Liz Kennedy

After graduating from Stanford University, where she studied anthropology, journalism and communications, Singer-songwriter and storyteller Liz Kennedy 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 (her sixth album is forthcoming), she has performed over the years at such renowned Bay Area hotspots as Sweetwater, the Razz Room, the Throckmorton, and many more.   Kennedy enjoys the connection people make to her songs and her live shows. 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.”