A longtime musician, Rod Kinny has always had a passion for his craft. Beginning in elementary school with band and choir to playing bass in local rock bands as a teen-ager. After graduating high school in a desperate attempt to escape his hometown of Austin, MN., Rod enlisted in the US Air Force. It was the mid 1980's, and he found himself stationed in England. Not particularly fond of his G.I. duties, the lure of the bright lights of London for music, art, pubs, & nightclubs were irresistible during his off-duty hours. Initially hesitant of some of the British pop charts, he soon came to appreciate the music of Level 42, Peter Gabriel, Scritti Pollitti, and many others. After leaving the Air Force and taking up digs in Minneapolis, his frustration mounted doing catering and playing bass in local rock bands. It simply wasn't perking his creativity. And so, he quit music...... Only to be reborn as a solo artist. In early 2002 he released his lifelong dream of a solo record: "Seven Dials".

"Seven Dials" was independently produced on a modest budget and found it's way to internet radio stations around the world. Rod was the winner of a silver artist's award from Radio Gets Wild, an internet radio station in England.

In 2005, feeling the positive impact from his first CD, he began to write for a second: "The Rod Kinny EP". Recording at Starvu Studios, owned by Dr. Fink, formerly with Prince & The Revolution, a more polished CD was released, and he did his first ever tour of Australia in early 2006.

In early 2007 he began his most ambitious recording project to date with Producer Joe Puerta of Ambrosia, and Bruce Hornsby & The Range. The result is the CD “Higher Self” released in May of 2010. “Higher Self” has sold copies in 11 countries and the title track went to #1 on Indie-Music.com’s Adult Contemporary chart.