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Erin McKeown (1977, Boston USA) recorded and released her debut album in 1998. By that time, still studying Ethnomusicology, she started touring around New England (USA) to promote her debut. From the beginning on, Erin McKeown has been a singer-songwriter using mostly guitar and banjo to play.
As the years went by, another four studio albums were the result of McKeown’s hard work: Distillation (2000), Grand (2003), We Will Become Like Birds (2005) and Sing You Sinners (2006, USA: 2007). The songs on these albums vary between folk, jazz, rock and swing. One of the high points she’s had until now is “Queen of Quiet,” (Distillation) which is quite a folk hit. She also released an EP featuring live performances on KCRW Radio in 2006.

Throughout the years, Erin McKeown has done a lot of touring, visiting places all over the world. She has joined in with artists such as Ani DiFranco, Josh Ritter, The Indigo Girls, Martin Sexton, Andrew Bird, and many others. In 2007, she’s touring all over the US promoting her 2006/2007 standards album Sing You Sinners.

Her 2007-2008 touring brought us listeners another live album: Lafayette. This new live album tries to capture the energy of McKeown’s performances. The performed songs are not only from her more recent work, they are also derived from her earlier albums. With “As Fast As I Can” McKeown also plays Monday Morning Cold; the record she used to promote during her student days.

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emberek44 wrote:
24 days ago

Tri-Factor Remix!!!!

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cmcenerney wrote:
27 days ago

Hi, all...I just posted an audio interview I did with Erin + Jill Sobule about new models for the music industry. It's a fun listen and features highlights from both Hundreds of Lions and California Years: http://www.wellroundedradio.net Enjoy, Charlie

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kingbelly wrote:
last month

yeah really amazing new album. i must confess i didn't like sing you sinners, but hundreds of lions is great.

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Bayou16 wrote:
last month

new album is amazing (a little sad imo)

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nicoinfurs wrote:
last month

John Darnielle likes it, so should I! lol, will check this out

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Gurdonark wrote:
last month

Folk artists and thirty second previews do not go well together.

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cece1337 wrote:
August 2009

hell yeah!!

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kms15 wrote:
July 2009

a new righteous babe! awesome.

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neebatelna wrote:
July 2009

canadian is a distinction ;)

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jessefivey wrote:
July 2009

Someone tagged her as... Canadian? This is not the first place I've seen that tag misused! Wow, do people think that's is a genre, or something? It's a nationality.

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bupkaplan wrote:
May 2009

yay!

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alandres wrote:
April 2009

Thanks Silvana, I was liked.... kisses...

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jaishashi wrote:
April 2009

Have just downloaded the lastfm stuff for mac and trust me guys its good. Ought to try it ... .

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jessefivey wrote:
April 2009

I listened to We Will Become Like Birds almost exclusively for two months when it came out.

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JonzoBird wrote:
January 2009

Great! eihgighwigwehg

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captainbeardie wrote:
January 2009

Saw her supporting The Be Good Tanyas around the time of Distillation. Brilliant. Incidently she did her support slot and the gig was cancelled due to flooding - a leaky roof!

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TygerKrash wrote:
October 2008

Saw her in Sugar Club in Dublin last weekend. Great Gig. Great performer and incredible musician. Even managed to keep her tempo even with the 'Weird Clappers'

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earthwarriorgal wrote:
October 2008

Was amazing at gig on Friday in UK - blown away. And she was good enough to sign my CD.

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palanwen wrote:
August 2008

what's the best album to get?

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Brennding wrote:
July 2008

striker..!!

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