Karen Young (singer, June 1951)

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Karen Young at an appearance in the Marché Bonsecours .

Karen Elizabeth Young (born June 19, 1951 in Montreal ) is a Canadian singer and songwriter who was successful in both jazz and world music .

Live and act

Young, a great niece of the choirmaster Berkley E. Chadwick, began playing guitar at the age of 14. In the late 1960s she worked as a folk singer ; she had a hit with Garden of Ursh . Between 1975 and 1979 she sang (as Karen Egan) in the bebop vocal group Bug Alley , which she founded and with whom she also appeared at the 1981 Monterey Jazz Festival . In the early 1980s she played leading roles in the musicals Mata Hari and Angel by David Rimmer and Edward Knoll. Then she formed the duo Young and Donato with bassist Michel Donato . The album Young & Donatowas nominated for a Juno Award in 1985. The following album, Contredanse , won a Felix Award in Quebec in the jazz category in 1988 . The duo toured France and the United States between 1987 and 1990.

Young then led her own bands, with whom she toured Canada and released nine albums. In 2008 she received another Félix Award for Âme, Corps et Desir (with medieval texts). She also toured with bassists Norman Lachapelle and Éric Auclair; she also performed with the trio of Sylvain Provost and with Jean Derome . She also composed for the feature films Joseph's Daughter by Ilana Schwartz , The Road from Kampuchea by Anne Henderson and for Revoir Julie by Jeanne Crepeau .

Young's daughter, Coral Egan, is also a singer and songwriter.

Discographic notes

  • 2017: Karen Young / Coral Egan Dreamers
  • 2009: Electro Beatniks
  • 2007: Âme, Corps et Desir
  • 2003: La couleur du vent
  • 2002: Live in Your Living Room
  • 2000: Le cantique des cantiques
  • 1997: Nice Work if You Can Get It
  • 1994: Karen Young / Michel Donato Second Time Around
  • 1993: Good News on the Crumbling Walls
  • 1992: Karen Young
  • 1988: Young & Donato Contredanse
  • 1985: Karen Young / Michel Donato Young & Donato
  • 1981: Karen Young

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SURNAME Young, Karen
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Young, Karen Elizabeth; Egan, Karen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian singer and songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH June 19, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Montreal