Karan Casey
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Karan Casey

Karan Casey grew up in Dublin with traditional Irish music, jazz, and folk around her. She started singing with the group Moving Hearts in the early 1990s,...

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Karan Casey's quiet, persistent Irish folk voice

A singer who moves between traditional ballads and new writing without chasing trends.

For a good sense of her range, listen to 'The Creggan White Hare' alongside 'Distant Shore'. One feels like it's been sung for centuries, the other like something written yesterday.

Casey's voice has that rare quality where it feels both ancient and immediate. Songs like 'Just A Note' and 'Ae Fond Kiss' show how she handles traditional material with a light touch, while 'When Will We All Be Free' points toward her own writing. Her music just sits in that space between old and new, quiet but persistent.

She grew up in Dublin with traditional Irish music, jazz, and folk around her. After singing with Moving Hearts in the early 1990s, she went solo by the end of the decade, releasing her first album 'Songlines' in 1999. She kept recording through the 2000s and 2010s, putting out albums like 'The Winds Begin to Sing' and 'Ships in the Forest' while occasionally speaking out on political matters.

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Karan Casey grew up in Dublin with traditional Irish music, jazz, and folk around her. She started singing with the group Moving Hearts in the early 1990s, and her voice stood out enough that she went solo by the end of the decade. Her first album, 'Songlines,' came out in 1999.

Her songs like 'Just A Note' and 'Ae Fond Kiss' show how she works with traditional material, but she writes her own too. She put out albums like 'The Winds Begin to Sing' in 2006 and 'Ships in the Forest' in 2012. When she plays live, she often has Niall Vallely on guitar, Eamon Murray on bass, John Doyle on bouzouki, and Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh on drums.

In 2010, she spoke publicly about the Irish government's handling of the financial crisis, which caused some trouble with her funding. She kept recording anyway, releasing 'The Tide' in 2018. Her music doesn't really chase trends; it just sits in that space between old ballads and new writing, quiet but persistent.

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