Erin McKeown
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Born | Fredericksburg, Virginia, U.S. | October 15, 1977
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Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter |
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Website | www |
Erin McKeown (pronounced
Music career
They grew up in Fredericksburg, Virginia,[2] and now live in Massachusetts. McKeown began their career in the folk scene. They released their first album, Monday Morning Cold in 1999 on their own label (TVP Records), travelling throughout New England while a student at Brown University in order to promote the record. Although they had begun studying ornithology, they graduated from Brown with a degree in ethnomusicology. Early in their career, they collaborated with Beth Amsel, Jess Klein, and Rose Polenzani; the four of them performed as Voices on the Verge.
McKeown's 2005 album,
McKeown's record, Hundreds of Lions, was released under Righteous Babe Records on October 13, 2009. McKeown is currently member of an unsigned band known as "emma", which they created with their friend Allison Miller.[3] McKeown has plans to write a book of poetry.[4] McKeown released "Manifestra" on January 15, 2013. Physical copies also came with a bonus album, "Civics", where they performed the entirety of "Manifestra" solo acoustic in an historic library.
McKeown performs regularly, spending much of their time touring throughout the world with artists such as
They occasionally perform big band music with the Beantown Swing Orchestra.[6]
McKeown was selected to be a 2011–2012 fellow at
In October 2016, a new musical McKeown wrote with the playwright
Discography
- Monday Morning Cold (TVP) (1999)
- Distillation (Signature Sounds) (October 10, 2000)
- Grand (Nettwerk) (June 10, 2003)
- We Will Become Like Birds (Nettwerk) (June 28, 2005)
- Sing You Sinners (Nettwerk) (January 9, 2007)
- Lafayette (Live) (Signature Sounds) (September 25, 2007)
- Small Deviant Things, vol. 1 (TVP) (August 1, 2008)
- Hundreds of Lions (Righteous Babe) (October 13, 2009)
- 3 Songs feat. Marc Dalio and Matt Douglas (TVP) (December 7, 2010)
- F*ck That! Erin McKeown's Anti-Holiday Album (TVP) (November 1, 2011)
- MANIFESTRA (TVP) (January 15, 2013)
- Small Deviant Things, vol. 2 + 3 (TVP) (November 6, 2013)
- According to Us (TVP) (June 24, 2016)
- Mirrors Break Back (TVP) (March 31, 2017)
- Ghostlight Records) (October 5, 2018)
- KISS OFF KISS (TVP) (September 24, 2021)
References
- ^ "How to Say My Name". 23 March 2011. Retrieved 23 March 2011.
- ^ McKenna, Dave. "Jill Sobule and Erin McKeown: Live Last Night". Washingtonpost.com. Retrieved 24 June 2010.
- ^ emma on MySpace Music Archived 2009-01-15 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "interview in Lesbilicious magazine". Archived from the original on 2009-01-06. Retrieved 2008-11-03.
- ^ Queerstock: Who's played
- ^ Video of Erin McKeown performing "Rhode Island Is Famous For You" with the Beantown Swing Orchestra.
- ^ "Berkman announces 2011-2012 fellows". website. Berkman Center for Internet and Society, Harvard University. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
- ^ "Know Before You Go: Miss You Like Hell" Archived 2016-10-27 at the Wayback Machine lajollaplayhouse.org, 2016
- ^ name=erinmckeown.com/date=2018-10-15/ Archived 2018-10-16 at the Wayback Machine
External links
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- Official home page
- http://articles.philly.com/2015-02-03/entertainment/58716262_1_erin-mckeown-tin-angel-balancing-act
- http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/from_breathing_to_birdsong_erin_mckeown/
- Washington Post review of We Will Become Like Birds
- Interview with Erin McKeown - small WORLD Podcast 2006
- Erin McKeown's April 2006 Daytrotter Recording Session
- https://web.archive.org/web/20080427012213/http://www.daytrotter.com/article/37/free-songs-erin-mckeown
- Interview with Erin McKeown Archived 2009-01-06 at the Wayback Machine - Lesbilicious Magazine 2008
- Audio interview with Erin McKeown and Jill Sobule on Well-Rounded Radio, 2009
- Woodsongs Old Time Radio Hour Show #552 - WMV Video[permanent dead link]
- Woodsongs Old Time Radio Hour Show #552 - MP3 Audio[permanent dead link]
- Erin McKeown talks to the PBS NewsHour Archived 2014-01-19 at the Wayback Machine