{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Kevin Quain | image = Kevin Quain.jpg | caption = | image_size = | origin = | instrument = Vocals, accordion, banjo, piano, guitar, bass, musical saw | genre = Cabaret, jazz, rock n' roll | occupation = Singer-songwriter, musician, playwright, actor | years_active = 1997–present | label = Independent | website = {{URL|kevinquain.com}} }}

'''Kevin Quain''' is a cabaret artist, singer-songwriter playwright, composer and producer of audio recordings,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.kevinquain.com/biokq.htm|title=Kevin Quain: Biography|website=www.kevinquain.com|access-date=2018-03-01}}</ref> who operates out of the Cameron House in Toronto, Canada.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://nowtoronto.com/music/cameron-celebrates-25/|title=Cameron celebrates 25|last=Davey|first=Steven|date=2006-11-09|work=NOW Magazine|access-date=2018-03-01|language=en-us}}</ref>

Since 1995 he has performed long-running weekly residencies at various Toronto venues including The Cameron House, The Rex Hotel, and Graffiti's.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/2013/12/04/its_a_pity_when_people_dont_stop_to_hear_the_music_david_macfarlane.html|title=It's a pity when people don't stop to hear the music: David Macfarlane|last=Macfarlane|first=David|date=2013-12-04|work=The Toronto Star|access-date=2018-03-01|language=en-CA|issn=0319-0781}}</ref> He has produced recordings for other artists, in his small studio above Cameron House. He has worked with Michelle Rumball,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.michellerumball.com/photos|title=MICHELLE RUMBALL..and sometimes the BEAUTY SALOON - Photos|website=www.michellerumball.com|access-date=2018-03-01}}</ref> Max Metrault, Frank & Max Evans, Sue & Dwight, and Carnival Diablo.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}

Quain edited ''The Elvis Reader: Texts and Sources on the King of Rock 'N' Roll''.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}

He is a self-taught musician, singer/songwriter,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/playwright-threw-it-all-over-to-sing-in-small-painful-pond/article773900/|title=Playwright threw it all over to sing in small, painful pond|access-date=2018-03-01}}</ref> and playwright.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://tapa.ca/dora-awards/past-awards/recipients/|title=Recipients - TAPA|work=TAPA|access-date=2018-03-01|language=en-US|archive-date=26 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126214107/https://tapa.ca/dora-awards/past-awards/recipients/|url-status=dead}}</ref> He has written music for film, TV, and the stage, and has performed with scores of artists including The Mahones, Carnival Diablo, and Mary Margaret O'Hara. He describes his unique music genre with The Mad Bastards as "garage jazz cabaret noir".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/2012/12/22/mad_bastards_17year_run_at_cameron_house_coming_to_end.html|title=Mad Bastards' 17-year run at Cameron House coming to end|last=Mills|first=Carys|date=2012-12-22|work=The Toronto Star|access-date=2018-03-01|language=en-CA|issn=0319-0781}}</ref>

Quain created ''Tequila Vampire Matinee'', a retelling of the opera ''Pagliacci'', which opened in Toronto at Theatre Passe Muraille in November 2003 with Ted Dykstra directing.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tequila Vampire Matinee: The Musical|url=http://www.tequilavampire.com/tvm.htm|access-date=2018-03-01|website=www.tequilavampire.com}}{{Dead link|date=January 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref> The show received six Dora Mavor Moore Award nominations in the General Theatre category.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Nominees|url=https://tapa.ca/dora-awards/past-awards/nominees/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210514103139/https://tapa.ca/dora-awards/past-awards/nominees/|archive-date=14 May 2021|access-date=2018-02-28|website=tapa.ca|url-status=dead}}</ref> Kevin received the award for Outstanding New Musical.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Recipients - TAPA|language=en-US|work=TAPA|url=https://tapa.ca/dora-awards/past-awards/recipients/|access-date=2018-03-01|archive-date=26 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126214107/https://tapa.ca/dora-awards/past-awards/recipients/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Discography== *''Hangover Honeymoon'' (1999) *''Tequila Vampire Matinee'' (2000) *''Dog Show vol 1'' (2006) *''Winter in Babylon'' (2008) *''Rain on the Midway'' (2011) *''Dream Weaver'' (2017) *''About November'' (2018)

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