As a member of Solas for four and a half years,
Karan Casey recieved critical acclaim from Japan
to america as one of Ireland's great singers
. Now, well into her solo career, she has established
herself as, in the words of The Wall Street
Journal, "One of the true glories of Irish
music today", a standing confirmed by having
been twice voted Best Female Traditional/Folk
artist by Irish Music Magazine readers and her
nomination for a prestigious BBC Radio 2 Folk
Award.
Karan has learned from avariety of musical sources,
starting with a church choir and local mentors
Lupeta Sheenan and the Foran Family in her own
parish Ballyduff Lower. After moving to Dublin
for university studies in Italian and Classics,
she also trained in piano and voice at the Irish
School of Music and the Royal Irish Academy
of Music. In 1993, Karan emigrated to New York
and pursued a jazz degree at Brooklyn's Long
Island University. After making the rounds of
the sessions in New York, she joined Seamus
Egan, Winifrad Horan, John Doyle and John Williams
to form the highly acclaimed group Solas. The
band recorded three albums in four years and
won NAIRD awards for each. They played with
Bela Fleck, Iris DeMent, Jerry Douglas, Donal
Lunny, and the Cheiftains, while touring extensively
in America, Europe and japan.
Four albums into her solo career, Karan continues
to explore the boundaries of Irish song. Fully
versed in the genre's subtleties (and comfortable
singing in Gaelic), she is equally is equally
at home transforming Billie Holidays jazz classic
"Strange Fruit" into a chilling ballad
from beyond the Pale or applying Billy Bragg's
"Distant Shore" to the plight of modern
day African refugeees in Ireland.
Karan Casey Band has already performed at many
pretigious venues, including the Kennedy Center,
WOMAD USA, A Prairie Home Companion, Mountain
Stage, Philadelphia Folk Festival, Strawberry
Music Festival (with Tim O'Brien's Crossing),
Symphony Space, Knitting Factory, Kentucky Center
for the Arts, Hollywood Bowl, and (participating
in Paul Winter's solstice Celebrations) the
Cathedral of John the Divine.
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The
Ithaca Catholic Worker and CRESP proudly present
a benefit concert featuring renowned Irish
singer
Karan
Casey
and her band
With
special guests Irish traditional band TRAONACH
opening the show.
St
Patrick's Day, March 17, 2007 at 7:30pm
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IRISH MUSIC for St. PATRICK'S DAY in
ITHACA!
Eileen
Ivers and Immigrant Soul
plays the State Theater March 10th.
Buy a ticket for BOTH shows
for ONLY $30. -To take advantage
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Come celebrate and support a good cause. Proceeds
from the Karan Casey concert will go to the
Ithaca Catholic Worker and the efforts to stop
the war and close down Guantanomo.
"A voice so beautiful, it's almost
impossible to avoid falling under her spell"
-Associated Press
"Casey's voice is among the loveliest
in folk music, and she is a wonderful interpreter
of both contemporary and traditional
material." -Boston Globe
"She is one of the true glories
of Irish music today!"
-The Wall Street Journal
Visit Karan Casey on the web at: karancasey.com
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