When businesses shut down and people began to isolate themselves due to the coronavirus back in March, a local musician found a way to keep his peers’ connected and their creativity flowing by creating weekly songwriting challenges.
We’ll hear from Southwest Florida musician and creator of Songwriter Quarantine, Keefe Klug, and two participants: local singer/songwriter Kyle Anne, and Nashville-based musician, Madeline Finn.
Keefe Klug
Southwest Florida-based musician
Keefe and his style of music have found a home in Southwest Florida for nearly eight years with the pop band, Charlie Moon.
In that time he made a name for himself with his clever and concise songwriting style. Currently he is blending his pop background with what can best be described as the "beach country" style of the Gulf Coast.
Madeline Finn
Nashville, Tennessee-based musician
Madeline Finn touches on a wide range of sonic directions in her solo work: sparse folk, meditative piano ballads, twangy rock, and string-laced indie. Luckily, the Cleveland-raised singer-songwriter is also the rare vocal talent with the range to handle just about any music she wants to write. She'll howl and whisper, rage and mourn, croon and conspire—always with breathtaking precision and heart-piercing sincerity.
A Top 70 American Idol finalist in 2018, Finn has also fronted two bands: the pop-punk-leaning band Envoi, and Americana-tinged trio Whiskey Hollow.
Kyle Anne
Southwest Florida-based indie/folk singer, songwriter
After a stint in Boston attending Berklee College of Music, Kyle Anne calls Florida home, where she's constantly inspired by her surroundings. Her songs evoke a certain brand of sadness, but not without a wry sense of optimism and a catchy melody to get stuck in your head. Her style is best described as indie folk, although when accompanied by her band she takes on a more electrifying upbeat indie rock edge.
