Benoit “Kennedy Street” Album Launch

There are times we all feel a certain desire to move from some minimal experience to one of meaning. We believe and long for a reality of more worth than what our relatively short existence has shown us.

The songs of Kennedy Street move from this point and circle back to it. It's like looking back to look forward, sideways to go backwards, upside down to get to where you are now.

Kennedy Street was recorded in single takes with the band, with only some occasional additions here and there. Therefore, what you will hear in this set of recordings is the movements and life of music in real time.

This is not the only way music should be, but there is certainly something special about feeling your way through a song as if you're in the room. You can sense the songs going somewhere and though there is a plan, you can't be sure how things will turn out. Risk and freedom weave together as if they were never apart.

These songs were presented to the band as they were, raw and archaic. Yet, each musician was able to bring their experience, flavour and personality to each of the songs, creating something that couldn't have been foreseen.

Kennedy Street is Benoit's first studio album recorded with his band, and will be formally launched at the Gemco Players Community Theatre on the 11th of April, 2026. 

Get your copy of Kennedy Street here.