Terry Kane Sings

Light lilting Irish music with laughter. 

Terry Kane grew up in a proud community of Irish-Americans who had emmigrated to the Fingerlakes Region of NY from Ireland at the time of the potato famine. The youngest of 11 children, she can’t remember a day without song and dance; harmonizing with her mother and siblings. Tap dancing and square dancing were also a part of every week but Terry’s mother was proudest of her grandfather’s Irish step dancing and the history of set dancing the family continued among the local Irish farmers on “Paddy’s Hill.” She attended Crane School of Music in Potsdam, NY, receiving a Master's Degree in Music Education.  After moving to the Philadelphia area she was able to take Irish language classes from Deirdre McFarland and from native Irish speakers who had immigrated from Co. Donegal, (Dún na nGall). Terry has continued her studies for 20 years, including many trips to Ireland to collect songs and take Irish language and singing courses.  She currently hosts several monthly Irish music sessions as well as festivals throughout the summer. She sings and plays popular American music in many styles several times a week for private events.

Helene Zisook Speer was a classically trained violinist from the age of six and an alumna of the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra. In college, she turned her bow to Celtic, British, Eastern European, and Klezmer music as a founding member of the folk-rock band Broadside Electric and is featured on their many recordings. She has also been spotted playing avant-garde and progressive rock as well as musical theater. She regularly fiddles for folk dances in the Philadelphia area. She had her debut as a Jameson Sister at Church of the Holy Spirit on St. Patrick’s Day 2023 providing lively fiddle arrangements and vocal harmonies.