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Noah is also a skilled artist whose portfolio ranges from oil and graphite portraiture to illuminated manuscripts and murals.Ĭasey was born and raised in Oregon, and owes his love of music to his parents. In addition to Irish and Old World folk styles, Noah enjoys listening to and performing bluegrass and Appalachian music. During his high school years Noah participated in several notable choral ensembles, including the Oregon Bach Festival’s internationally auditioned Youth Choral Academy and the Pacific Youth Choir’s Chamber Choir, but found himself continually drawn back to his original musical passion and folk roots. Noah’s interest in Irish and Celtic culture, enriched by trips to Ireland, Scotland, and Brittany and his three years as a player on Portland’s hurling team, has given him a deep appreciation of history, language, and dialect that is evident in his performances. In 2012 Kevin moved to Portland and shortly after met Noah and Casey and the Clevelanders and Portland lads have been playing since.īorn and raised in the small, rural community of Eagle Creek, Oregon, Noah Cotter has been singing Irish and British folksongs since he was thirteen. Later playing with Mossy Moran, Kevin had many opportunities to travel and play including a week stint at Ri Ra Pub at the Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las Vegas. Opening for bands like Derek Warfield and the Young Wolfetones, The Dublin City Ramblers, The Wolverines and many others he was always encouraged to keep playing. Playing with Respectable Hooligans and Scully all across the greater Cleveland area he earned his chops in pubs, The Cleveland Irish Festival, Lake County Irish Festival and countless other gigs. Growing up in Cleveland, life was steeped in Irish American culture. Kevin got his first tin whistle on his eighth birthday and from there on out it was all music. 2018 – S & A Irish Entertainment 2nd Saturday Community Concert.Spring of 2020 arrived along with the band’s debut album, “Make the Rafter Roar.” As venues began to open again in 2021 following quarantine, and after Tristan moved away across the country, Biddy was once again delivering traditional music to the masses. As a five-piece, Biddy continued to evolve and hone its sound. Nick left the band in early 2019 for other pursuits but not before the six-piece recorded its first single with Billy Oskay at his Big Red Studio. An ever-increasing schedule of pub gigs, Highland games, Celtic festivals, and private events around the Northwest cultivated a supportive and widespread audience. 2017 saw the arrival of Tristan, followed by his brother, Trevor. Kevin, Casey, Noah, and Nick began carving out a niche in Portland, Oregon’s folk scene with a combination of ballads, pub classics, rebel songs, harmonized shanties, and traditional tunes. Biddy on the Bench’s origins go back to the winter of 2013, when the founding members met largely out of coincidence.