WHO IS SHE?
A Manchester-based songwriter who, according to her latest promotional material, 'knows how to write heartfelt sad ones about real things'.
Like all the greatest Manc musicians, though, young Paige Kennedy is someone who knows how to deliver her melancholy in rich, sonically expansive ways.
Her tools might be guitar, bass and drums, but Kennedy’s music never feels like it’s defined by any genre.
Veering from art-rock to indie-folk to jazzier, almost proggy interludes, her omnivorous songcraft is a perfect mix of sweetness and snarl, all combined with shrewd, evocative lyrics that come from a place of deep solitude.
After a string of show-stealing support slots over the past 12 months, Kennedy is now gearing up for her first major headline show this weekend, in support of new single, Finga.
Miss it at your peril.
FOR FANS OF
Wolf Alice, Anna Calvi, Marika Hackman, Alt-J.
MAKE A DATE
Paige Kennedy plays Soup Kitchen on Saturday, May 11.
