David Kennedy
On “Vagabond”
I’ve spent the better part of my life thus far as both a young man and an old soul. A wanderer caught between two worlds, worlds apart. And in my time here I have seen the most beautiful things that fill one with life and courage — and those darker days too where not even I was there by my side.
I’ve made friends—and enemies. Lost some on the way.
I’ve made mistakes, given up, and all to start again.
I’ve fallen down, and gotten up.
Fallen in an out of love.
Cried tears of joy and suffering alike.
I’ve regret the left-undone.
Worry and heartache, sickness and grief…I’ve tasted more than twice.
But love and truth, beauty and goodness…have kept also by my side.
My life has been an adventure, in story and in kind.
I’ve left home and returned once more…and things were not the same.
But nor was I a stranger to the withering winds and rain.
Caught between the memories of the world I knew and now…
A vagabond, a wanderer…
A reason why. An any-how.
Nice to Meet You
My name is David Kennedy. I’m Irish going back on my dad’s side, and my mother is from Japan. I am born and raised in the plains of Ohio. I’ve had the fortunate pleasure of being out of place almost anywhere I go. A feeling I’ve learned that we all share, in our own little ways.
Over the years, life has seldom ceased to captivate me in one form or another. I have lived my life with a kind of zeal that often takes my interests deeper than they are wide, and wider than may seem wise. From my earliest moments, a love for language and music has colored the stain glass window of my soul. Two beautiful threads in a fabric I am always weaving, in the arts and in the otherwise mundane.
I’ve been called a modern-day renaissance man—an honor I humbly aspire to hold, as my father before me does.
Of most interest to you, I am a singer, a songwriter, a composer, an author. A poet through and through.
If I can serve you in any way, it will probably involve one of the above.
My adventures have taken me from my humble beginnings in the American Midwest, to the stage at Carnegie Hall. From the izakaya of Japan, to the mountains of Montenegro. I spend my days exploring the intersection of my skills and my interests, as long as adventure calls.
I build things.
I make things.
At the heart of it all: I was born to create.
And that’s what I do. Here you will find the latest of my art, in whatever form that may be. And it’s my hope that my art may reach you in some small, meaningful way.
Because as I say, my life’s work can be articulated as follows: to offer beauty back into a broken world.
Thank you for letting me be a part of your world today.
— David Kennedy