening to right now?

The album I most recommend right now is Lionel Ritchie’s Tuskeegee

What profession would you choose if you couldn’t choose music?

If I couldn’t be a musician, I would be a Farmer

Tell us more about your local scene.

The music scene in Saint Louis is very good. Lots of jazz and we have a top ten symphony orchestra. The Saint Louis Symphony

As a performer, what would be your ‘perfect’ live experience?

Perfect live performance for me would be on a TV show special about unknown but very talented musicians who need to be showcased.

What aspect drew you to the particular genre of music that you now perform/write?

I was drawn to write and perform by my exposure to symphonic music as a child. My piano teacher was the soloist with the orchestra. I always have an orchestra in my head.

Share one personal event in your life that greatly influenced a song/album that you have created during your musical career.

The song “Sailing Through Time” on my above mentioned CD was inspired by the death of my cousin Tom when we were teenagers. He and I were 2 months apart in age and went to the same highschool and double dated and stuff. he got Leukemia and died slowly over one year. I prayed to God to take me instead but he died anyway. The song is about him.

A big thanks to Kevin for speaking with us this week!

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