Jess Kavanagh Explained

Birth Name:Jess Kavanagh
Birth Date:1986
Birth Place:Dublin, Ireland
Genre:Jazz[1]
Years Active:2011–present[2]
Past Member Of:BARQ

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]

Early life and education

Kavanagh grew up in Beaumont, Dublin. Her mother, Liz Kavanagh, 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.

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.

References

  1. Web site: Jess Kavanagh . 2024-02-20 . . en-GB.
  2. Web site: 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!' . 2024-02-20 . . en.
  3. News: Hogan . Caelainn . 2021-05-18 . In Ireland, Lifting a Veil of Prejudice Against Mixed-Race Children . 2024-02-16 . The New York Times.
  4. Web site: Bryne . Stephen . 2020-07-03 . Jess Kav & Havvk share MASI charity single 'Always The Same' . 2024-02-20 . . en.
  5. Web site: Egan . Barry . 2016-04-11 . 'I get catharsis in every song that I play' . 2024-02-20 . . en.
  6. Web site: Byrne . Stephen . 2018-05-11 . "I wondered about all the other women who had died because of this fatal detail in our constitution" . 2024-02-20 . . en.
  7. Web site: Coney . Brian . 2014-10-06 . Inbound: Jess Kav . 2024-02-20 . The Thin Air . en-US.
  8. Web site: O'Sullivan . Eoghan . 2017-03-27 . Jess Kavanagh is putting some real bite in her Barq . 2024-02-17 . . en.
  9. Web site: Jess Kavanagh . 2024-02-20 . . en-GB.
  10. Web site: 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!' . 2024-02-20 . . en.
  11. Web site: Byrne . Niall . 2018-01-06 . This Album Changed My Life: Stevie Wonder – Songs in the Key of Life (1976) . 2024-02-20 . . en.
  12. News: Clayton-Lea . Tony . 2024-02-17 . Barq on her feet again . 2024-02-17 . . en . 0140-0460.

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