Bre Kennedy

One Liner:  Truly lovely poppy folky singer songwriter stuff

Wikipedia Genre:  No Wikipedia, pop that leans towards folky country?

Home: Nashville

Poster Position: Recent addition
Weekend Two Only.
Friday at 3:10.

BMI Stage.

Thoughts:  No Wikipedia, so you have to take in the sort of Public Relations gobbledygook about who she is.  Apparently raised in a music household (name check Petty, Aretha, and Carole) and influenced by "mesmerizing talents" like Carlile, Fleetwood Mac, Feist, and Raitt, she spent some time in L.A. and then loaded up her Nissan and headed out to Nashville.  Another article notes that she grew up in California with a Blues and Rock musician for a father, who was a single dad and moved the family around a lot.  She says that a girl heard her singing in the middle school bathroom (who does that?) and the girl was like, you have to go audition for this showcase in Hollywood (who does that, outside of a Disney musical?) where she met her manager.

I think the best comparison I have in my head right now are the newer sounds from Maggie Rogers.  Fantastic voice over sweepingly large, pop-centric folky tunes.  I've run through the whole catalog and it is really just good music.  "Control" sort of bites the violins from "Bittersweet Symphony."  "The Hardest Part," a duet with Hadley Kennary is freaking beautiful.  "The Vase" is not only beautiful but also lyrically very clever.  But some of the new album definitely leans into harder guitars for bits, even though her voice stays pretty over the top.

Her first EP, 2019's Jealous of Birds, has her second biggest streamer.  The title track with 5.2 million streams.

Live version, couldn't locate a normal video for this one, but you definitely get the vibe there.  "I'm jealous of birds, 'cause down here it hurts, but I think I'll stay." That is rad.  And the harmonies going on in there are so tasty.  After that, she released 2020's Twenty Something, then 2021's Notes to Self, (a bunch of singles next) and finally 2023's Scream Over Everything.  That new album hasn't been getting the streams but it is really enjoyable.  But her top streamer overall is from that 2020 disc.  This is "Nothing Compares" with 6.2 million streams.

Slightly different than the album version, but you get the idea.  Almost has the feel of a contemporary Christian track, but even so, really a gorgeous song.  This is deeply enjoyable music.  Being at 3pm is kind of nice, actually, in this instance, in that it could make for a really nice little break in the action.  Music to lounge on the grass to for an hour.