From a four-night residency in the Olympia Theatre to lighting up American talk shows to gracing the Main Stage of Electric Picnic to selling out a two-night stand at the 3Arenabagging the #1 spot in Ireland and the UK with debut Without Fear, it really has gone very well indeed.
Prior to the release of said album, Kennedy paid a visit to the JOE studios to sit down for an in-depth conversation with Dion Fanning as part ofDiscussing his move from busking on the streets to packing out shows, Kennedy spoke of the importance of independence, noting that he was able to bring his audience with him on his own terms."It's on you as an artist to develop and to grow but you don't want to isolate or ostracise those people.
"I put so much emphasis on the importance of what I do live, because I don't really do any of the other mad stuff, I don't do social media gimmicks or anything like that, I don't have some mad personality that draws people in. I win people over at a gig. That's where I try to make it as special as possible."
In terms of moving towards a more deliberately ostentatious social media presence, Kennedy is highly unlikely to do that any time soon.about him and it's all got to do with the work. It's this beautiful thing. "Obviously that's quite an extreme example, it's like an anomaly, nearly, but that's what you want to be. You can't panic and start doing stupid things just to try and bring in fair-weather fans."