Kirby Lyle is a Nashville based multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter. His musical passions infuse folk, alternative, and Americana styles. Lyle’s songs are ripe with exciting, genre defying arrangements of unique melodies, instruments, harmony, and lyrics that are both poetic and relevant.  

“Change Is Hard” is Lyle’s second solo EP. It is a protest album for those who yearn, strive for equality, seize the day, and mourn our collective failures. These eclectic songs are written for everyday people struggling through extraordinary times. They are calls to action- Live your best life now! Help others achieve what we all deserve! Lyle invokes our inner angels and demons to heal ourselves, to reconcile strangers and loved ones, to be held accountable for the betterment of our shared world.

Lyle is a champion of the Nashville music scene. He has spent the last five years immersing himself in the creativity, performing within the best songwriting communities, he collaborates with top caliber and Grammy winning players, writers and artists.

Having embraced sobriety since 2021, Lyle credits music with not only saving his life, but for perpetual inspiration and healing along his journey. His art evokes the genres of 60s folk, 70s rock, 80s metal, 90s pop, and he is also a classically trained cellist, operatic tenor and show choir enthusiast.   

Lyle’s career has spanned more than thirty years. His music is heard on the radio and television, and streamed internationally. He’s performed around the country in hallowed spaces like Carnegie Hall in NYC, and in Europe- the Cathedral of Notre Dame. He was a mainstay in the Chicago folk scene for over a decade, and even gained some notoriety in midwestern talent searches in the 90s...