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Kyle Carey & Liz Simmons

Kyle Carey, a 2008 graduate of Skidmore College, deepened her love of folk music while volunteering at Caffe Lena and participating in local Irish sessions. She left Saratoga determined to develop her musical craft. She studied Celtic fiddle styles on a Fulbright scholarship in Cape Breton, learned Gaelic in Scotland, and attracted the support of some of the world's finest Celtic musicians. The result is her debut CD, Monogah, a collection of her Appalachian-inspired songs with a Celtic twist. Her lyrics are those of an accomplished poet with a love of history, and her gentle, clear singing relaxes into the songs with maturity and confidence. She is joined tonight by guitarist Seàn Earnest.
Boston singer-songwriter Liz Simmons studied classical voice in her teens and now uses the technique acquired on the traditional songs of Ireland, Scotland, England and Appalachia that she was steeped in as a child. She "sings with winsome ease and genuine feeling" (Sing Out!), which has put her at the forefront of Boston's Celtic music scene. She is the lead singer of Annalivia, a string-band that fuses Celtic and Americana musical styles, plays in all-female quartet Long Time Courting, and sings with The John Whelan Band. Tonight she'll be accompanied by Flynn Cohen on guitar.