Has 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).
Etkilendikleri
My parents, Mary Margaret O'Hara, Michelle Shocked, Natalie Merchant, Christy Moore, Tom
Munnelly, Sandy Denny, June Tabor, Janis, Bernadette Devlin McAliskey, Jimmy MacCarthy, Martin Carthy, Planxty, Paul Brady, Joni Mitchell, Portishead, Richard & Linda Thompson, Nick Cave's Murder Ballads, The Beta Band.
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 first gained attention as a singer-songwriter through her performances at Café Sin-é (Susan is featured in the film about the legendary informal Irish cultural center of the early 90s). Her debut album "Bones" in 1995 drew 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 'Sessions at West 54th' as the guest of Natalie Merchant. Susan's voice and music have been featured in numerous documentary films, among them - Robert Capa - In Love and War (PBS American Masters), Absolutely Irish (PBS), At Home With The Clearys (BBC/RTE), Thomas Moore's Soul of Christmas (PBS) and The Irish Empire (BBC/RTE/ABC).
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
We are finally ready to start promoting my 'I Surrender' single with my album, 'Ella Trip' coming right after -yey!! What d'ya think to the video teaser?
Hi, If you live in New York or the surroundings you can help the French band Jack Dupon by contacting Dave Roberge from Transit Music Group. Here to comment : www.myspace.com/transitmusicgroup Here for an e-mail : transitmusic2@aol.com And tell him, Yes we want Jack Dupon for a United-States-Tour in 2010. Thanks and greetings from France......
Susan, THIS IS IT, I have ONE LAST favor to ask you about this, could I? Since, as you might’ve heard, my picture won at the monthly level & Round 1, I got nominated for the LongHair Hawtie of the Year Finals (!) that ends today 7pm New York Time (can you just get it done now?) and... - was hoping for those 6 votes from you ;)
Yeah, you do need to get accepted as a friend of www.MySpace.com/OfficialLongHairHawties before you can vote, but they’re nice girls (the hawtie folks), no harm whatsoever :)
PS. since it would be so cool to win ‘by a landslide’ of like 7-800+ votes OVER and ABOVE over #2 guy (who will give us run for the money, he’s done that before!) - so, an 'evil' thought - maybe you can tell your friends to vote too? ;) Could you ask around?
After you've finished here, you may like to hear this poem sung on myspace...
Poem 162 of 230, WalkaboutsVerse (please see my blog): TEES TO TYNE: FIRST IMPRESSIONS - SUMMER 2001
Where traditions are not so rare; Sea, country and works scent the air; A multitude of monuments, Planted tubs and patterned pavements.
The longish pedestrian malls; The remnants of defensive walls; Historic buildings are a gauge Of the respect for heritage.
Wheat, rape and pines in the fields; Estuaries guarded by shields; Long sandy beaches and wide scenes; Romantic-ruin go-betweens.
Rivers in parts licked by trees, Or fringed by boat clubs, wharfs, gantries, And crossed by practical delights - Varied spans, forming pleasing sights.
Fine churches headed at Durham; Football kits ad infinitum; Kept castles - one for study; Masonry behind masonry.
And, with moulding-works out that way, It’s somewhere for a longer stay..?
hey hey!! thank u so much for the add!! if you have some time, will you please take a minute and check out my music and tell me whatcha think? leave me a comment, write me a message! whatever u want. dont be a stranger! muah!
Hello of Brussels. Thank you so much for the friendship and also for your beautiful songs and the attractive sensibility in your vocals and in your play of guitar ,nice musicians,good rythmic,big emotion. Pleasant and long musical journey.
