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SHIPS IN THE FOREST-CD~~“Setting her clear voice in arrangements that mix traditional and modern instruments, she maintains the taut, quivering ornamentation of old ballad style, singing tales of love, war and murder with a gentle gravity.” - The New York Times "Vocalist of the rarest quality..." - Hot Press “Like the greatest torch singers, such as Billie Holiday, she makes us believe she is sharing confidences, singing just to us.” - Boston Globe Karan Casey is an artist who proves that the ancient and the modern make excellent bedfellows. One of the most influential and imitated vocalists in Irish or American folk music, her crystalline voice is as fragile as it is fierce. On Ships in the Forest, her fifth solo album and debut on Compass Records, Casey’s warm soprano ebbs and flows around ballads both timely and timeless. Produced by and featuring founding Capercaillie member Donald Shaw, Casey surrounded herself with a wealth of special guests including Caoimhín Vallely (piano), Cillian Vallely (pipes), Kate Ellis (cello), Kris Drever (vocals), Martin O’Neill (bodhrán), Niall Vallely (concertina) and Robbie Overson on guitar. The songs found on Ships in the Forest range from fresh arrangements of tried and true folk standards (“Black is the Color of My True Love’s Hair” and “Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye”) to “The Fiddle and the Drum”, Joni Mitchell’s 1969 anti-war madrigal. 2006 saw her spotlighted on the Solas Reunion CD, as a guest vocalist for another well-known Irish group, Lúnasa, as well as joining Peggy Seeger in a special “Songs of Conscience” program at Glasgow’s Celtic Connections Festival. In 2007, Casey’s toured North America with a lineup that featured avant-garde classical musician Kate Ellis on cello, Caoimhín Vallely on piano, and longtime accompanist Robbie Overson on guitar. Casey began 2008 with an appearance at the renowned Celtic Connections festival in Glasgow and has announced tours in both Holland and the United States.
Track Listing:
1. Love Is Pleasing
2. Dunlavin Green
3. Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye
4. Black Is The Colour
5. Town Of Athlone
6. Maidin Luan Chincíse
7. Fiddle And Drum
8. Erin’s Lovely Home
9. Ae Fond Kiss
10. I Once Loved A Lass
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CHASING THE SUN~CHASING THE SUN~Stunning new album from ex-Solas lead singer with powerful traditional and self-penned gems. Features her touring band of Niall Vallely, Robbie Overson and Paul Meehan and confirms her status as the most soulful singer to emerge from Ireland in the last decade?. (The Herald)Track Listing:1. Chasing The Sun 2. When Will We All Be Free 3. The World Looks Away 4. This Time Will Pass 5. The Bown and The Yellow Ale 6. Lady Mary Anne 7. Mother Earth's Revenge 8. Freedom Song 9. The Yellow Furze 10. The Keg of Brandy 11. Waiting For The Snow 12. Bright Winter's Day 13. Jimmy Whelan~CHASING THE SUN|VERTCD070|~870~10350~KARAN CASEY CHASING THE SUN~

SONGLINES - CD~SONGLINES - CD~1. Roger the Miller 2. She is Like the Swallow 3. Ballad of Accounting 4. Shamrock Shore 5. Martinmas Time 6. An Buachaillin Ban 7. The Creggan White Hair 8. The Song of Wandering Aengus 9. One, I Love10. The World Turned Upside Down (The Digger`s Song) 11. The Labouring Man`s Daughter~SONGLINES - CD|SHCD78007|~870~871~Karan Casey~

THE WINDS BEGIN TO SING - CD~THE WINDS BEGIN TO SING - CD~1. Who Put The Blood • 2. the King’s Shilling • 3. Weary Of Lying Alone • 4. Eirigh Suas A Stoirin • 5. Eppie Morrie • 6. Strange Fruit • 7. Where Are You Tonight I Wonder • 8. Buile Mo Chroi • 9. You Brought Me Up • 10 The Snows They Melt The Soonest • 11. The Liberty Tree~THE WINDS BEGIN TO SING - CD|SHACD78044|~870~872~Karan Casey~

DISTANT SHORE - CD~DISTANT SHORE - CD~1- Distrant Shore 2- Another Day 3- Song of Lies 4- The Curra Road 5- The Ballad of Tim Evans 6- Just a Note 7- Lord MacDonald's 8- Quiet of the Night 9- Bata is Bóthar 10- The Four Loom Weaver 11- The Jute-Mill Song~DISTANT SHORE - CD|VERTCD064|~870~873~Karan Casey~

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