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My Take
Neko Case has one of those voices that you don't just hear, you feel in your chest. Critics reaching for words like flamethrower, vocal tornado and a 120-mph fastball aren't exaggerating; her instrument really does seem capable of leveling a room. What draws me in is that she pairs that raw force with a real artist's sensibility, shaped partly by art school and her work with the New Pornographers, yet her solo songwriting is where her soul shows clearest. I'm always partial to singers whose feeling arrives before their technique, and Case is exactly that. Hearing her live, unfiltered, sits high on my list.
Overview
Neko Richelle Case ( NEE-koh KAYSS; born September 8, 1970) is an American singer-songwriter and member of the Canadian indie rock group the New Pornographers. Case's singing voice has been described by contemporaries and critics as a "flamethrower", her "powerhouse [voice] seems like it might level buildings," "a 120-mph fastball," and a "vocal tornado".
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Neko Case
- Name (Japanese)
- ニーコ・ケース
- Reading
- にーこ・けーす
- Born
- September 8, 1970 (age 55)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Dog
- Origin
- Alexandria, Virginia, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- composer / guitarist / songwriter / singer / musician
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Emily Carr University of Art and Design
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.