The Kennedys open Linden Tree's 31st season

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Pete and Maura Kennedy Return to the Linden Tree on October 3, 2015

The Linden Tree Coffeehouse organizing committee announces the return of Pete and Maura Kennedy to their 31st season of acoustic music concerts on Saturday, Oct. 3rd. Concerts are held in the social hall of Wakefield’s Unitarian-Universalist Church once a month from October to May featuring national and regional favorite Americana performers. These popular entertainers are returning to the Wakefield venue to entertain those 6 to 96.

For the first concert of the season, THE KENNEDYS who are celebrating their 20th Anniversary with their new CD “West,” a collection of all-new material released April 2015. “West” is a collection of thirteen enchanting tracks whose heartfelt and passionate execution makes for a wonderful listening experience.” - Dave Simpson, Pure M Magazine, Feb 5, 2015.

Pete and Maura Kennedy, both East Coast natives, met in Austin, Texas, joined forces with Nanci Griffith’s Blue Moon Orchestra for a couple of years, and set out on a road that, for two decades, has led them not only west but all over the US and the UK many times. This year, they celebrate their twentieth anniversary both as a band and a married couple. Rather than indulge in a nostalgic look backward, they’ve taken Dylan’s dictum “don’t look back” to heart; writing and recording forty new songs.

2015 sees a Maura solo CD, a Pete solo CD, and the release of “West,” an instant classic Kennedys duo set that seamlessly weaves their influences over the last two decades; Buddy Holly style roots, the tuneful cadences of the Everly Brothers, and the ringing 12-string jangle of the early Byrds, interspersed with darker moments that recall British folk rock a la Fairport Convention.

Ultimately, Pete and Maura knit these disparate threads into a coat of many colors that sounds like a “best of The Kennedys,” but is in reality an all-new collection of songs. The road west is central to the American mythos; it’s the search for musical roots and the fulfillment of a personal American dream that takes shape in songs. Two decades on, The Kennedys are hitting a songwriting high point, and from that point they follow the well-worn American path West.

Thanks to support in part by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, Wakefield Chapter, tickets will be $20, students under 13 $10. Doors will open at 7:30. Home made baked goods and beverages will be sold prior to the show and during intermission.

The Linden Tree Coffeehouse is located at the Unitarian-Universalist Church, 326 Main Street, Wakefield. For more information about the show or to reserve tickets, call 781-246-2836 or visit www.lindentreecoffeehouse.org.