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Susan McKeown
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"Let it go..."

Dublin/New York, New York
United States

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Last Login:  7/20/2008
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   Susan McKeown: General Info
Member Since12/10/2005
Band Websitesusanmckeown.com
Band MembersHas included - Jeff Allen (bass); Catherine Bent (cello); Jeff Berman (drums); Joe Bonadio (drums); Aidan Brennan (guitar); Chris Cunningham (guitars); Johnny Cunningham (fiddle); Lindsey Horner (bass, bass clarinet, tin whistle); Michelle Kinney (cello, accordian); Gerry Leonard (guitars); Dana Lyn (fiddle); Alison Miller (drums); Eamon O'Leary (guitar, banjo); Jon Spurney (guitars, piano); Joe Trump (drums).
InfluencesMy parents, Mary Margaret O'Hara, Michelle Shocked, Natalie Merchant, Christy Moore, Tom Munnelly, Sandy Denny, June Tabor, Janis, Bernadette Devlin McAliskey, Jimmy McCarthy, Martin Carthy, Planxty, Paul Brady, Joni Mitchell, Portishead, Richard & Linda Thompson, Nick Cave's Murder Ballads, The Beta Band.
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Jun 24 2008 7:00P
New York Public Library New York, New York
Aug 28 2008 8:00P
Helsinki Festival International Helsinki
Dec 7 2008 8:00P
Colonial Theatre Pittsfield, Massachusetts

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   About Susan McKeown
Once heard, you would never take Grammy-award-winning vocalist Susan McKeown for anyone else. Hailed by Q Magazine as the surprise hit of Glastonbury 2000, the strong, richly-colored contralto and the enlivening intelligence of her songs mark her as a distinctive talent. Susan grew up in Dublin, Ireland, which she left in 1990 for Manhattan. Settling in the East Village she began carving out a career as a singer-songwriter and released her debut album "Bones" in 1995. Drawing influences from sources as far flung as the ancient Irish legend of The Táin, the words of Chief Seattle, poets such as Emily Dickinson, Yeats & Coleridge, and the complexities of relationships, her lyrics are emotion-centered and as inventive as her arrangements, from the hurdy-gurdy solo on the rock song "I Know, I Know" (Bones, 1996 Prime/SNG) to the pairing of banjo and erhu on "The Lowlands of Holland" (Lowlands, 2000 Green Linnet). Her self-produced album 'Sweet Liberty' (2004 World Village) drew accolades and a BBC Folk Music Award nomination for her setting of an English gypsy song with the group Mariachi Real de Mexico. Susan has built an impressive career through her many releases, extensive touring, and performances on programs such as 'A Prairie Home Companion', 'All Things Considered', 'Mountain Stage' and for PBS, 'Sessions at West 54th' and 'American Masters'. She has performed with Natalie Merchant, Pete Seeger, Mary Margaret O'Hara, Linda Thompson, Billy Bragg, Johnny Cunningham and The Klezmatics, on whose Grammy-winning album 'Wonder Wheel' she is prominently featured. www.susanmckeown.com McKeown grabbed both song and audience by the throat, dragged them through heaven and hell and back again, and left the stage to the loudest applause heard all evening. - ROLLING STONE Music that lives and breathes in the wider world. - Q MAGAZINE Reflective and pensive as Sweet Liberty is, it demands a listening on an amp whose dial runs to 11, all the better to savour McKeowns' elasticised vocals stretching from the gloriously wizened to the startlingly youthful. Think Frida Kahlo crossed with Oumou Sangare. - THE IRISH TIMES If there's some dividing line between Celtic traditionalism and eclectic contemporary songwriting, McKeown refuses to acknowledge it. And with a voice as warm, resonant and versatile as hers, why should she?" - THE OREGONIAN "She walks on the wild side of Gaelic melody." - BOSTON GLOBE "A singer of passion, grace and striking presence with the ability to capture both the essence of a traditional folk song or the more hard-edged domain of contemporary adult rock; she seems to personify both past and present." - IRISH EXAMINER

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Susan McKeown's Friends Comments
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Danny Reid Carter





Jul 18 2008 10:27 AM

Hi Susan. I wanted to say thank you for the add.
Warmest wishes from the South USA and hope you have a beautiful weekend!
Parijat





Jul 17 2008 6:38 AM

Dear new friend,

Martin Perry





Jul 17 2008 4:35 AM

Love your beautiful music. Best wishes Susan.
France Allart





Jul 16 2008 12:36 PM

Merci!J'espère vous voir bientôt en Bretagne!
Norah Rendell





Jul 15 2008 5:05 AM

Dear Susan, I've been a fan for a long time! Love your singing, your diverse musical tastes and how you manage to put them all together and create gorgeous music....
Arpa





Jul 12 2008 12:30 PM

Hello! Susan.
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Jul 7 2008 11:50 AM

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Jul 4 2008 8:30 AM

Susan, thanx for looking and listening! Like it? CD review at www. metalmonthly. com/5StarVio7. html and live Audio Interview about everything Metal and ... Violins... and bow ... and NO GUITARS on stage ;) www. MetalMonthly. com/Vio7. html and the beginning of our rock journal at www. metalmonthly. com/RockJournal. html ;) - Armand
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Rhonda





Jun 30 2008 2:10 PM

Thank you Susan for adding me to your growing list of friends.

I so much enjoyed your music.

Best wishes to you and here's to a wonderful summer.
blue dahlia





Jun 26 2008 1:04 PM

there was something
that spoke to me deep within
more than speeches
hearing you sing
the other night.

thank you.
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Garden Opera

Candide
last night urge
Lincoln Center Opera Leonard Bernstein
choice seats
for only $16
due to the beneficent slight of hand
of the ticket agent who took pity on me
irony
for I remember telling one I cared for last year
how I would love to go to the Opera with him
and he exclaimed how out of his price range a request that was
as if I asked for a private jet to Paris
so
as I thankfully took my ticket for one
I was able to escape and reflect
in the Voltaire farce still applicable to my life
for how fine the balance between optimism and pessimism
and struggles today still thrive as in his time
as I intermittently closed my eyes and opened my ears
to the music
thinking how this experience alone is worth the high rent in Manhattan
and how a certain someone who was peripherally intersecting in my life
through this man who was too cheap to take me to the Opera
is scheduled to meet her maker and wants to keep that appointment
how I pity her and her selfish struggle over this mutual man
who may or may not be worth a fight
and I say to myself I must "grow my garden"
like Candide
-c
Michael





Jun 23 2008 8:12 AM

Just stopping by to say Hi I Hope that all is well with you and everything's going great..
Stay positive, productive & purpose driven.

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Jun 18 2008 9:15 PM

Thanks for finding the Laura Nyro tribute page, Susan.

Best to you,

The Keeper of the Flame
Bruce





Jun 18 2008 8:23 PM

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Jun 16 2008 2:12 AM

Hi, thanks for adding...
Really like your voice and style.
Maranna McCloskey
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Jun 13 2008 6:00 PM


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eran madmon





Jun 13 2008 11:23 AM

have a beautiful weekend
full in music and relaxed
eran
Tony Small





Jun 12 2008 9:10 AM

great singing!

All the best...

Smalltalk.
Xuacu Amieva





Jun 10 2008 3:06 PM

Hello Susan. Thanks for the add.
Muchos besos from Asturies
KerriBlack





Jun 7 2008 9:42 AM

Great show last week at Ulysses. My husband will be playing there tonight for my birthday show. Stop by if you can. I still love and remember your performances at An Beal Bocht many years ago. That is a great space.
Hope to see you there again in the near future!!!!
Pictupher





Jun 3 2008 7:33 PM

I enjoyed your performance at Ulysses Saturday. I was shocked by the lack of consideration and respect some of the audience members had to talk so loudly during your performance. Maybe I just have sensative hearing. I look forward to seeing you perform again sometime.
Ciao for now
Screaming Orphans





Jun 2 2008 12:08 PM

I'd say it was Joan and Ang you met.Joan has really bad sight and we call Ang 'dead eye' as she has poor sight in one eye. We also call her 'half bar' as she comes in half a bar after everyone else!!.We were sad that we missed you on Sat in Ulysses but we had a gig .Hopefully we'll get to see you soon.
Grainne
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May 29 2008 1:20 PM

Have a great weekend full of peace and loved
eran
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May 28 2008 9:06 AM