the TRiO is: e. mckeown- guitars, keyboards and throat + a rotating cast of incredible singing drummers and electronic keyboard artists... fast and fierce. currently allison miller on drums and todd sickafoose on bass, most days
Influences
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i devour culture: movies, plays, books, music, ART ART ART. i can't live without it... the one specific thing i will say is that i do not own a TV and havent for some-time. i am proud of this... i am not saying i dont WATCH TV, because i do... i just dont OWN one. i make special trips out to see what's important to me (six feet under, the red sox world championship ring ceremony)
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From elegant pop to balls-out rock, sweet electronics to witty swing, Erin McKeown has packed a ton of music into her young career. With 5 albums, 2 EPs, and numerous soundtracks and compilations to her credit, the 29-year-old songwriter and multi-instrumentalist hasn't stopped for a breather in the last 10 years. Along the way she has averaged 200 shows a year and garnered the praise of fans and critics alike. McKeown's newest release is Lafayette, a rollicking evening with her six-piece Little Big Band.
"Airborne metaphors carry the songwriter Erin McKeown all the way through her fourth album, We Will Become Like Birds (Nettwerk). Her clear mezzo-soprano sounds perpetually optimistic, and so do the syncopated electric guitar parts she picks and plucks through the sparsely arranged but fully realized songs." - Jon Pareles, New York Times
"Her operative mood is effortless grace." - LA Weekly
"Her playing is so muscular, her arrangements so well conceived that she succeeds brilliantly. As with all truly great guitarists, the wonder is less in her chops than her choices."- Boston Globe
"In several distinctive ways - voice, dynamic subtlety, and sheer songwriting ability - Erin McKeown is in a class of her own."- Sunday Times (UK)
I love your music and seeing you perform live last year at Mobius was great. I was so disappointed your show this year was cancelled - hope you come back sometime soon!
so i was checking into a Ramada in Newburgh, NY and heard you overhead. i think that means you've arrived or something. the daughter's owner provides him with mixes and apparently has good taste :) looking forward to seeing you rock the stage at Mich!
Hello from Emerald Isle - any chance of you coming back to play in Ireland....ah come on. I went to see you play in Whelans when you supported the Be Good Tanya's and also when you played in the Village - you're due an ol' visit back to Ireland :)
your show at tupelo the other night was a genuine treat...and that dedication a humorous nudge outta the mud for the viper...safe travels and much mojo...dale
OK, it was in Chicago, years ago, and you were the "guest songwriter" in Andrew's class, and you talked about the guitar neck in mathematical terms and blew me away -- I could barely change chords! -- and I really liked your songs and still do. How cool to find you here! -- and how cool to start to understand what you were talking about as I forged ahead... best, Sue
i really really really want you to put up slung lo! i LOVE that song so much. PLEASE. in my opinion that was your best song ever. that or lullaby. witch you took down also:/!
erin, I was just going to sublimanally message you, "come to PHilly, come to PHilly, come to PHilly" I see you are coming to the tin angel. OMG--late show, but will try to make it. I keep mailman hours.
