Jess Kavanagh

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Jess Kavanagh
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Kavanagh performing with The Waterboys in 2019
Background information
Birth nameJess Kavanagh
Born1986 (age 38–39)
Dublin, Ireland
Genres Jazz [1]
Years active2011–present [2]
Formerly of BARQ
Website jesskavmusic.com

Jess Kavanagh (born 1986) [3] also known as Jess Kav, is an Irish musician and activist based in Dublin. [4] She was the lead singer of the musical band BARQ until 2020. [5] Formerly, she was a touring member of The Waterboys [6] and a backing vocalist for the Irish musician Hozier. [7]

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Early life and education

Kavanagh grew up in Beaumont, Dublin. [3] Her mother, Liz Kavanagh, [4] was a feminist who played alongside several female vocalists, including Joan Baez and Bonnie Raitt. [8] Kavanagh's father, who died when she was 13, was intermittently part of her life. [3]

She studied at The Institute of Contemporary Music Performance, [9] and studied English, media and cultural studies at the Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology. [10]

Career

Kavanagh first joined as a backing vocalist for a band called Creamy Goodness. [11] [12] BARQ's single "Bear" was a tribute to her mother. [8]

References

  1. ↑ "Jess Kavanagh". Civic Theatre (Tallaght) . Retrieved 2024-02-20.
  2. ↑ Power, Bairbre (2023-04-21). "Musician Jess Kavanagh: 'I watched Wellmania and my god did I identify with the main character. She's trying to quit all her bad habits but life keeps happening. Same, hun!'". The Irish Independent . Retrieved 2024-02-20.
  3. 1 2 3 Hogan, Caelainn (2021-05-18). "In Ireland, Lifting a Veil of Prejudice Against Mixed-Race Children". The New York Times . Retrieved 2024-02-16.
  4. 1 2 Bryne, Stephen (2020-07-03). "Jess Kav & Havvk share MASI charity single 'Always The Same'". GoldenPlec . Retrieved 2024-02-20.
  5. ↑ Egan, Barry (2016-04-11). "'I get catharsis in every song that I play'". The Irish Independent . Retrieved 2024-02-20.
  6. ↑ Byrne, Stephen (2018-05-11). ""I wondered about all the other women who had died because of this fatal detail in our constitution"". GoldenPlec . Retrieved 2024-02-20.
  7. ↑ Coney, Brian (2014-10-06). "Inbound: Jess Kav". The Thin Air. Retrieved 2024-02-20.
  8. 1 2 O'Sullivan, Eoghan (2017-03-27). "Jess Kavanagh is putting some real bite in her Barq". Irish Examiner . Retrieved 2024-02-17.
  9. ↑ "Jess Kavanagh". Civic Theatre (Tallaght) . Retrieved 2024-02-20.
  10. ↑ Power, Bairbre (2023-04-21). "Musician Jess Kavanagh: 'I watched Wellmania and my god did I identify with the main character. She's trying to quit all her bad habits but life keeps happening. Same, hun!'". The Irish Independent . Retrieved 2024-02-20.
  11. ↑ Byrne, Niall (2018-01-06). "This Album Changed My Life: Stevie Wonder – Songs in the Key of Life (1976)". The Irish Times . Retrieved 2024-02-20.
  12. ↑ Clayton-Lea, Tony (2024-02-17). "Barq on her feet again". The Times . ISSN   0140-0460 . Retrieved 2024-02-17.
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