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Kara Rich

About Me

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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

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 16/01/2007
Band Website: http://perso.orange.fr/the.easy
Band Members: 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...
Sounds Like: A mixture of the above will bells on
Record Label: Waltz and all
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

The best of 2008

Well that's it for 2008, and what a year. Talk about peaks and troughs, mountains and valleys and long and lonesome plains, but mainly wild parties and brilliant music with fantastic people. I've met ...
Posted by on Sat, 03 Jan 2009 06:35:00 GMT

Me on the radio

Hiyou can now download the radioshow I recently did with Tasha Child by clicking this link   November 16th .
Posted by on Thu, 27 Nov 2008 12:50:00 GMT

Blag Borrow and Steel

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Posted by on Wed, 01 Oct 2008 19:30:00 GMT

All information is imaginary

Hola girls and boys Well I'm back in Brittany and it is raining, wouldn't you just know it. Had a super time en angleterre, started in Bristol where Ali and I got a residency in Magrots caf...
Posted by on Thu, 10 Jul 2008 04:55:00 GMT

Murder and magnums

Saturday night I took Lily and the girl gang to camp at St Lery, and then I went to la fête de la musique in Loyat. This is a small village just up the road. It started raining but I braved it anywa...
Posted by on Sun, 15 Jun 2008 23:39:00 GMT

ZERO

hello, for latest blog see ZERO's page xxxxK  
Posted by on Thu, 22 May 2008 02:07:00 GMT

On the beach, whose wearing what and whose not?

It's Sunday May 10th and the beach at Portivy is full the semi, and less, clad long weekenders. They are packing in tight amongst the rocks. The sea is still far from the land, leaving a long ankle de...
Posted by on Mon, 12 May 2008 07:25:00 GMT

So far....

I left my house on Saturday with Jack. For those of you who are not familiar with the structure of my family, and it is quiet complex, Jack is my 17 year old son, who is currently planning to take ove...
Posted by on Wed, 30 Jan 2008 13:25:00 GMT

Crossroads

While ideally wondering the Breton country side, looking to find a decent crossroads where I might sit myself down and await a travelling sales man with an interest in trading my weak and meagre soul ...
Posted by on Sun, 16 Dec 2007 01:19:00 GMT

Golden carpets of falling leaves

Yes it was still there when I got back to the bar, my bag, I left it in the bar in Chef Chouan, you remember, and yes it was still there and completely unmolested when I got back which confirms anothe...
Posted by on Thu, 15 Nov 2007 06:55:00 GMT