Kevin Killen (born October 22, 1959) is a Grammy Award-winning Irish music producer, engineer, and mixer known for his work with recording artists including U2, Peter Gabriel,[1] Elvis Costello, Tori Amos, Kate Bush, Jewel, Bon Jovi, Shawn Colvin, Shakira, and David Bowie.
[2][3] Killen was studying sciences at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland in 1979 when a friend told him that Lombard Sound Studios was seeking a trainee.
[6] He has received Grammy nominations for Best Jazz Instrumental Category for his work on Allen Toussaint's The Bright Mississippi (2009) and Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical, for Seth Glier's The Trouble With People (2012).
[citation needed] In 2013 he received a Juno Award for recording and mixing Johnny Reid's Fire It Up CD as Best Country Album.
[citation needed] At the 59th Annual Grammy Awards held in February 2017, Kevin was awarded a Grammy for co-producing and mixing Yo-Yo Ma & the Silk Road Ensemble’s Sing Me Home for Best World Music Album.