Monday Mercy Hour w/ Kevin Russell and Short Ribs

Step into Monday Mercy Hour with Kevin Russell and the Short Ribs, where the spirit of Shinyribs turns an ordinary weeknight into a wild little reverie of song, story, and swampy soul.

Kevin Russell, the mind and voice behind Shinyribs, brings his house-party-meets-library energy to the room: part raucous Gulf Coast jubilee, part thoughtful storyteller sharing tunes carved from a lifetime of Texas roads, bayou backroads, and back-porch dreams. One moment he’s leading you through a woozy, horn-soaked groove that feels like Texas Gulf Coast colliding with Muscle Shoals; the next, he’s dropping a tender, literary ballad that hushes the crowd and lets every word land.

This Mercy Hour is a kind of musical porchlight: warm, strange, and welcoming. Russell draws on the swamp pop, rootsy R&B, folk, and country influences that shaped his work with The Gourds, then filters them through the playful, irreverent lens of Shinyribs. You might hear a slow-burn soul number, a twangy story-song, a bayou funk shuffle, or something that sounds like it crawled out of a jukebox in a dream.

Expect tall tales, crooked love songs, and melodies that feel like they’ve been hitchhiking around the South for decades before wandering into this room. It’s a junkyard of juke and a shack of shakin’ souls, where the beat is loose, the lyrics are vivid, and the whole night feels like a backyard gathering that accidentally turned legendary.

If your idea of mercy is a strong song, a strange story, and a groove that lets your mind drift somewhere sweeter, Monday Mercy Hour with Kevin Russell and Short Ribs is your weekly ritual in the making.

• Live, intimate set from Kevin Russell of Shinyribs
• A swirl of swamp pop, soul, roots, folk, and country
• Story-rich songwriting with a playful, literary streak
• Laid-back Monday hang with the vibe of a front-porch party