With a reputation of creating lyrical content in her songs that are instantly memorable, Liz Kennedy has announced the release of her most recent single “Waving At Trains” which evokes nostalgia and pure delight to the ears and hearts of her listeners. “Waving At Trains” is available for pre-save HERE. Watch the lyric video on her official artist YouTube channel HERE.
Liz reflects, “This first song from my coming album continues to reflect the rootsy quality that I have been leaning towards, combining acoustic instruments with the rock and blues elements from my own folk background as a young kid in the early 60’s. My producer, Joel Jaffe, has done wonders helping me move my Americana sound forward to its eclectic, modern finish.”
"My sister lives at a ranch right on the ocean. A train rolls past daily. They have this great bocce ball court that looks out at the trains and the sea beyond. Her whole family surfs. They walk under the tracks and out to the beach. I visited with my grandkids once. While there I wrote this song, using some piano keys on my cellphone as I had no other instrument handy,” shared Liz Kennedy. “Young Jamie had just mastered knowing all the state capitols at the age of 6, so I threw in Lincoln, Nebraska. As a kid I would love waving at trains. You don’t see who’s there, always, but hope someone is looking. And as the song says, I’ve always lived near the sea. And where I grew up trains are often sailing right along the beach."
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About Liz Kennedy:
After going through a whirlwind of life changes, the San Francisco based singer-songwriter, Liz Kennedy, has come to see songwriting not as a choice but something she has to do. She says music sustains her and offers a way forward. Her decade-plus as a critically acclaimed recording artist has brought her confidence in her ever-unfolding identity as a quirky, often humorous and ever-insightful storyteller committed to honesty and finding something unique to say.
After graduating from Stanford University, where she studied anthropology, journalism and communications, she settled in the Bay Area, where she worked for film companies that made TV commercials for many years. Long before reality TV became a mainstream part of our culture, Kennedy specialized in casting real people (instead of professional actors) for commercials. She was also married and raised two children. In her later 40s, around the time she began realizing she had “songs in my head” that had never been recorded, she met Jaffe, who liked what he heard and encouraged her to take her work as a singer/songwriter more seriously. In addition to her growing catalog of recordings, she has performed over the years at such renowned Bay Area hotspots as Sweetwater Music Hall, the Razz Room, the Throckmorton Theatre and many more. Kennedy enjoys performing live and the connection people make to her songs in an intimate setting. Yet before performing there is recording. “There are inexpressibly sublime moments in the studio, listening to what these great musicians bring to my songs,” she says. “I have literally fallen to my knees with the joy of an unexpectedly beautiful touch. There’s no greater moment for me than when we are all listening to the finished product and loving what we hear, experiencing our collective ownership.”
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