Profile :: Dan Kennedy

Combine the soft lullaby-like young man that used to aspire to make people cry with an angst-ridden youthful exuberance and you have dankennedy's recent music. Gone is the idea that he wants 'music to sleep to - messages that keep you awake'. Now, the detroit-born singer/songwriter expresses what he feels with a passion that takes most first time listeners by surprise. Frequent listeners are regularly drawn to his deeply personal, no-holds-barred lyrics.

Although kennedy questions the meaning of life, the existence of God, and the sanity of Man, there is one thing he never seems to doubt: Love. Even in his more sorrowful songs, love reigns King of all, staying afloat in a sea of uncertainty. Perhaps this is the reason his music is so effective. There is something reassuring about the man who seeks love above all things.
Be it lonely and self-created love, lustful and damaged love, or pure and honest love, kennedy writes about it, and we experience it.

While dankennedy has several albums which are no longer available, he currently has four albums available: "As Confused As The Rest Of The Room (2007)", "A Splinter From The Cross [Live] (2007)", "The Perfect Mind Begins To Rust", which is a split album with the amazing songwriter Joe O'Connor, and lastly a concept album "This Might Be Love" which was narrated by the wonderfully talented Alexandra Navruzova. All seek answers to familiar questions, but the later recordings are a bit more edgy and temperamental. In addition to albums, he's released a book of short stories titled 'The Whore In Red Lipstick' which also includes stories by Joe O'Connor.

While frustration humanity may frequently plague him, dankennedy is really just as curious and overwhelmed by life as the rest of us. "I wanna die knowing that there's a reason above the rules that i've broken and bent. But i know that i'll die with a question mark: is this the end?"