Kyle Field (musician)

{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2024}} {{BLP sources|date=March 2020}} {{Infobox musical artist | image = Kyle Field Performing in West Philadelphhia - 7-6-17.jpg | | caption = Kyle Field performing as Little Wings in West Philadelphia, 2017. | name = Kyle Field | background = solo_singer | birth_name = Kyle Field | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|11|22}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lifeoftherecord.com/little-wings|title=Life of the Record podcast: The Making of LIGHT GREEN LEAVES by Little Wings – featuring Kyle Field|website=Life of the Record}}</ref> | birth_place = Alabama, United States<ref name="bio" /> | origin = | genre = Indie rock, folk | occupation = Singer-songwriter, musician | instrument = Vocals, guitar, bass guitar | years_active = Late 1990s–present | label = | associated_acts = Little Wings, Rodriguez, Grandaddy, Lee Baggett, André Herman Dune, Devendra Banhart, Feist, The Microphones | website = http://www.littlewingsnow.com/ }}

'''Kyle Field''' is an American musician who releases material under the moniker '''Little Wings.'''

== Early life == Field was born in Alabama in 1972.<ref name="bio">{{Cite web|url=http://www.taylordecordoba.com/artists/kyle-field/kyle-field-bio/|title=Kyle Field Bio « Taylor De Cordoba|website=Taylordecordoba.com|accessdate=March 6, 2020}}</ref> As a child, his family relocated to Los Angeles, California, where his father worked as a coach for the UCLA Bruins.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Field reconnects with Arkansas roots|url=https://www.wholehogsports.com/news/2019/dec/06/field-reconnects-arkansas-roots/|access-date=September 5, 2020|website=wholehogsports.com|date=December 6, 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last= |first= |date=August 18, 1996|title=He's No Bear, but Field Is Definitely All Bruin|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-08-18-sp-35475-story.html|access-date=September 5, 2020|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US}}</ref>

== Career ==

===Music=== Field contributed bass and vocals in the band Rodriguez, along with M. Ward and Mike Funk.

In the late 1990s in San Luis Obispo, California, Field formed the band Little Wings, of which he is the only permanent member. In the past, the band has had members Adam Selzer on drums, Rob Kieswetter (aka Bobby Birdman) on keyboards, Mark Leece as bassist and various others. As Little Wings, Field has released over a dozen albums, under the Walking and independent K Records labels. Field also has played with Grandaddy, Lee Baggett, André Herman Dune, Peaches and Devendra Banhart throughout the 2000s.

Little Wings influenced the band Real Estate.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/little-wings-kyle-field-profile-2015/|title=Underneath the Surfboards: The Cult of Little Wings|website=Vice.com|date=June 2, 2015 }}</ref>

===Visual art=== Field is also an acclaimed visual artist, having earned his BFA in 1997 from the University of California, Los Angeles.<ref name="bio" /> His first book of drawings was released on the label Ahornfelder.

==Personal life== Kyle Field lives near San Francisco, California.<ref name="bio" />

==Discography== As Little Wings: *''Discover Worlds Of Wonder'' [KLP154] (2000) *''The Wonder City'' [KYO46] (2002) *''Wonderue'' [KLP134] (2002) *''Light Green Leaves'' [KLP139] (2002) *''Harvest Joy'' [KLP152] (2003) *''Magic Wand'' [KLP161] (2004) *''Grow'' [KLP169] (2005) *''Soft Pow'r'' [RAD001] (2007) *''Black Grass'' [RAD005] (2011) *''Last'' [RAD007] (2013) *''Made it Rain'' [GNM-022] (2013) *''Light Green Leaves'' [GNM-034] (reissue 2015) *''Explains'' [WOODSIST077] (2015) *''People'' [Self Released] (2019) *''Ropes in Paradise'' [PIAPTK] (2019) *''Zephyr'' [SC05] (2022) *''High On The Glade'' [PD077] (2024)

Has appeared on: *Calvin Johnson and The Sons of the Soil, ''Calvin Johnson and The Sons of the Soil'' [KLP180] (2007) *The Microphones, ''Mount Eerie'' [KLP140] (2003) *The Microphones, ''Song Islands'' [KLP125] (2002) *Tapir!, The Pilgrim, Their God and The King of My Decrepit Mountain [HVNLP220] (2024)

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20060410075305/http://www.dreamgeo.com/LittleWings.html Interview with Kyle Field] *[http://www.hi-nu.com/event/kylefield.php Interview with Kyle Field about his artwork] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060626185953/http://hi-nu.com/event/kylefield.php |date=June 26, 2006 }} *[http://www.ahornfelder.de/ Label where Kyle Field's first book will be released] *[http://www.ahornfelder.de/releases/kyle_field/kyle_field_put_it_in_a_nutshell_ahornfelder_book.html Flash version of the book] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928062213/http://www.ahornfelder.de/releases/kyle_field/kyle_field_put_it_in_a_nutshell_ahornfelder_book.html |date=September 28, 2007 }}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Field, Kyle}} Category:1972 births Category:Living people Category:Rock musicians from Alabama Category:K Records artists Category:American indie rock musicians Category:Place of birth missing (living people) Category:People from San Luis Obispo, California

Kyle Field (musician)

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