Karan Casey

Karan Casey is an Irish-American folk singer and jazz singer

Karan was born in Ballyduff, County Waterford, Ireland in about 1969. Her family encouraged her to sing in the house, in a church choir and at school. At Waterford Regi

Karan Casey is an Irish-American folk singer and jazz singer

Karan was born in Ballyduff, County Waterford, Ireland in about 1969. Her family encouraged her to sing in the house, in a church choir and at school. At Waterford Regional Technical College she studied piano then took music at University College Dublin in 1987. Having learned to copy Ella Fitzgerald's scat singing, she performed in a Dublin bistro several nights per week while still a student. At the Royal Irish Academy of Music she studied classical music and sang in a jazz band, then a folk-ballad band, then another jazz band. She also fell under the influence of Dublin folk singer Frank Harte.