Kieran Kelly was born on a sunny day in the French Quarter of New Orleans and raised by his musician father, Kevin, in Flint, Michigan,  Kevin, who had regular jam sessions at home, inviting neighbors to come in and play with him and his friends, was missing a drummer, so at the age of 6, Kieran filled the spot. Later spending his teenage years with his independent record store owning mother Rebecca which solidified his love of record making (  not the lugging of 100s of them back and forth ). 

  Kieran owns The Buddy Project Studio in Astoria, Queens where in addition to playing drums and guitars he is also a Producer and Engineer. Some of the albums created at The Buddy Project include Sufjan Steven’s “Illinoise”, Julia Stone’s “The Memory Machine”, Andrew Rose Gregory and The Gregory Brothers' "The color red and other songs about the power of love" "and Angus & Julia Stone’s “Down The Way” Kieran' has earned Multi Platinum records in Australia , France (Angus & Julia Stone’s “Down The Way”) and New Zealand (Midnight Youth's "The Brave Don't Run") and the Gold Record in the US (Better Than Ezra's "Friction Baby") He has produced, mixed and engineered original recordings that have appeared on ABC, CBS, FX, MTV, Showtime, The Sundance Channel and NPR. Kieran loves The Beatles, The Smiths, Chet Baker, Pontificating, Prince Jimmy Carter, Nina Simone, Gustav Mahler, God, His wife ,  Sushi and Frozen Burritos, and he really loves to talk peoples ear off so be warned.

  Kieran has lived in NYC most of his adult life, he also co-runs Stunning Models on Display Records. In 2007, Kieran was invited to speak in front of Congress representing independent Labels in support of music web-casters regarding web radio royalties. Today, Kieran still loves Music, God and his wife. God and his wife still love him ( He thinks ). Music on the other hand continues to play hard to get. Someday Kieran will also get around to releasing a followup to his debut solo  record “11 Blues and Greens”.