Mike T. Kerr is a wild guitar player and ambitious songwriter living in downtown Toronto. His mesmerizing playing combines the boisterous Ragtime of the Reverend Gary Davis, the Country class of Chet Atkins, and the explosive energy of Django Reinhardt. During his time at Berklee College of Music in Boston and in over 10 years of performing, he's lived his life through many historical and contemporary musical styles. Always curious to dig up not only a song's history, but the shape of the world at the time, Mike plays passionately and openly while interpreting the great guitar players of the past.

Mike has toured and recorded with William Prince, winning the 2024 Contemporary Roots Album of the Year JUNO for William's album Stand In The Joy. He has toured extensively across the US and Canada playing festivals, halls, house concerts, and theatres with Corin Raymond, Campbell Woods, Mama's Broke, Irish Mythen, Dana Sipos, Bill Poss, Willie Stratton, Ryan Cook, and many more.

While sought after by many musicians to appear on their recordings, Mike has released four albums to date under his own name. 2026's Late Night Libretto, 2025's Spring Garden Bandstand, 2018’s Guitar Rags & Country Ballads and 2020’s Spring Garden Bandstand. Mike swirls between genres and styles, from Piedmont Blues fingerpicking to Django-inspired Hot Swing and classic Country songwriting.

"Mike is an incredibly engaging performer - present with the audience and entertaining as hell! He is truly a master guitar player - whether solo or in a band context, his playing is astonishing." - Matthew Smith, Managing Director, Club Passim (Cambridge, MA)

"The first time I heard Mike T. Kerr play, it took me back to when I was first learning guitar and everything was new again. He floored me with his effortless, yet, razor-sharp playing. It shook up everything I thought I knew and has made me strive to be better ever since. I've started practicing my fingerpicking again because of Mike. Humble, charming and impossible to tire of, his playing and songwriting draw from multiple eras that will surely leave you impressed. You can tell in the first 30 seconds that he has an unbridled passion for guitar playing. A true gentleman." - William Prince

For this show, Mike will bring his trio and perform songs from his most recent album, Late Night Libretto, a Jazz guitar album, as well as his past catalogue.

Find out more here: https://miketkerr.com/