San Francisco Americana Storyteller Liz Kennedy Gives Fan-Favorite “Arugula” a Playful New Animated Video

Liz Kennedy has released a new animated video for “Arugula,” a fan-favorite track from her 2014 album ‘Speed Bump’, and the story behind the song is as charming as the song itself. A friend challenged her to write something about arugula over dinner, and she did. “True!” Kennedy confirms. The animated visual, described as sweet, fun, and literally spicy, gives a 12-year-old track a fresh moment in the spotlight, and it earns it. The recording features Kennedy on vocals and piano alongside Billy Johnson, Don Bassey, J. Jaffe, Eamonn Flynn, and Omega Brooks, produced by J. Jaffe at Studio D Sausalito. “I just like the guy in the song,” Kennedy says simply. “Someone I married long ago.” That kind of quiet, honest specificity is exactly what makes her songwriting land.