Dan Kennedy - Jackson Coffee Company

Dan Kennedy at Jackson Coffee Company

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 consistently drawn to his deeply personal, no-holds-barred lyrics and the stories behind them.

Although a dankennedy album will put you through the emotional wringer, the overall experience is soothing and calm. While 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.

Many albums have spanned the last decade, with hundreds of record sales. dankennedy currently has four albums currently available: "A Splinter From The Cross [Live] (2007)", "The Perfect Mind Begins To Rust", (a split album with the amazing songwriter Joe O'Connor), a concept album titled "This Might Be Love" (narrated by the wonderfully talented Alexandra Navruzova) and most recently "Handful Of Confessions". 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 includes stories by Joe O'Connor.

While frustration with 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?"