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Erin McKeown Pronounced "mick-YONE" Is An American Multi-Instrumentalist Producer And Singer/songwriter. Recent Tour Dates Can Always Be Found At Www.Erinmckeown.Com. McKeown's Music Is Difficult To Categorize In Terms Of Genre It Has Touched Upon Pop Swing Rock Folk And Electronic Music As Well As Many Other Genres. Where McKeown Cites The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy As An Influence On Her Music 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's Latest Record Hundreds Of Lions Was Released Under Righteous Babe Records On October 13 2009. Additionally "CabinFever" A Series Of Web Concerts Recorded In 2009 Are Available At McKeown's Website. McKeown Began Her Career In The 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. Earlier Works Include The Roots And Folk-Orientated Distillation 2000 Mainly Pop And Swing-Orientated Grand 2003 We Will Become Like Birds Rock And Pop 2005 And The Jazz And Swing-Orientated Sing You Sinners 2006 USA 2007 Considering She's Praised For Vivid And Entertaining Live Shows Erin McKeown Released Several Live Records Such As An EP Featuring Live Performances On KCRW Radio In 2006 And Live Recordings From Sirius FM By The End Of 2009. read less