TARA O'GRADY Howlin' at The Howland Performers

Tara O'Grady (Singer-Songwritter)
Tara was featured in the award-winning BBC documentary film Danny Boy: The Ballad that Bewitched the World, which was nominated for best documentary at Ireland's Film & Television Awards in 2014. Her collaboration with choreographer Darrah Carr in the music/dance show Celtic Jazz Tryst was nominated by Irish Central and TG4 television for best stage performance at the 2018 Creativity & Arts Awards in Manhattan. Awarded Irish Voice’s Most Influential Woman, presented by Ireland's Prime Minister in 2010, the multi-talented band leader has performed at the Cork Jazz Festival in Ireland, the St Brigid's Day Festival in London, the An Ri Ra Montana Irish Festival in Butte, and Texas' famous South By Southwest Festival in Austin. Tara is the daughter of Irish immigrants and was raised in New York City. She now resides in Beacon, New York. (Photo Credit: Richard J. Velasco)