Album Profile:   The Kennedys - Positively Live!

RELEASE DATE: JUNE 5 2001

Special thanks to Kelly Gould and Rocky Bayer at Kelly Gould & Company  for the artwork

Kennedys Release First Live duo CD

on their new label: Jiffyjam

(distrubuted by Redeye)

Pete and Maura Kennedy bring it all back home with their new release, “Positively Live!”.  The husband and wife songwriting and production team have been championing melodic, guitar based folk/pop since 1995, when their first release, “River of Fallen Stars”, won the NAIRD Indie award for Best Adult Contemporary release.  Since then they’ve explored, on CD, their own territory—the three-minute folk-rock song.  “Life is Large” was a sunburst of 12-strings and harmonies.  “Angel Fire” was a reflective, acoustic effort, and “Evolver” pushed their own production envelope to the limit, incorporating psychedelic and electronic sounds into the folk/pop mix.  All the while, they were building a solid national following through constant touring, and their live show took on a life of it’s own—two acoustic guitars, two voices, and extended jams that busted through the boundaries of the three minute pop song.  Much more emphasis on the guitars, much more room for Maura’s voice to stretch out, and more space for their wide ranging, offbeat eclecticism to freely flow.

“Positively Live!” is the first CD that captures this, The Kennedys’ live show.  It crackles with energy and humor, it showcases Maura’s voice in the excitement of a live setting, and it documents, for the first time on CD, the groove oriented modal guitar jams that make this duo unique in the world of singer-songwriters.  For years, their fans have been asking for a CD that captures the sparkling chemistry of the duo in concert, and it’s finally here…“Positively Live!”.  The fourteen-song set includes seven numbers never released on a Kennedys CD.  These include the rootsy “Distant Thunder”, “Rappahannock”, and “Run Red Lights”, as well as Robert Johnson’s “Come In My Kitchen”, and an incendiary “Orange Blossom Special”.  The other selections include Kennedy favorites such as “Life Is Large” and “River of Fallen Stars”, presented here in their onstage versions, with extended guitar jams.

“Positively  Live!” showcases The Kennedys for the first time as a duo—two guitars, two voices, and the energy and spontaneity that make their live show something unique and special. This is the CD their fans have requested for a long time—The Kennedys “Positively Live!”

"Positively Live!" will be available only through the web site and at live shows.  A limited number of special advance signed and numbered copies are available.

Track Listing: 
Life Is Large
Highway 10 (instrumental)
Come In My Kitchen
River Of Fallen Stars
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
Rappahannock
The Coo Coo
Angels Cry
Bend in the River
Distant Thunder
Orange Blossom Special
Shearwater
Sirens
Encore: Run Red Lights

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