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Kyle Carey’s unique fusion of ‘Gaelic Americana’ draws on 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. Immersed in the Yupik language and its songs, she developed a sensitivity to language and music that would later help her create her own style of trans-Atlantic folk.
As a young woman, Kyle traveled to Cape Breton on a Fulbright Fellowship to learn Scottish Gaelic. She then spent a year on the Isle of Skye, honing her Gaelic and studying singing technique with Lewis-born singer Christine Primrose, before moving to Ireland to record her debut album.
She has released four albums: Monongah, North Star, The Art of Forgetting and The Last Bough. All have been critically acclaimed and are expressions of her distinctive ‘Gaelic Americana’ sound.