Kirkland Green

New Orleans-based singer/songwriter, Kirkland Green has been performing since baptism. From central Louisiana, Kirkland grew up singing in the church. With a background in musical theatre, and a propensity for telling narratives that elicit raw emotion, he began to create his own melodic stories.  

From the church to Frenchman Street, Kirkland utilizes the style of influential Black musicians well-versed in Gospel, Soul, Jazz, and R&B to create his own Neo-Soul world. 

"Music is a tool designed to make people feel." He's often been seen as the front-man for funk band, KG and the Analog Machine at dive joints like Twelve Mile Limit and The Domino in addition to Frenchman’s own 30/90, BMC. However, nothing compares to opening up for DJ Logic and Friends at Tipitina's or making his 2025 Jazz Fest (Congo Square) and Bayou Boogaloo Debuts. You can also spot Kirkland signing bluesy gospel harmonies with The Asylum Chorus. 

Other notable 2024/2025 performance venues include Black Americana Fest, Howlin Wolf, Siberia, Wild Things Fest, Lafitte Greenway Supernova, Common House, Buffa’s, and more. Kirkland has also performed backing vocals for artists such as John Ronniger, Chloe Marie, JP Summers, Whitney Mixon, and Minos the Saint centering the importance of collaboration in the development of art. In a similar way, he’s used this principle to develop his own concert series entitled “City Sounds”, which is tasked with bringing music to different parts of New Orleans. 

In his most recent project entitled “Unrequited”, Kirkland collaborated with Matt Kruft, Evan Paydon, Braydon Turner, _TheSmoothCat, and Michael Cole to produce a work centered around the topic of unrequited love. This album heavily relies on its use of vocal harmony and storytelling; it is meant to be consumed in succession. By using vocal runs and complex melodies “Unrequited” tackles the often difficult subject matter with catchy hooks. Released as my debut album, this project was conceived in 2023 and released on August 7, 2024. 

As the YAP Theatre teacher for the Bates Dance Festival in Lewiston, Maine, Musical Theatre Instructor for The Adderley School, and programmatic assistant for the Jazz Generations Institute, Kirkland focuses on the importance of providing arts and music education to children and young adults. In these positions, he realizes and capitalizes on the importance of nurturing young artists to ensure they have the tools and space to grow. Consequently, they are able to creatively occupy spaces in the beautiful city of New Orleans, which thrives as a result of its music and history.

In 2026, Kirkland received the Threadhead Cultural Foundation Grant and is currently developing his next project, "Sex Fades".