The Kennedys. Songwriting duo Pete and Maura Kenn edy make a strong return to the studio and stage after three years of week ly live-streamed lockdown-era concerts. They took the opportunity to explo re classic songwriting in depth\, performing over a thousand songs during the pandemic. That vast overview strengthened and refined their own writin g and laid the foundation for this new collection of original\, socially-c onscious songs.
\n“After such a deep dive into American roots music\ , we felt like we had a new set of writing tools. We were ready to create this body of work\, and there’s just SO much to write about\,” says Maura. “During our five-year hiatus from writing and recording\, America changed in massive ways\, divisive ways that have shaken our whole foundation. Th at has to be addressed by creative artists\, those of us who have a voice to speak for others. Our love of the great things about this country\, thi ngs that are under threat\, is the reason we decided to make “Headwinds” t he title track of the CD. Political and social headwinds are making it har d to get back “home’ to our greatness as a nation. We want to push back in a positive way against those winds.”
\nIn addition to singing and w riting\, Pete and Maura are multi-instrumentalists. The thirteen songs are cast in a soundscape that draws from the classic canon of American roots\ , in keeping with the theme of getting back “home” as a nation. Acoustic a nd electric guitars\, a vintage steel guitar\, a gospel-inflected piano/or gan mix\, and even a slide ukulele all add colors to a songbag of sounds t hat have drawn us together during hard times. Pete and Maura believe that those sounds still have the power to pull us through again.
\nThe Ke nnedys began their writing and touring life three decades ago as members o f Nanci Griffith’s Blue Moon Orchestra\, developing their own sound as a f requent support act on Nanci’s tours across America\, Ireland\, Scotland a nd England. Collaborations with Nanci continued\, culminating in Pete and Maura producing her final album\, “Intersections.” Along the way\, they ho sted a nationwide radio program\, “The Dharma Cafe” on Sirius/XM\, wrote a nd released sixteen CDs of original music\, and have been core artists on folk radio\, expanding their audience further with the inception of the AA A and Americana formats.
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