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“Who is Izabel Crane?” is a question with quite a few answers. The simplest is that Izabel Crane is the musical moniker of Springfield, MO singer/songwriter Liz Carney, but it’s more than just a stage name. It’s a somewhat amplified version of Carney herself that can contain everything from to deeply personal truths to folklore-esque storytelling, all shrouded in timeless songwriting and Carney’s rich voice.
Even as a teenager first being introduced to everything from the likes of Billie Holiday to Radiohead, Carney could already sense an intangible quality in music--an uncanny means to communicate and relate with others. She explains, “I’ve always been so shy and getting into music helped me connect with people. When you’re 15 or 16 it’s just so astounding to listen to this stuff, I would learn the songs and imagine myself playing them for people.” Before long Carney was going to school for jazz studies and playing three hour sets of standards at private parties as part of a jazz group that would eventually evolve into Izabel Crane. But the stuffiness of the classes and the limitations of the genre began to feel creatively stifling, and meanwhile Carney was also becoming more and more fascinated with her Ozarkian roots. “I was getting really interested in the history of my family, getting inspired by how beautiful Missouri is, and started thinking of my story as part of my ancestor’s story and the Ozarks being a part of me.”
Even as a teenager first being introduced to everything from the likes of Billie Holiday to Radiohead, Carney could already sense an intangible quality in music--an uncanny means to communicate and relate with others. She explains, “I’ve always been so shy and getting into music helped me connect with people. When you’re 15 or 16 it’s just so astounding to listen to this stuff, I would learn the songs and imagine myself playing them for people.” Before long Carney was going to school for jazz studies and playing three hour sets of standards at private parties as part of a jazz group that would eventually evolve into Izabel Crane. But the stuffiness of the classes and the limitations of the genre began to feel creatively stifling, and meanwhile Carney was also becoming more and more fascinated with her Ozarkian roots. “I was getting really interested in the history of my family, getting inspired by how beautiful Missouri is, and started thinking of my story as part of my ancestor’s story and the Ozarks being a part of me.”
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