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Based in Sebastopol, CA, Suzuki Cady brings acoustic Irish and American music to audiences in and around the San Francisco Bay Area. Suzuki sings and plays fiddle, mandolin, banjo, and bodhrán. She also composes tunes and teaches Irish Music for All Instruments class.

Suzuki performs regularly with multi-instrumentalist/singer Jimmy Murphy in their Hardly-Strictly Irish duo, Cady & Murphy. She plays in a string trio with Stevie Cornell, and co-founded the bands New Wild Hog and The Pure Drops.

With an abiding love of traditional Irish music, Suzuki has played extensively at sessions throughout the Bay Area and further afield. Her fondness for the art form led to pursuits and outlets as far away as Galway, Ennis, Dublin, and Paris.

Suzuki began her singing career at age seven as a professional Colorado Children’s Chorale member. At age twelve, she was invited to tour mainland China with the Colorado Children’s Chorale Tour Choir.

Suzuki sings and enjoys a variety of musical styles. Her sense of rhythm has been informed by a lifetime of dance training. She has an extensive background in Flamenco, Afro-Brazilian, West African, Congolese, and rollerskate dance! She is currently studying Irish Sean-nós percussive dance.