Grammy-winning producer/engineer/mixer Kevin Killen has spent the last several decades compiling an impressive list of credentials featuring the premier pop artists in the music industry, from Peter Gabriel to Elvis Costello, Kate Bush to Jewel, Bon Jovi to Shawn Colvin. Add in the names of U2, Bryan Ferry, Shakira, Sugarland and Duncan Sheik and you get the idea.
Kevin starts the year with his fourth Grammy Nomination, Best Engineered Album, Non Classical, for his mixing on Seth Glier's The Trouble With People CD release (Mpress Records).
Currently, Kevin is in the studio producing the debut release from Australia's indie-rock darlings, goodbyemotel.
Kevin's just mixed Johnny Reid's 2012 CD (EMI Canada) and Tina Malia's independent release. Previously, Kevin recorded the debut release for The Kin (Interscope) for producers Tony Visconti and Nic Hard.
In 2011, he mixed music for the second season of the HBO show, Treme. Kevin was also in the studio working with Elvis Costello on a track for the Mike Nichols' film One Day. He just completed producing and mixing Canadian multi-platinum artist, Johnny Reid, for his forthcoming live CD, Johnny Reid: Heart and Soul. Additionally, Kevin's working with indie singer/songwriters Tina Malia and Sheri Miller.
In 2010, Kevin co-produced and mixed Paula Cole's Ithaca (Decca) release and recorded and mixed Lizz Wright's Fellowship (Verve/Forecast) release. Kevin also remixed the single "Slice" by Five For Fighting (Wind Up) for Triple A radio.
Kevin's mixed most the music for the first season of the HBO series Treme including Dr. John's "Indian Red", Elvis Costello and Allen Toussaint "The Greatest Love" and John Boutte's "At The Foot of Canal Street".
For Sugarland's multi-platinum 2008 release, Love On The Inside (Mercury), Kevin mixed three Number One hits on the Billboard Country Singles Charts: "All I Want to Do", "Already Gone" and "It Happens".
Growing up in a large family of eight children, Kevin was exposed to the disparate tastes of his elder siblings at a very young age. These varied influences included a healthy dose of Motown, the Beach Boys, Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Thin Lizzy and Free among others. He also became an avid fan of Europe's first pirate commercial radio station, "Radio Luxembourg," and the BBC's" Old Grey Whistle Test" which was responsible for introducing a plethora of new and emerging artists in non-formatted broadcasts.
In the last few years, Kevin received 5 Grammy awards for his contributions to the Shakira release "Oral Fajacion". In 2004, he co-founded the first music online collaboration website -eSession - with his friend Gina Fant Saez. He recently mixed his first country artist - Sugarland and scored a # 1 hit. Kevin continues to work in a variety of genres and has also completed albums for Toronto based rock outfit, Pilot Speed, the great Allen Toussaint, Signature Sound Gospel Quartet and indie artist, Rachael Sage.
In December 2009, Kevin was nominated for a Grammy in the Best Jazz Instrumental Category for his work on Allen Toussaint's The Bright Mississippi.





















