Maria Doyle Kennedy

There are some things you can always count on. The comfort of a hot drink on a cold day, everything resolving itself after a good night’s sleep, and Maria Doyle Kennedy providing an impressive collection of songs with each new album release.

Maria’s albums truly have it all. There are songs to make you groove, to mellow you out, to get lost in, and to make you cry. There are songs that will fill your heart, and a song that has the ability to stop you cold in your tracks. If you want to go on a journey of beautifully crafted music, stellar lyrics, and a voice filled with soul, then Maria Doyle Kennedy’s latest release is a necessary addition to your library. To quote one of Kennedy’s tracks, her album’s give me “All the Feels.”

The soulfulness and warmth in Kennedy’s voice take her music even beyond the exquisite writing. She sings with such honesty, which is a quality I hear in artists like Bobbie Gentry, Sinead O’Connor and Patti Smith. While their voices are so different, they all have the ability to make the listener become emotionally invested in such an effortless way.

Maria Doyle Kennedy is one of those artists whose albums are each so unique that they have the ability to transport me back in time with every listen. Whether it be back to my college days, a relationship, or moving to a new city, I am always reminded of where I was in life when I first listened to it.