Casey Dienel
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Casey Dienel (born March 10, 1985) is an American singer-songwriter and musician based out of Brooklyn on the indie label HUSH Records. She plays piano primarily, but also plays guitar, cello, clarinet, accordion, melodica, and a few other instruments. She has an often jazzy vocal and songwriting style and cites Carole King, Joni Mitchell, and Gram Parsons among her early influences on her current performance style.[1]
Biography
Casey lived in a number of small towns in Massachusetts before moving to Boston, including Hudson and Scituate. She first took piano lessons at age 4 and began writing songs at about age 9 and lyrics around age 11.
She attended high school in Scituate, Massachusetts and formed a band a band with a few friends called Helen Keller. Their songs consisted of covers and songs about topics such as Latin and Henry Spodek, but her parents disapproved of the band name and it soon disbanded. It was during this period that she learned to play the guitar, and she cites Black Francis, Johannes Brahms, Marlene Dietrich and Tom Waits among her influences at this time.[1]
After high school, she moved to Boston to attend the New England Conservatory for two years, after which she decided to pursue music as a career. She still plans to return and finish her degree.
During her university years, Casey met Jason Anderson, Nat Baldwin, Dylan Metrano, Juliet Nelson, Sam Rosen and others now of the band Tiger Saw. She has since been part of the band's roatiting lineup and has contributed to individual recordings by members of the band, as well as receiving contributions from them for her own recorded music. She toured with Tiger Saw in the early summer of 2006.[2]
Casey briefly pursued a career as an opera singer, but then returned to writing songs.
In May 2006, Casey released her first album under the HUSH Records label, Wind-Up Canary.[3]
References
- ^ a b "Casey Dienel". 2:30 Publicity. 2006.
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