Bridget Kearney (kə́ːnɪj, car'-nee) is an American musician and songwriter. She is a founding member of the band Lake Street Dive and winner of the 2005 John Lennon Songwriting Contest in the Jazz category.
Kearney's solo recording work began with her debut solo album, Won't Let You Down, released by Signature Sounds Recordings in 2017 followed by a number of singles released on YouTube, social media sites such as Instagram and available for personal music collections through most major channels.
Kearney was born and grew up in Iowa City, Iowa. Her mother played flute. She started her journey with music in the Lutheran Church's Cherub choir. Kearney took piano lessons at the age of 5 and began playing the double bass in the 4th grade, which is the year her parents bought a minivan in hopes of facilitating her career. She listened to her parent's rock and roll records from the 1960's and gained an appreciation of the Beatles' music. In high school, she played in the school orchestras and jazz bands and had her own rock and roll band. In interviews she recalls how her jazz band director in high school, Rich Medd, always made class fun saying, "I was always excited to go to jazz band rehearsal and that is one of the reasons I’m still playing music."

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