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“To hear Kennedy’s Kitchen is to experience the heart of music, the culture of the songs being handed from musician to musician, the beauty of melody untouched by gimmick and the magic of this group of musicians coming together with one aim - to leave you, and them, breathless. Then, on the the next song, they’ll have you partying and dancing as never before. One of America’s best!” - Tom Schaub, Entertainment Director of the Michigan Irish Music Festival Kennedy's Kitchen plays tear-up-the-floor, break-your-heart beautiful Irish music: traditional dance tunes, pub and original songs, stories, jokes, and well embellished tall tales. They have played from New York City to Chicago and from Dayton, Ohio to the Irish Fest in Muskegon, Michigan, entertaining audiences with their own special sound on: fiddle, whistles, banjo, bouzouki, guitars, bodhran, harmonica and bass. It's the ancient tradition and it's as fresh as a spring rain. Led by joHn Kennedy, a former Professor of Economics at Notre Dame, Kennedy’s Kitchen is based in South Bend, Indiana and has grown over ten years out of weekly seisuns at Lula's Cafe in South Bend, Indiana. As a seisun is as much a social gathering as a musical one, so like their performances, the music is intermingled with stories, jokes and well embellished tales. No two performances are the same. Out of their respect for each other's talents comes an abiding drive to share their enthusiasm for Irish music and culture with others. Rowdy and toe-tapping or sweet and sentimental, you'll have it all. Kennedy’s Kitchen has played the Krannert Center at The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and The Shaheen Music Series at Saint Mary College. In 2006 they shared billing with Tommy Makem at the DeBartollo Performing Arts Center at the University of Notre Dame. The Kitchen is a regular performer at region's premier venues for acoustic and folk music. The band’s third CD, A Pocketful of Lint, was chosen among the top thirty acoustic CDs of 2007 by WVPE FM 88.1's The Back Porch. Related Links: |
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