Marianne Kesler

My last live gig of 2020 was on March 6th and the weeks & months that followed with the virus pandemic have brought cancellation after cancellation. While I miss playing for all of you in person, I respect the decisions of venues out of concern for all of our safety! Be careful out there ~ Keep the music in your heart!  

Excited to be part of Dayton's Art in the City 2020! Due to social distancing restrictions this will be an all virtual event!.

Many, many artists of various artistic mediums are busy preparing material for you to watch from the comfort of home on August 8th!

Performances, instructional and informative videos, displays of art works, plus ways to participate in creative pursuits of your own! 

Watch my website calendar for more details! 

Gigs continue to be cancelled by the venues due to gathering and social distancing restrictions. 

I will keep my calendar updated as things unfold ... please check the schedule before heading out to a show! 

(I miss you!!)

To go with these crazy times,  the duo Every Lovely Thing has released a new song called Crazymaker!!

This is a more rock vibe than usual for us, as we vent our emotions over people who love to stir up drama!! 

Available on Bandcamp and Noisetrade  Video on YouTube 

As we share in these crazy times together, please check my schedule before heading out to a live show - as they may end up being cancelled due to our current stay-at-home policies. On a brighter note, I am still able to make music from home, so watch for the new solo acoustic song "Dragonfly"coming out April 2nd!!

Several artists were asked by fellow musician Kyle Walz to send video clips for his new video.

The song is called "Missing" and the video premiered on February 6th! Kyle used several of my clips.

Special thanks to Kate Stanton who shot the video footage of me. You can watch the video here!

October 1st marks the release of a much anticipated cover of George Harrison's "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"! I never thought I could do justice to this song, as I am an acoustic guitar player, but hearing the version for Kubo and the Two Strings gave me ideas. From there I wrote a violin part (played by Hunter Kesler) and producer Ben Kesler created the beats and played the ambient & lead electric guitar parts. Add my finger style acoustic picking plus vocals!I hope you enjoy! Watch on YouTube!

Summer's coming and that means lots of outdoor gigs! The first up is May 14th (OK getting summer started in spring!) Check the calendar page for all the places you can catch a solo acoustic set between May & October!

Every Lovely Thing (the duo I am half of) is featured in this wonderful talent profile on Chatsong Music!!

Do you know that in addition to my solo music career, I am also currently writing songs as a duo with Kate Stanton called Every Lovely Thing? With Kate on piano and vocals plus me on acoustic guitar and also vocals, the result leans toward an ambient dream pop sound. Here is the artist spotlight on us written by Jeff of Eclectic Music Lover! Artist Spotlight