Kendra Smith

Kendra Smith’ s musical life reads like a dreamer’s continuum—alchemy and psychedelia braided through underground scenes, whispered departures, and quietly luminous returns. A founding force in the Paisley Underground, Smith co-created The Dream Syndicate in 1981 after a KDVS-era garage apprenticeship, shaping the group’s feedback-kissed minimalism and contributing bass and vocals to The Days of Wine and Roses (1982). Even at that origin point, her voice felt like a compass […]