Drew Kennedy’s career spans two and a half decades, 11 albums, one novel, and millions of miles as a singer, songwriter and traveling troubadour, cultivating the kind of wild artistic freedom only sown by a rare blend of grassroots trust and industry approval. Raised outside of Philadelphia, Kennedy played baseball in college in Virginia, then found his way to New Braunfels, Texas, nestled between two rivers and San Antonio and Austin. Nashville called next, and while Kennedy and his wife Holly, an artist and art teacher, have opted to raise their family in the Texas Hill Country, Kennedy spends a lot of time in Tennessee writing in Music Row publishing houses. Entrepreneurial and a believer in deep ties to places and people, he’s also launched the Red River Songwriters’ Festival and the Marathon Songwriters Festival. Kennedy’s 11th studio album, released in May of 2025, consists solely of new songs Kennedy wrong alone, which he called “such a challenge artistically that the end result is beyond my wildest dreams.”
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Drew Kennedy plays Americana, red dirt, and Texas country music, blending roots rock instrumentation with narrative songwriting. Follow Drew Kennedy on Mood.
Drew Kennedy is based in the Texas Hill Country, maintaining deep ties to the regional songwriting community while frequently writing in Nashville.
Drew Kennedy has released eleven studio albums over a career spanning more than two decades as a touring troubadour.
