The Kenn Morr Band is pleased to be touring in support of its latest release, \u201cStill Shining\u201d. Recorded at Sandy Brook Studios in Colebrook, CT, the album features eleven new songs penned by Morr highlighted by the cohesive playing of the Kenn Morr Band.<\/p>\n
Growing up on Long Island, Kenn was inspired by such lyric and melody-minded acts as Gordon Lightfoot, Simon and Garfunkel, Graham Nash, and Jackson Browne. Rex Fowler of Aztec Two-Step became his friend and supporter and recorded Morr\u2019s \u201cFollowing the Moon.\u201d When a college baseball scholarship didn\u2019t work out, Kenn turned\u2014appropriately\u2014to Communications, a field for which he is well-suited. He\u2019s got a radio announcer\u2019s rich baritone and the kind of humor and charisma that enthralls audiences of all sizes, from intimate coffeehouses to the stages of venues as demanding as the famed Bitter End in New York City and the International Festival of Arts and Ideas on the New Haven Green.<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0Kenn left Long Island and found in Connecticut a home, new friends, and\u2014eventually–the band that brings his music to life featuring violin virtuoso and multi-instrumentalist Tom Hagymasi, Berkely College of Music grad, Pat Ryan, on (soulful, melodic) bass and \u201cthe heartbeat of the band,\u201d drummer Tido (T-Bone) Holtkamp. Known for its close three-part vocal harmonies and fiery instrumental interplay, the group has been together for many years, becoming fast favorites on the outdoor festival scene. They\u2019ve paid dues of every kind and played gigs of every stripe, along the way sharing the stage with artists like John Sebastian, Al Kooper, Eric Burdon, and John Wesley Harding.<\/p>\n
Kenn\u2019s 2003 album \u201cNew Moon Rising\u201d was produced by legendary producer Bob Johnston (Dylan, Cash, Simon & Garfunkel, Leonard Cohen and many others.) The experience of working with Johnston greatly influenced Kenn to continue to write and produce honest and pure music. \u201cStill Shining\u201d is Morr\u2019s eighth album since the Johnston collaboration.<\/p>\n
With airplay across the country and in Europe (England, Italy, Spain, Belgium, and the Netherlands), The Kenn Morr Band is\u2026 Still Shining.<\/p>\n
Connecticut\u2019s Old State House 2025 Summer Music Series<\/b><\/p>\n
EVERY FRIDAY | JUNE 6 \u2013 OCTOBER 10, 2025 | 12:00 \u2013 1:00 pm<\/p>\n
Join us for our annual FREE Summer Concert Series! Stop by every Friday at lunchtime to hear a different band play each week on the westside patio of Connecticut\u2019s Old State House. Bring your lunch and enjoy the music!<\/p>\n
Concerts begin at noon and will also be live-streamed on our Facebook page and YouTube channel.<\/p>\n
Thank you to our friends from the Richard P. Garmany Fund at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, and the Evelyn Preston Memorial Fund for their generous funding of the Summer Concert Series.<\/p>","excerpt":"","slug":"summer-music-series-featuring-the-kenn-moor-band","image":{"url":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/osh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/kenn-morr-band.png","id":104222,"extension":"png","width":1002,"height":674,"filesize":1070106,"sizes":{"medium":{"width":300,"height":202,"mime-type":"image\/png","filesize":110279,"url":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/osh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/kenn-morr-band-300x202.png"},"thumbnail":{"width":150,"height":150,"mime-type":"image\/png","filesize":42399,"url":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/osh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/kenn-morr-band-150x150.png"},"medium_large":{"width":768,"height":517,"mime-type":"image\/png","filesize":664911,"url":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/osh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/kenn-morr-band-768x517.png"},"museumwp-90-90":{"width":90,"height":90,"mime-type":"image\/png","filesize":16772,"url":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/osh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/kenn-morr-band-90x90.png"},"museumwp-59-59":{"width":59,"height":59,"mime-type":"image\/png","filesize":4553,"url":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/osh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/kenn-morr-band-59x59.png"},"museumwp-360-278":{"width":360,"height":278,"mime-type":"image\/png","filesize":173896,"url":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/osh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/kenn-morr-band-360x278.png"},"museumwp-311-667":{"width":311,"height":667,"mime-type":"image\/png","filesize":318480,"url":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/osh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/kenn-morr-band-311x667.png"},"post-thumbnail":{"width":823,"height":365,"mime-type":"image\/png","filesize":519588,"url":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/osh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/kenn-morr-band-823x365.png"}}},"all_day":false,"start_date":"2025-09-12 12:00:00","start_date_details":{"year":"2025","month":"09","day":"12","hour":"12","minutes":"00","seconds":"00"},"end_date":"2025-09-12 13:00:00","end_date_details":{"year":"2025","month":"09","day":"12","hour":"13","minutes":"00","seconds":"00"},"utc_start_date":"2025-09-12 16:00:00","utc_start_date_details":{"year":"2025","month":"09","day":"12","hour":"16","minutes":"00","seconds":"00"},"utc_end_date":"2025-09-12 17:00:00","utc_end_date_details":{"year":"2025","month":"09","day":"12","hour":"17","minutes":"00","seconds":"00"},"timezone":"America\/New_York","timezone_abbr":"EDT","cost":"","cost_details":{"currency_symbol":"$","currency_code":"USD","currency_position":"prefix","values":[]},"website":"","show_map":false,"show_map_link":false,"hide_from_listings":false,"sticky":false,"featured":false,"categories":[],"tags":[],"venue":{"id":18168,"author":"12","status":"publish","date":"2023-03-20 13:44:27","date_utc":"2023-03-20 17:44:27","modified":"2025-07-29 08:00:47","modified_utc":"2025-07-29 12:00:47","url":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/osh\/venue\/connecticuts-old-state-house\/","venue":"Connecticut’s Old State House","slug":"connecticuts-old-state-house","address":"800 Main St","city":"Hartford","country":"United States","state":"CT","phone":"(860) 522-6766","stateprovince":"CT","json_ld":{"@type":"Place","name":"Connecticut’s Old State House","description":"","url":"","address":{"@type":"PostalAddress","streetAddress":"800 Main St","addressLocality":"Hartford","addressRegion":"CT","addressCountry":"United States"},"telephone":"(860) 522-6766","sameAs":""},"show_map":true,"show_map_link":true,"global_id":"wp.cga.ct.gov\/osh?id=18168","global_id_lineage":["wp.cga.ct.gov\/osh?id=18168"]},"organizer":[],"custom_fields":[],"json_ld":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Event","name":"Summer Music Series featuring The Kenn Moor Band","description":"<p>The Kenn Morr Band is pleased to be touring in support of its latest release, \u201cStill Shining\u201d. Recorded at Sandy Brook Studios in Colebrook, CT, the album features eleven new […]<\/p>\\n","image":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/osh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/kenn-morr-band.png","url":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/osh\/calendar\/summer-music-series-featuring-the-kenn-moor-band\/","eventAttendanceMode":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OfflineEventAttendanceMode","eventStatus":"https:\/\/schema.org\/EventScheduled","startDate":"2025-09-12T12:00:00-04:00","endDate":"2025-09-12T13:00:00-04:00","location":{"@type":"Place","name":"Connecticut’s Old State House","description":"","url":"","address":{"@type":"PostalAddress","streetAddress":"800 Main St","addressLocality":"Hartford","addressRegion":"CT","addressCountry":"United States"},"telephone":"(860) 522-6766","sameAs":""},"performer":"Organization"}}