Basic Information

Label: Appleseed Recordings
Members: Maura Kennedy - vocals/guitar; Pete Kennedy - guitar/vocals

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The Kennedys
New York, NY        Folk / Rock / Pop

Bio

Pete and Maura Kennedy met at the Continental Club in Austin Texas. Within a few weeks, they went on their first date at Buddy Holly's grave in Lubbock, TX, and within a year, they were touring together, as part of Nanci Griffith's band, and as the opening act on Nanci's two month tour of the British Isles. In a dusty little dressing room on the top floor of Dublin's Olympia theatre, they penned the songs that would become their first CD, "River of Fallen Stars". The CD was awarded the "Indie...

Comments

Jacquescoley
Jacquescoley: Hey guys: Stopped by to say hello. Digging "Never Learn." Cheers. J  Oct 29
Russell Christian
Russell Christian: Great music here! I am enjoying very much. Respect from Detroit.  Jul 16
attacker
attacker: Wow, very impressive! !  Jul 11
Rick Parnell
Rick Parnell: Liking "Pick You Up"  Jul 02
Jim Dyck and Richard Franklin
Jim Dyck and Richard Franklin: Great vibe on Speed of Soul. The harmonies are great.. sounds like a summer hit on any radio station. Love it.  Jul 01
Richard Johnston Music
Richard Johnston Music: AWESOME TUNES  Jul 01
BRAZEN
BRAZEN: Lovin it!  Jun 06
Dan De Santis
Dan De Santis: Very uplifting and refreshing. Great songwriting.  Mar 27
Grace@Arms
Grace@Arms: Loving those guitars! Great vocals and lyrics too!  Mar 16
Auriemma
Auriemma: Time Aint Long just knocked me out with one punch to the gut :)  Feb 28

Press

"Byrdsy jangle and boy-girl harmonies...irresistible"
—  Rolling Stone Magazine

Chart Position

Folk charts
for New York, NY.

Artist Stats

Fans: 10,796
Song Plays: 41,375
Visits: 21,275
Video Plays: 1,878
Widget Hits: 317,892

Status

Status: The Kennedys just finished recording their next CD. Look for it this spring.

Blog

Pete's (finally) giving private guitar lessons!
Oct 06, 2008 at 12:30 AM
You probably know that Pete loves to play anything with strings; acoustic and electric guitars, ukulele, banjo, mandolin, bass, in any style from rock to folk to jazz, classical, and bluegrass. Well, he's teaching ALL that stuff now, one-on-one, at the coolest little guitar shop in the East Village. If you live within driving distance of New York C...

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