The award-winning singer and actor, Rob Kevlin makes his debut with the official CD release of It’s a New Day at Feinstein’s/54 Below, on Friday, February 22, at 9:30 p.m. The show features new songs by renowned songwriters and fresh arrangements of “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” and “Feeling Good.” The performance also will include titles from Kevlin’s albums Shined On Me, Just Because You Walk Away and Mesmerized as well as Great American Songbook standards and more.
Guest singers include singer, actress, and big band vocalist, Kathy Jenkins and Jennifer Holliday whose fame began with her iconic role as the original Effie White in the Broadway production of Dreamgirls. Her performance of “And I am Telling You, I’m Not Going” garnered her a Tony Award for “Best Actress In A Musical.” Ms. Holliday has enjoyed a successful recording career, which includes winning her second Grammy Award for her rendition of Duke Ellington’s “Come Sunday, several R &B Top Ten Hit Records, two Number One Dance Hit Records, and a Top Twenty Billboard’s R&B charting album The Song Is You. Ms. Holliday made a return to Broadway starring as Shug Avery in the Tony Award winning musical revival production of The Color Purple (2016-2017).
Kevlin is an International Trophy Winner of the USA World Showcase. He has worked with virtuoso pianist Leonid Ptashka and violinist, Sanya Kroitor and Russian diva, Aida Vedisheva. He has also performed as a vocalist with Igor Butman’s big band and with the Rob Stoneback Big Band. Kevlin’s theatre credits include starring roles in Jekyll and Hyde and The Sound of Music at the Algonquin Theater and on social media his original video of “Just Because You Walk Away” has over 16,000 views.
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