Gotta like love stories. I do. So I think today I’ll tell
\none.<\/p>\n
Once upon a time there was a session musician named Pete. Pete,
\nwhile hanging out at the Continental Club in Austin, Texas, met
\nMaura. Instant karma. Within twenty-four hours they had written a
\nsong together, and that’s like being practically engaged in some
\ncircles.<\/p>\n
At any rate, Pete soon left to go to Telluride, Colorado, where
\nhe was playing in folk legend Nanci Griffith’s band. Maura liked
\nPete. Maura called Pete after the show. Maura and Pete agreed to
\nmeet in Lubbock, Texas, which was halfway between Austin and
\nTelluride (which, incidentally, should show you how damned big
\nTexas is — but I digress. Pete and Maura went to Buddy Holly’s
\ngrave for their first date, thereby proving they knew romance when
\nthey saw it, and in this case it was made of granite and had Buddy
\nHolly’s name spelled right (Holley, of course). From such fairy
\ntale beginnings came the acoustic-guitar-pop duo The Kennedys, who,
\nnot incidentally, are a darned fine couple of musicians and the
\nproud momma and poppa of their new CD,
\nStand<\/i>.<\/p>\n
Patently refusing to be considered ‘folkies,’ The Kennedys are
\nmore the kind of singer-songwriters who hang out at open mike
\nnights and coffeehouses. The difference between The Kennedys and
\nmost of these people is that the Kennedys have oodles and scads of
\ntalent. Chiming guitars and catchy melodies get served up neatly by
\nMaura Kennedy’s wonderful, wonderful voice and Pete Kennedy’s
\nwistful harmonies. Kennedys’ songs get stuck in your head and will
\nnot, will not, will not get out, to the point where you will find
\nyourself singing them in the grocery store and getting weird looks
\nbecause you can only remember half the words. (This would be funny,
\nexcept that it’s true.)<\/p>\n
The strength of such music is in the songs, and
\nStand<\/i> does not disappoint. We have “Dharma Caf\u00e9,” a
\nstory of one of those open-mike people with talent; the bright and
\nidealistic “Stand”; “Dance Around In The Rain,” a joyous paean to
\nblowing off some steam; the thought-provoking “When I Go”; and the
\nfairy-tale-with-a-twist magic of “Anna And The Magic Gown.” By far,
\nhowever, the crown jewel of what is a pretty high-value set is
\n“Raindrop,” a truly elegant condensation of the cycle of life,
\ndeath, rebirth, and rainfall. (That, in case anyone is concerned,
\nis the one I was singing in Aisle 7.)<\/p>\n
On
\nStand<\/i>, The Kennedys prove themselves to be some of the best
\npure musicians — and magicians — I’ve had the privilege to
\ndiscover in a long time. Don’t miss them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":26539,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[6063],"rating":[5646],"class_list":["post-37822","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-the-kennedys","rating-rating-a"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/37822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37822"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/37822\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=37822"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=37822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}