Vocalist

Irish singer-songwriter Karan Casey has been blazing a trail for over 30 years. A lover of ballads, love songs and searing versions of social justice songs, and fond of a good yarn, she has toured the world making deep connections with her audience connecting via Ireland’s past but crucially repositioning women and songs in a universal and a modern setting. She has released eleven albums as well as contributing to numerous other artists’ projects – appearing on more than 80 albums so far - and has toured extensively throughout North America, Europe and Japan, performing with her own band as well as collaborating with such diverse musicians as Maura O’Connell, James Taylor, Bela Fleck, Boston Pops Orchestra, Kate Ellis, Niall Vallely, Pauline Scanlon, The Chieftains, The Dubliners, Peggy Seeger, Karen Matheson, Mick Flannery, Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin, Tim O’Brien and Solas. In 2018 Karan helped found FairPlé which is an organization aimed at achieving fairness and gender balance for female performers in Irish traditional and folk musics. Karan tours with her band Niamh Dunne and Sean Óg Graham (recently chosen by the Bothy Band as their guitar player).

Karan Casey with openers Sorcha Costello & Diarmuid Ó Meachair - BOH Presents

Barre Opera House

Don your green attire and join Eric Jacobsen and the Virginia Symphony Orchestra for a St. Patrick’s Day celebration! Acclaimed Celtic harpist and composer Maeve Gilchrist will perform her very own Celtic Harp Concerto, and Irish folk singer-songwriter legend Karan Casey will showcase her soulful interpretations of Irish traditional singing. With expressive ballads, rousing reels, and familiar tunes like Londonderry Air and The Irish Washerwoman, this is an event not to be missed!

St. Patrick’s Celtic Celebration

Sandler Center for the Performing Arts

Legendary Irish folk singer Karan Casey has released 12 albums to date and has toured extensively throughout North America, Europe and Japan singing songs charged with a sense of social responsibility in a career spanning more than 25 years. A founding member of traditional supergroup Solas, Casey draws inspiration from a wide range of sources from the personal to the historical and political, touching on themes of family, loss, love, the empowerment of women and Irish revolutionary struggle. Karan returns to Blackstone River Theatre to kick off the month of March and will be joined by Niamh Dunne on fiddle and vocals, and guitarist and accordionist Sean Óg Graham, both of the Irish folk band Beoga. This evocative trio has toured together for several years and tonight’s show premieres songs from her newest CD, “Nine Apples of Gold” as well as favorites from Karan’s back repertoire. Casey has long been recognized as one of the most innovative, provocative and imitated voices in Irish traditional and folk music. In 2017, Karan was Traditional Artist in Residence at University College Cork, toured the UK with the Transatlantic Sessions, performed at Glasgow’s Celtic Connections, and toured in the U.S. both with her own band and with Lúnasa. In 2018 Karan helped found FairPlé, an organization aimed at achieving fairness and gender balance for female performers in Irish traditional and folk music.

Karan Casey

Vocalist

Events

Past events

Sep 28, 2024

Karan Casey with openers Sorcha Costello & Diarmuid Ó Meachair - BOH Presents · Barre Opera House

Mar 17, 2024

St. Patrick’s Celtic Celebration · West Virginia Symphony Orchestra

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