North Carolina singer/songwriter Kenny Shore has just released new album Happiness & Misery, focusing on the human experience.

As they were finishing the recording, Jerry Brown and Kenny Shore reflected on the themes brought forth on this album and realized that the title from the song “Happiness & Misery” fit perfectly. It captures a certain “back and forth” you’ll also find on the album.

Wildfire Music + News previously premiered and reviewed the title track.

When they worked together on Shore’s previous album, Time Stands Still, Shore and Jerry Brown implemented the strategy to start every session with “a well told joke.” They continued to do this on the new album and it helped them not to take each other, or the process, too seriously.

Kenny Shore says, “I think it worked and helped us make sure we were having a good time, doing what we love.”

Kenny Shore has been performing throughout the Southeast for over 30 years. As a preacher’s kid, Kenny grew up singing in the church. He got his first guitar at 16 and just 2 years later, when he arrived as a freshman at Campbell University, he had already written over 100 songs. He has 4 albums on CD Baby along with several digital singles.

After his wife died from cancer in 2017, Shore’s music “shifted” and he sings more from his heart than he ever has before. He loves Americana music and plays clawhammer banjo, but his main instrument is a 1975 Alvarez Yairi guitar that’s been with him many years. For many years he was a psychotherapist and he holds a Master’s degree from UNC Chapel Hill. He is now playing music full time.