Brigid Kaelin

Kentucky-born Brigid Kaelin is a Renaissance woman, excelling as a storyteller, musician, writer and illustrator. Classically-trained on several instruments, she's equally at ease at a Nashville session as she is entertaining pub crowds. Since her last studio album, Brigid lost both her parents to cancer back-to-back and was then diagnosed with cancer herself. She spent most of 2020-2021 alternating between surgeries and the recording studio and is grateful for a good prognosis.

Highlights of Brigid's career include: opening for Jason Isbell, Ben Folds, Jim James, and Loretta Lynn; singing on A Prairie Home Companion; playing with Elvis Costello on two continents; touring Europe annually; being named Louisville's "Best Singer-Songwriter" multiple years; being offered a lead role in a national touring Broadway musical (which she turned down to care for her dying mother); and being a vocal coach to A-list Hollywood actors. She occasionally hosts the long-time radio variety program Kentucky Homefront.

When she's not on stage, Brigid writes and paints. Her personal essays have run in many publications from Salon to LEO. During pandemic she turned to selling her architectural drawings. Her artwork will be featured as covers for her upcoming streaming releases.

Brigid graduated summa cum laude from New York University at age 20. A lifetime ago, she worked for CBS News and has all kinds of name-dropping stories she could tell you over a dram of whisky, including one time when 45 shoved her off a red carpet.

She now lives in Louisville with her Texan husband, her Scottish son (actor Graham Caldwell), and her youngest child, who was born in the dining room (on purpose). She adores the metric system, the NHS, pirate jokes, and she'll do pretty much anything for a transatlantic flight.