Kyle Carey featured artist at Open Book Coffeehouse

The Open Book Coffeehouse continues its ninth consecutive season of showcasing live, acoustic music on Saturday, December 6 at 7:30 PM, with Gaelic Americana artist Kyle Carey. The coffee house is located at the Canton Public Library, 786 Washington Street, Canton. Doors open at 6:45 PM. Admission is $8 general admission and $4 for students of any age.

The ingredients of Kyle Carey’s music include the songs of the American Folk Anthology, the traditional music of Cape Breton, Ireland and Scotland, and the Appalachian poetry of Louise McNeill.
Kyle spent her earliest years in the Alaskan Bush, where her parents were teachers and where she found herself immersed in the Yupik language and its songs—developing a sensitivity to language and music that would aid her later in the creation of her own style of trans-Atlantic folk.

As a young woman, Kyle traveled to Cape Breton on a Fulbright Fellowship to study traditional Gaelic and Cape Breton fiddle. Afterwards, she spent a year on the Isle of Skye in Scotland—honing her skills in the Gaelic language and studying singing technique with Lewis-born singer Christine Primrose, before landing finally in Ireland—where she recorded her debut album Monongah.

Monongah, produced by former Lùnasa guitarist Donogh Hennessy, features some of the finest guest artists in Irish folk. It rose to number eight in the summer of 2011 on the International Folk DJ charts, landing on a number of ‘Best of’ lists by year’s end.

Kyle’s original songs draw heavily from the American folk tradition, while her fluency in Scottish Gaelic makes for her own brand of ‘Gaelic Americana’ music. Her newest release, North Star a fan-funded album produced by Solas founding member Seamus Egan—features another all-star cast (Dirk Powell, Josienne Clarke, Ben Walker, Natalie Haas, Chris Stout), and was released in the fall of 2014 to wide-spread critical acclaim.

Mark Michaelis of WGDR in Plainfield, VT described Carey as, “One of the most gifted singer-songwriters I have come across in a long time.”

Enjoy the relaxing, warm atmosphere of friendly people, good music, hot coffee and homebaked goodies. The Open Book Coffeehouse is located in the community room of the Canton Public Library at 786 Washington Street, Canton, and is made possible by the Friends of the Library. Parking is to the left when facing the library from Washington Street. Enter by the “Special Events” door to the left of the columns, midway into the parking area.

The doors open at 6:45 and the music starts at 7:30. For more information, visit the Open Book Coffeehouse website at http://town.canton.ma.us/library/coffeehouse, send an email to openbookcoffeehouse@verizon.net, find the coffeehouse on Facebook, or call 781-828-6606.