Claire Watts grew up in the parish of Lackagh, Turloughmore Co. Galway Ireland. At the age of 17 she moved to the UK. A keen Irish traditional flute and tin-whistle player, Claire´s music became crucial to expressing her Irish identity. As well as playing in various folk sessions and with different bands in the Bath and Somerset area, Claire also developed her writing and singing style through an apprenticeship of busking the night shift on the streets of Bath in the late '80s and early '90's trying out her new songs on passing late night crowds.