Kevin Ayers (born August 16, 1944) is a British rock singer from Canterbury, England.

He was in the pioneering psychedelic progressive rock band Soft Machine in the late 1960s, and was closely associated with the Canterbury scene.

He has recorded a series of albums as a solo artist. Long resident in Spain, he returned to the United Kingdom in the mid-1990s. Now living in the South of France and still regularly touring across Europe, US and Japan with a Belgian backing band. In the past he worked together with Mike Oldfield, Andy Summers, Ollie Halsall and many other famous artists. More information can be found at his website.