From Pennsylvania to South Korea, the story of Kerry Kenny is one of constant movement, both musical and personal. A songwriter, bandleader and multi-instrumentalist whose creative background stretches across musical eras and around the world, Kerry’s journey has been unique and exciting at every turn. Raised in Scranton surrounded by traditional Irish music, her first stage was her family’s pub, the region’s oldest Irish public house, where fiddles, bagpipes and voices rang out every St. Patrick’s Day.
By four, she was already harmonising with cousins in The Kenny Kids and singing at festivals and on local TV, long before she could imagine just how far that early spark would take her. Even from those beginnings, Kerry was restlessly curious; the Beatles taught her the power of vocal layering, opera training in college developed her technique and her travels through Europe and Asia expanded her sense of what music could be. Studying Irish music in Limerick and computer music in Krakow, she fused the traditional with the modern and while teaching English in South Korea and Thailand, she picked up languages and rhythms that would later filter through her songwriting.
Over time, all those experiences, the cultural, emotional and musical, coalesced into the sound that now takes shape as the Kerry Kenny Band. The band is a wild blend of rock, folk, punk, pop and Celtic energy, threaded together by Kerry’s bright vocals and storytelling songwriting. On stage, the group leans into improvisation, turning every show into an artistic exchange of spontaneous ideas, a jam-band energy that’s earned the Kerry Kenny Band its reputation for performances that make audiences dance, cry and rejoice in equal measure.
In 2023, they released their debut full-length record Pining Time and last month, they followed up with their sophomore album, Brutal Best. Now Kerry Kenny Band brings us the remix version of the title track from their first LP, a track which takes the original’s emotional context and injects it with lively instrumentation and driving energy. Released via Sony Orchard, it’s an anthem for motion, a song that distils heartbeat of city life into a grooving rock jam packed full of catchy songwriting, slick lead vlion flourishes and wrapped in gritty aesthetic.
The accompanying video, co-directed by Kerry and drummer Mark Grasso, transforms that feeling into an engaging visual experience. Shot guerrilla-style at dawn across New York, it’s a whirlwind homage to the city that never slows down where Krry bolts through Hell’s Kitchen, races across Central Park and high-fives Spider-Man in Times Square, capturing a modern-day Run Lola Run-inspired scenario filtered through the sunlit calm of early morning Manhattan. “I wanted to show the city as I experienced it. Not the postcard version, but the rush of being alive inside it,” Kerry shares.
Every frame mirrors the track’s heartbeat, with sneakers hitting pavement, sunlight catching on glass, the rhythm of city life itself, all tinged by a colourful animated overlay. “Pining Time (Remix)” sees Kerry Kenny Band reframe their music in a completely new way and bring it to life on screen in sensational fashion. Having just dropped their well-received second album, Kerry Kenny Band is set to win over fans from the stage with a string of Colorado shows and a European tour on the horizon.
Watch the music video for Pining Time (Remix) below
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