Kara Richardson: lead vocals, backing vocals, guitar, piano and on occasions
Kevin Scanlon: guitar, bass, backing vocals
Joanna Harvey: violin
Christian Baudu: accordian
Jimmy Bergin: guitar, Mandolin
Esther Fitzgibbon: Percussion, backing vocals
Keda Tree: guitar, banjolele, cello vocals
Matt Delbassa: bass
John Fitzgibbon: cello, violin, slide guitar, piano
Gary Wagstaff: dobro, bass
Maevis Moon: Saw
Nancy Wagstaff: backing vocals
Jazzy Kid: backing vocals
Roy Gee: sax
Influences
The Spirit Level are a great inspiration, its great to know that that type of thing is still legal and unlicenced. Tom Waits seems to be an obligation in this section , have you seen a myspace worth looking at that doesn't have Tom Waits as an influence. Joan Baez has been my vocal hero since I was about 5 so I'm not going to give her up now. Jimmy Bergin and Maxine Venton who are the best. I find this year for the first time in decades, possibly ever that I actually like some of the bands that have been nominated for Brit awards, Paolo Nuttini, who already this morning has made me quite a few euros with my cover of Last Request, so that must be an influence, Lily Allen is fab, tell it like it is Lil! Amy Winehouse a girl after my own heart, and James Morrison as long as he doesn't speak cos when he does I just don't fancy him anymore. Ok this isn't looking very cool is it . Antony McCartan who's singing playing song writing and drinking abilities were always a great inspiration. Rosie Short the worlds best living female vocalist in my opinion. McDermotts two hours , Nick Drake, John Martyn, Jeff Buckley ( I never really got into Tim but Jeff just has sex writen all over every note) Shane MacGowan and Kirsty Mc Coll Bob Dylan without who we might all still be blowing in the wind. Joni Mitchelle Gillian Welch etc...
My singing career really started in the second year of Junior school when I fell in love my teacher Ray Leah, who could play the guitar and sing.
I first took to the stage aged 8 when I was the singer with a song and dance troop who practiced in the school play ground.
Aged 10 I formed with Alister Cook and Robin Cook a « Peter Paul and Mary » style folk band The New Forest Rovers and actually got a gig in a pub. Well, we did our spot when the real band The Little People, took their break, the rest of the evening was spent in the pub garden playing on the swings and drinking coca-cola. The course of my life was set, except for the swings and coca-cola.
I left school at 17, and took my untunable 12 strin ECO guitar to London for a 3 month training period at Miko's Kentish Town School of Street Performance, then took to the road. A road that was to lead from Ireland, to Australia, Thailand, Greece, Spain, Yugoslavia and finally, 3 guitars, 2 mandolins, an accordion, a fiddle, a horse, a goat, 3 husbands and 5.5 kids later, to the scenic commune of Mauron En Brocéliande.
On the way I gained a wide range of musicale experience playing and singing with groups such as
Miko and the Mikettes (anything that would make money)
The Oroonies, (Influential early pan based trance outfit)
The Bold Marys (Runners up in the Buttervant Busking festival one year around 1990)
Doctor Quatermass and the Experiments (Romanian Rock band)
The Tree Chords (Ariege Irish Folk)
Lugnasa (Celic heavy metal)
The Soup Queens (a cappella glam)
Mary Hail and the Willing Sinners (London Irish folk)
The Joseph Schnider Set (Sick Elvis covers with close to harmony backing vocals)
Eskandalo (Festive latino Ska)
Cherry Tree Lane (Posh girl with a cello)
The Country Geeks (what it says on the label)
The EASY (jazz pop) ZERO listen and tell me
Laisse tes yeux contempler un Pays MAGNIFIQUE (ses célèbres gorilles de montagne, Nyungwe, l'Akagera...), et tes oreilles ouïr ce rappel historique d’un tragique « génocide français » – Rwanda, 1994 – « Parce Que Le Tchad », le film :
Hello me dear. Great pic! I only check my myspace very rarely now as I have been seduced over to the dark side (facebook) eeks. Just thought while I was here I'd wish you well xxx
Hi my friend Kara, hope everything's alright and your projects are working out.
I'm asking you for your support. My song Light on the horizon is one of the finalists of an important german songwritercontest of Rollingstone and aspirin. You can listen to the song and vote for it on my myspace site or directly on
Hi Kara guessing by the new photo that you have sun, green leaves and a glass of wine. Hope all is beautiful. Love from the land of cloud, cider and bare branches xx
Good morning! You're a great accompaniment to a frozen sunny morning in the mountains. Popped into your shed and it looks fantastic, if we ever make it over to your area we'd love to gatecrash. Open invitation to the kitchen extends to you also! New songs are just beeootiful by the way. Cheers and have a good one from the kitties!-)
Indeed! :) It's hot and cold here, the weather changes pretty fast, it's all good though. Is that the really nice old guitar of your friends in the background of your page?...
Haven't been on in awhile, have been away. Happy new year! Hope all's good and groovy. Great new songs there, cool to see the pics from our trip as well. Over in Texas at the mo, will be back home soon and hopefully get workinG on some new songs that have been bouncing around my head! Take care, Bean
Thanks a million for dropping by, it was a lovely surprise to come back to after our short break from myspaceland! We will be haeding by your page soon and whilst there will check out the shed venue, it sounds cool! Happy new year to you and yours, huge thankees and cheers! (catch you soon) :-)
mam, won't have any instruments to play at this gig, don't really know any songs either but will be drunk and wearing a gorgeous dress, will hthat suffice? love keda
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