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Infobox musical artist| name = Erin McKeown| image =| caption = McKeown in August 2008.| background = solo_singer| Related Acts = Little Joy Albert Hammond, Jr. Nickel Eye | genre = Alternative rock Indie rock Indie pop Folk music|Folk Jazz | label = TVP Records Nettwerk|Nettwerk Records Righteous Babe Records|Righteous Babe | website = http://www.erinmckeown.com/ erinmckeown.com Erin McKeown (pronounced "mick-YONE") (born October 15, 1977) is an United States|American multi-instrumentalist and folk-rock singer/songwriter .
McKeown began her career in the folk music|folk scene. She released her first album, Monday Morning Cold , on her own label (TVP Records), travelling throughout New England while still a student at Brown University in order to promote the record. Although she had begun studying ornithology , she graduated from Brown with a degree in ethnomusicology .
McKeown's music is difficult to categorize in terms of musical genre|genre ; it has touched upon pop music|pop , swing music|swing , rock music|rock , folk, and electronic music , as well as many other genres. McKeown cites The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (book)|The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy as an influence on her music. http://www.lesbilicious.co.uk/music/what-is-it-with-lesbians-and-pie-erin-mckeown-interview/ interview in Lesbilicious magazine
The Philadelphia Weekly recently described McKeown's music, saying:
More singer-songwriters should follow the lead of Erin McKeown, the kooky songbird who's proved both playful and daring throughout her career. With a lilting delivery and chameleonic instrumentation, she even slipped into French for "Coucou," a gem off her unlikely standards album Sing You Sinners. But with McKeown, is anything really unlikely?
McKeown continues to perform regularly, spending much of her time touring throughout the world with artists such as Ani DiFranco , Josh Ritter , the Indigo Girls , Martin Sexton , Andrew Bird , Thea Gilmore , Melissa Ferrick , Allison Miller (drummer)|Allison Miller , and others. McKeown also took part in Queerstock , a music festival dedicated to promoting LGBT musicians. http://www.doriaroberts.com/queerstock/who.html Queerstock: Who's played
Early in her career , she also collaborated with Beth Amsel , Jess Klein , and Rose Polenzani ; the four of them performed as Voices on the Verge .
McKeown's 2005 album, We Will Become Like Birds (produced by Tucker Martine ), served as a departure from her earlier work, with a more rock-oriented sound. At a September 1, 2008, concert at The Gravity Lounge in Charlottesville , Virginia , McKeown told the audience that she wrote this album "in an attempt to write myself out of the worst love sickness|heartache I'd experienced up to that point."
Her next studio release, Sing You Sinners (album)|Sing You Sinners , was released in Europe on the 23 October 2006 and in the United States on January 9, 2007 by Nettwerk|Nettwerk Records LLC . It consists mostly of covers of jazz standards from the 1920s through 1950s.
McKeown's latest record, Hundreds of Lions , was released under Righteous Babe Records on October 13, 2009. Additionally, a series of web concerts recorded in 2009 are available at McKeown's website. McKeown is also currently member of an unsigned band known as "emma", which she created with her friend Allison Miller (drummer)|Allison Miller . http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm? fuseaction=user.viewProfile& friendID=179469515/ emma on MySpace Music McKeown has plans to write a book of poetry.
McKeown is noted for her energetic stage presence and her habit of wearing tailored suits, often with ties and Fluevog shoes, to performances.
She grew up in Fredericksburg, Virginia ,cite web|last=McKenna|first=Dave|title=Jill Sobule and Erin McKeown: Live Last Night|url= http://voices.washingtonpost.com/postrock/2009/10/erin_mckeown_and_jill_sobule_l.html|work=Washingtonpost.com|accessdate=24 June 2010 and now lives in Massachusetts .
She occasionally performs big band music with the Beantown Swing Orchestra . http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=BJL1f4NPGGE Video of Erin McKeown performing "Rhode Island Is Famous For You" with the Beantown Swing Orchestra.
McKeown was selected to be a 2011-2012 fellow at Harvard University 's Berkman Center for Internet & Society . There, she will "work to connect the worlds of policy, art, and technology while considering questions about how to make a creative life a viable vocation."cite web|title=Berkman announces 2011-2012 fellows|url= http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/newsroom/2011_2012_fellows|work=website|publisher=Berkman Center for Internet and Society, Harvard University|accessdate=15 June 2011
http://www.lesbilicious.co.uk/music/what-is-it-with-lesbians-and-pie-erin-mckeown-interview/ Interview with Erin McKeown - http://www.lesbilicious.co.uk Lesbilicious Magazine 2008
http://www.wellroundedradio.net/erinmckeownjillsobule Audio interview with Erin McKeown and Jill Sobule on Well-Rounded Radio, 2009
http://128.163.130.14/woodsongs-552.wmv/ Woodsongs Old Time Radio Hour Show #552 - WMV Video
http://128.163.130.14/woodsongs-audio/552hi.mp3/ Woodsongs Old Time Radio Hour Show #552 - MP3 Audio
Erin McKeown talks to the http://www.pbs.org/newshour/art/blog/2010/03/for-musician-erin-mckeown-the-sweet-sound-of-independence.html PBS NewsHour
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