Amy Curl & Dan Kennedy

New Website!

admin — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 06:17:35 +0000

We’ve got a new website, on a new server, and a new outlook on life! Please be patient as we rebuild our little electronic home on the information superhigway! We’ll be adding all our old content and will be better about updating things this time around! Keep checking back, you’ll be glad you did!

It’s finally here!

Dan — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 14:11:58 +0000

The first snow of the year? Election Day? Thanksgiving? Hey, let’s not lose sight of what’s important, now: OUR CD RELEASE SHOW!!!

We are really excited (note CAPS used to intimate shouting in previous sentence) to present our new EP “Sharing A Head” live at Cafe Montmartre on Friday November 14. We’ll be performing the whole record- plus some AC/DK classics- all with a full band, all plugged in and everything, and we would love to see you there!

Also performing with their bands will be rising star Garrett Ramquist and pop superhero Mark Croft (check them out at
myspace.com/garrettramquist and markcroftmusic.com). It’s going to be a night of great music at a very cool venue- 100% fun with absolutely no filler!

Critics (every)where are saying “If…you see one show)… this season, it…should… [be] the Sha(ring A H)ead [CD Release at the Mo(mo)...] (!!!)”. Could they really all be wrong? Seriously, all of them? All wrong? Not likely.

Find out for yourself….

Friday, November 14
9.30 pm
Cafe Montmartre
127 E. Mifflin
Madison
themomo.com

$10 cover includes a copy of the EP

See you at the show!

Peace,
Dan and Amy

CD Release Update!

admin — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:12:52 +0000

The new phone books are here! The new phone books are here! I mean, We’re finally releasing our CD! We’re finally releasing our CD!

Please join us on Friday, November 14 at Cafe Montmartre as we celebrate the release of our EP “Sharing a Head.” We’ll be rocking out with a full band, and everyone will take home a copy of the EP! Also rocking out with their bands will be Garrett Ramquist and Mark Croft (check them out at: myspace.com/garrettramquist and markcroftmusic.com).

We’ll be posting more details as the big day approaches.

Peace,

Dan and Amy

Radio, Radio

admin — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:14:12 +0000

Our soon-to-be-released EP “Sharing A Head” is getting some airplay across the country! Now you can support local, independent, and college radio… and us! Here’s how: Step 1. Turn on radio (presumably already tuned to your fave independent local station). Step 2. Sit back and listen, glowing with the satisfied glow of a bona fide Patron of the Arts who is both glowingly satisfied and satisfiedly glowing with glowy satisfaction. And to think, you made it happen by calling in that massive pledge during the station’s pledge drive and buying all of our records (don’t forget the back catalogue- you did mail those checks out, right?).

Special thanks to KSCL Shreveport and WKDU Philadelphia!

Enjoy this message, because I’m sure the next one will be crafted by my personal assistant while I screen my calls in a darkened penthouse suite somewhere in London.

Still accessible to the general public,
Dan

May- What A Month It Was!

admin — Sat, 31 May 2008 14:15:46 +0000

May. Wow, I mean what can you say? It was just… well, what do you say about May? What CAN you say about a month so full of life and promise, so boundless in it’s color and fire, so resonant, so replete with possibilities…
To attempt to describe the rich tapestry that is May would surely serve only to diminish its beauty, its wonder, its majesty, its Mayforthishnessitude. Ah, May, what a month it was, and forever will be.

Fun with Steve and Jim

admin — Sat, 17 May 2008 14:16:34 +0000

Madison Songwriters Group has gotten the SIR (Songwriters in the Round) series going again, and last week we got to share the stage with Steve Schad and Jim Schwall, two fantastic Madison writers. Ancora was on fire! Thankfully, the fire was quickly extinguished due to some fast thinking patrons who formed an espresso cup brigade. No one was injured.

Next week we kick off our “Summer of the Markets” tour of farmers markets of south central Wisconsin. What could be better than listening to some sweet panoptic pop while shopping the market, and then feeling that sense of well-being that accompanies the sound of large-denomination bills landing in an open guitar case? Ahhh, summer.

Crossroads, Cross Plains, Cross-Pollination, Cross Purposes, Cross-Hatch It Off Your List Because You Missed It.

admin — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:17:44 +0000

We had a great time last Friday at the Crossroads Cafe in Cross Plains with the eminently overqualified Nancy Rost and Dave Schindele. The words were a cascade of tumbling water, and the water was some kind of crazy super-water with super-amazing flowability power! (I know, !!!) Putting the analogies aside for a moment like a child’s toys at the dawn of adolescence (that was a simile- pay attention!), we really enjoyed playing to a room packed full of friendly faces including some fellow MSG members and Fawmers. Lots of new songs were played, lots of old songs were played, old friends were embraced, new friends were smiled quizzically at (are we supposed to hug now, or shake hands, or…), Joe the sound guy was great, Mary the owner was great (she’s my current pick for nicest venue owner ever), and Amy got Nancy to do “Golden Gate”- what more could we have wanted? Alright, sure, if you want to get technical, sure, that would have been nice, but realistically, I mean, come on. Anyhoo, if you were there, thanks for being there, if not, what was your name again? But seriously, folks, not to worry, just keep checking back here or at myspace.com/curlkennedy for more show dates and news about the developing plans for the release show for the new EP.
Until we meet again,
Dan

Busy Little Leprechaun

admin — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:20:51 +0000

It’s been a busy time for us, but not for US, if you know what I mean… and I think you do! Overt duo activity has been low as we get geared up to release our new EP (more details soon- keep checking back), but that is no excuse to sit at home just pining for us. We can be seen all over town in one of our many other disguises. Dan has been spotted hiding behind an electric guitar in 21st Century Jones, the Mark Croft Band, and the Getaway Drivers, while Amy fans had many chances to catch our aforementioned “busy little leprechaun” singing with Navan and new venture Tairis, especially
during this past weekend’s celebrations of the rich, green tapestry that is Irish culture! More Amy and Dan shows are coming soon, I promise!!! Meanwhile, if you’re not getting your RDA of smarty panoptic pop, just navigate on over to itunes or cdbaby and download “In An Orderly Fashion”. The $5 will soon be forgotten, and the soothing music will be yours forever……..

Books, Company, and Grounds of a Higher Nature

Dan — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 14:21:56 +0000

Did some laundry last night. That same weird lady followed me out of the laundromat again mumbling “unbalanced load, too many socks,” or something like that. Oh, wait, this is not the laundry journal!

Okay, so we played at Books and Co in Oconomowoc (spell that ten times fast), and the lady from the laundromat followed us in, mumbling… alright, there was no weird lady, just a room full of nice and attentive music fans hanging on our every word. I’m getting to like these acoustic shows.

We also recently played the Higher Grounds Coffeehouse, held in the beautiful sanctuary of the Living Waters Church in Sun Prairie. We were blessed with a nice crowd, great behind-the-scenes people (thanks Jay and Brian!), and the quick wits to edit some of our “adult” lyrics for the all-ages crowd. Adult lyrics? Amy and Dan? Yes, it’s true. Hear them for yourself on our ep “In An Orderly Fashion,” available at shows or through www.cdbaby.com. Get it soon, the first pressing is almost sold out! Here endeth the plug.

Until we virtually meet again,
Dan

Fun with Mary Bue!

Dan — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 14:22:48 +0000

Mary who? Find out for yourself at www.marybue.com. We already know, having shared a fun night with her at Mother Fool’s on Saturday. It was a night of top-notch singering and songwritering for a capacity crowd. Thanks to everyone who crammed themselves into the place and deafened us with accolades (ah, the sweet ringing of the applause-battered ear!). Don’t be left out again; put yourself on our mailing list (see the box at the bottom of this page) and we’ll let you know where we’re going to be. I mean performing… not, you know, at the grocery store or whatever. We’re off the grocery store circuit after that “incident”. (Tip for grocers: if your “vegetarian” crab cakes contain real crab, do not offer them to the woman at the piano.)

Contractually obligated to be yours,
Dan