The ingredients of Kyle Carey’s music include the songs of the American Folk Anthology, the Appalachian poetry of Louise McNeill, and weekends spent working at Caffe Lena (in Saratoga Springs, NY) and listening to the best musicians in contemporary folk. The results are well described by Kerry Dexter of ‘Music Road’: “It is Kyle Carey’s poetic take on story, landscape, emotion, and language which center things, and her engaging storyteller’s way of singing that opens the door to her stories. Gospel twined with Celtic notes, banjo leading into Scottish Gaelic, miner’s stories, traveler’s tales of loss, change, and recognition, ‘Monongah’ is a varied journey, one worth taking.”
In the summer of 2011 ‘Monongah’ shot to #8 on the July Folk DJ Charts, making Kyle the #10 artist for the summer of 2011. She followed the success of her album with a North Eastern tour alongside Cape Breton fiddler Rosie MacKenzie. Pre-album release tracks off ‘Monongah’ were selected for airplay on Celtic Roots radio out of Belfast, and The Songwriter’s Networks radio station, and the album in its entirety named ‘Album of the Week’ mid-May by Celtic Music Radio out of Glasgow. She has shared the stage with artists that include Mick Moloney, Brendan Begley, and Caoimhin O’ Raghallaigh, Gerry O’Beirne and Maura O’ Connell. Her songs have been praised by Canadian singer-songwriter David Francey and Nashville artist Diana Jones. Kyle has played North America’s most prestigious folk venue, Caffe Lena, and Ireland’s Pan-Celtic festival. Her title track was chosen in April 2011 as one of Songwriter’s Universe ‘Best Songs of the Month’ and in May her song ‘Adenine’ won first place in the Americana Category of the ‘Dallas Songwriter’s Association Song Contest’.
Tickets are $10.00 and are available at the door, online (www.IACC-CT.com) or by contacting Kerry Martens at kmar13@aol.com.
