Performance
Jess Kavanagh
Jess Kavanagh is credited on 11 releases across 3 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 2019–2020 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
11
Pressings credited
3
Albums
2
Decades active
1
In collections
Biography
Jess Kavanagh (born 1986), also known professionally as Jess Kav, is an active Irish-Nigerian musician, session vocalist and playwright based in Dublin. Recognised as one of the most exceptional vocalists in the Irish music landscape, her career includes extensive touring and recording credits with Billy Idol, The Waterboys, Villagers and Hozier. She began her songwriting career as the front-woman in BARQ and is now writing her debut album as a solo artist. Kav continues to perform, arrange vocals and create interdisciplinary theatre. She was awarded the prestigious Arts Council Ireland Music Bursary 2024 to develop the music for her body of work Fermented Dreams. She transferred this body of work into a solo musical play which premiered at Dublin Fringe Festival 2024 to a sold out run.
Bio from Wikipedia
Credited work
11 releases · 3 albums · active 2019–2020
- Performance · 28
Studios: Puck Towers · Ocean Soul Studios · The Bunker, Welwyn · The Cauldron Recording Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- The Waterboys
- Columbia Mills
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