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Martin Kennedy

9.4Album ReviewsBackseat DownunderMusicNews

Martin Kennedy has been nothing if not prolific in recent times. From All India Radio to collaborations with Gareth Koch and Steve Kilbey, Kennedy has brought us some of the finest moments across many variations incorporated in the rock genre. His band, Observers, continues this fine tradition he has built. It is the somewhat harder …

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Backseat DownunderInterviewMusicNews

Martin Kennedy has a had a long and impressive career in music. He was given a guitar with four strings at the age of fourteen, made up his own chords and eventually formed Melbourne band Pray TV, releasing 5 albums and touring the US, before forming All India Radio and collaborating with other musicians such …

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8.5Album ReviewsBackseat DownunderMusic

Both Martin Kennedy and Gareth Koch have created some stunning collaborations separately with The Church’s Steve Kilbey in the past years, and it is not surprising that the two Hobart residents have leaned over the garden fence in the southern capital with a cup of sugar and some music files to work together. The result …

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9.0Album ReviewsBackseat DownunderMusic

There is a mesmerising aura to All India Radio‘s absolutely magnificent album ‘Afterworld’ that spills forth a series of incredible beautiful moments that glitter and shine. This is an album that immediately send you into a blissful reverie with its quiet, ambient movements that are emotional and affecting. The album is a connecting whole – …

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Backseat DownunderMusicNewsTrack / Video

All India Radio‘s Martin Kennedy is the musical genius behind the magnificent Kilbey/Kennedy album ‘Jupiter 13’ reviewed by me last month. Already a strong contender for album of the year from me. While responsible for the shimmering instrumentation behind Steve Kilbey’s evocative vocals in this release, Kennedy’s main day job is in All India Radio …

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