Brian Kay is a modern-day troubadour. As a singer and multi-instrumentalist, he has performed throughout the United States and beyond. He specializes in ancient songs of the world, is a songwriter, plays a variety of instruments, writes poetry, and paints.

Brian has been featured at distinguished venues such as Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Center, Shriver Hall, and The Boston Early Music Festival. His live radio appearances include NPR, Baltimore's WYPR, Boston's WGBH, and Cleveland's WCLV. He is the only two-time winner of The Lute Society of America's national lute competition and the 2013 recipient of Peabody Conservatory's "Excellence in Early Music Award". He has appeared with Apollo's Fire, Ayreheart, Hesperus, The Broken Consort, and is a founding member of the early music improvisation group Divisio. Brian’s lute and oud playing have been referred to as "masterful" (Nuvo) and "phenomenal" (Early Music America).

Tonight, is the official CD Release Party for Brian's new CD, "Three Ravens," which will be available for purchase at the event. Brian will perform folk songs from the British Isles re-imagined in the bardic tradition. Scottish, English, Welsh, and Irish songs are accompanied on guitar, oud, and lute. This beautiful cabaret program includes stories, descriptions of the songs and their history, and explanations of the featured instruments.