Erin McKeown

艾琳麥基翁（生于1977年10月15日）是一個多民族樂器和搖滾歌手/作曲家。 艾琳在民間開始了她的歌手職業生涯。她以自己的廠牌TVP Records發行了她的第一張專輯《Monday Morning Cold 》, 并開始在新英格蘭各地旅行. 雖然仍是一名在布朗大學學習的學生，但艾琳非常希望通過旅行的方式來宣傳自己的音樂和獨立廠牌。一開始艾琳的主修課程是鳥類研究學，但她卻也在布朗大學獲得了民族音樂學的學士學位。 艾琳的音樂，很難分類. 從歌曲類型來區分，她的音樂已經觸及流行音樂，搖擺，搖滾，民謠，電子音樂，以及其他許多流派。艾琳還堅稱《銀河系漫游指南》這本書對她的音樂也有很大影響。 by Charlotte Dillon Singer and songwriter Erin McKeown was raised in Fredricksburg, VA. She began her musical career by performing in local clubs and coffeehouses at night. By day she attended Brown University where she studied ethnomusicology. McKeown's music is in many ways uniquely her own. It's been called folksy pop and quirky folk, with occasional lyrics that are akin to beat poems. However her tunes are labeled, they are Erin McKeown. In 1995, McKeown entered the mid-Atlantic song contest held by the songwriters' association in Washington, DC. She placed as a semi-finalist. With proof that others thought she had talent, she worked hard to start a label of her own, where she could record her music. TVP Records was that label and Monday Morning Cold was her debut album. When she began work on the first effort, she had some special guests help out, such as Ben Demerath, Katyrna Nields, and Beth Amsel. In 2000, McKeown completed her second album, Distillation. It was released under her TVP label first and then under Signature Records. Some of the tracks from this sophomore offering are "Little Cowboy," "Blackbirds," "How to Open My Heart in 4 Easy Steps," and "Queen of Quiet." McKeown's third album, Grand, marked her debut release for Nettwerk in 2003. Two years later, she and producer Tucker Martine came together to record We Will Become Like Birds. This album featured duets with Argentine artist Juana Molina and singer-songwriter Peter Mulvey. North American tour dates with Ani DiFranco followed into the summer. Besides being a singer and songwriter, McKeown can hold her own with a guitar, piano, banjo, or mandolin. When she isn't entertaining solo, she works as part of the group, Voices on the Verge. She has also appeared with artists like Dan Bern, Andy Stochansky, 10,000 Maniacs, Martin Sexton, and Dar Williams.