 Kenny Shore is back with a new full length album, Happiness & Misery release date: March 20, 2026 North Carolina’s Kenny Shore is back with a new full length album, Happiness & Misery The album runs the gamut of emotions and sounds and once again focuses on Shore’s ability to distill the human experience into song. Happiness & Misery is an album of ups and downs, thus the title. As they were finishing the recording, Jerry Brown and Kenny reflected on the themes brought forth on this album and realized that the title from the song "Happiness & Misery" fit perfectly. It captures the back and forth throughout... from the fun bounce of "Roller Coaster Ride" to the grieve- filled angst of Nail It To the Wall. This didn't happen as planned. It was through looking back at what had happened organically, that made them sure of the album title. As in the case of Kenny’s last album with Jerry, they had a real blast recording this. Maybe it's the "requirement" that was established with recording the last album, Time Stands Still - to start things off with a well told joke. This helped set the tone for each session. They tried (and succeeded) not to take each other, or this whole process, too seriously. Kenny says, “I think it worked and helped us make sure we were having a good time, doing what we love.” Kenny has been performing throughout the Southeast for 30+ years. He grew up in North Carolina and started playing the drums at age five. He wrote his first song after his grandfather gave him a homemade banjo at the age of 10. As a preacher’s kid, Kenny grew up singing in the church. He got his first guitar at 16 and just 2 years later, when he arrived as a freshman at Campbell University, he had already written over 100 songs. He has 4 albums on CD Baby along with several digital singles. After his wife died from cancer in 2017, his music shifted and he sings more from his heart than he ever has. He loves Americana music and plays clawhammer banjo, but his main instrument is a 1975 Alvarez Yairi guitar that’s been with him many years as he has performed up and down the East Coast. He’s a natural born storyteller and mixes it into his performances For many years he was a psychotherapist and he holds a Master’s degree from UNC Chapel Hill. He is now playing music full time. Tracklist:
1. What’s The Difference (3:09) 2. I’ll Take Off My Hat (4:13) 3. Happiness & Misery (3:03) 4. Roller Coaster Rice (3:01) 5. Monkey Jungle (3:43) 6. Haunted (3:24) 7. Hard To Be Somebody (3:21) 8. Far Away (3:14) 9. Nail It To The Wall (3:12) 10. If I Ever Needed Someone (3:00) 11. Sometimes (3:51) All Songs FCC Clean Focus Tracks : 1, 2, 3 Produced, engineered, and mastered by Jerry Brown at the Rubber Room Musicians: Kenny Shore - vocals, acoustic guitars, harmonica J oseph Terrell (Mipso) - electric and acoustic guitars, lap steel, all backing vocals Joe MacPhail (multiple Chapel Hill bands) - all keys (mainly Hammond organ), all drums Robert Sledge (Ben Folds Five, etc) - all bass Andrew Marlin (Watchhouse) - Mandolin on Happiness & Misery Isaac Derr - thumb piano on Monkey Jungle, occasional consultant on whether we were on the right track. Website: kennyshore.com Opmerkingen zijn gesloten.
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