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THE KENNEDYS Celebrate 20th Anniversary with their new CD "West," a collection of all-new material.
(Release date in UK: March 23;
in US: April 14, 2015)
“West is a collection of thirteen enchanting tracks whose heartfelt and passionate execution makes for a wonderful listening experience.” - Dave Simpson, Pure M Magazine, Feb 5, 2015. (Full Review Here.)
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Additionally, Maura is set to release her second solo CD entitled, "Villanelle: The Songs Of Maura Kennedy And B.D. Love." All 15 songs on the album are collaborations of published poet B.D. Love's lyrics and Maura's melodies.
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Meanwhile, Pete has completed his solo album called "Heart Of Gotham," set to be released in late Spring. This album is a rock song cycle, every song about New York City.
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The Kennedys: West
Pete and Maura Kennedy, both East Coast natives, met in Austin, Texas, joined forces with Nanci Griffith’s Blue Moon Orchestra for a couple of years, and set out on a road that, for two decades, has led them not only west but all over the US and the UK many times. This year, they celebrate their twentieth anniversary both as a band and a married couple. Rather than indulge in a nostalgic look backward, they’ve taken Dylan’s dictum “don’t look back” to heart; writing and recording forty new songs.
2015 sees a Maura solo CD, a Pete solo CD, and the release of “West,” an instant classic Kennedys duo set that seamlessly weaves their influences over the last two decades; Buddy Holly style roots, the tuneful cadences of the Everly Brothers, and the ringing 12-string jangle of the early Byrds, interspersed with darker moments that recall British folk rock a la Fairport Convention.
Ultimately, Pete and Maura knit these disparate threads into a coat of many colors that sounds like a “best of The Kennedys,” but is in reality an all-new collection of songs. The road west is central to the American mythos; it’s the search for musical roots and the fulfillment of a personal American dream that takes shape in songs. Two decades on, The Kennedys are hitting a songwriting high point, and from that point they follow the well-worn American path West.
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