Cathie Ryan is an Irish American singer-songwriter, who has released five CDs and tours steadily with her band performing at festivals, folk clubs, performing arts centers and with symphony orchestras. Known for "her crystalline vocals and insightful songwriting," Cathie Ryan has been one of the leading singers in Celtic music since her start in the 1980s. She first came to prominence in 1987 as lead singer of the

Celtic music Celtic music is a broad grouping of music genres that evolved out of the folk music traditions of the Celts (modern), Celtic people of Northwestern Europe (the modern Celtic nations). It refers to both orally-transmitted traditional music and ...

group,

Cherish the Ladies Cherish the Ladies is an American female super group that plays Celtic music. The band began as a concert series in New York in January 1985. It was the brainchild of Mick Moloney who wanted to showcase the brightest female musicians in Amer ...

, with whom she recorded two CDs. She began her solo career in 1995.

Family

Ryan is a first generation Irish-American from Detroit, Michigan. Her parents are Mary Ryan (née Rice) from Asdee,

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, and Timothy Ryan from Newport,

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. She moved to New York City at age seventeen to attend

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. She now resides in County Louth, Ireland.Paulu, To
Irish musician Cathie Ryan performs Saturday
''The Daily News''. May 29, 2015

Discography

*1997 ''Cathie Ryan'' (Shanachie Records) *1998 ''The Music of What Happens'' (Shanachie Records) *2001 ''Somewhere Along the Road'' (Shanachie Records) *2005 ''The Farthest Wave'' (Shanachie Records) *2012 ''Through Wind and Rain'' (Mo Leanbh Records)

Collaborations and other appearances

*1998 "Mother" (North Star Records) with Robin Spielberg and Susan McKeown *2002 "Narada Presents: The Best of Celtic Christmas" (Narada Records) various artist *2003 "A Woman's Heart – A Decade On" (Dara Records) various artist

References

External links

Cathie Ryan Home page
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ryan, Cathie American expatriates in the Republic of Ireland American women singers American people of Irish descent Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Singers from Detroit 21st-century American women