Erin McKeown

艾琳麦基翁（生于1977年10月15日）是一个多民族乐器和摇滚歌手/作曲家。 艾琳在民间开始了她的歌手职业生涯。她以自己的厂牌TVP Records发行了她的第一张专辑《Monday Morning Cold 》, 并开始在新英格兰各地旅行. 虽然仍是一名在布朗大学学习的学生，但艾琳非常希望通过旅行的方式来宣传自己的音乐和独立厂牌。一开始艾琳的主修课程是鸟类研究学，但她却也在布朗大学获得了民族音乐学的学士学位。 艾琳的音乐，很难分类. 从歌曲类型来区分，她的音乐已经触及流行音乐，摇摆，摇滚，民谣，电子音乐，以及其他许多流派。艾琳还坚称《银河系漫游指南》这本书对她的音乐也有很大影响。 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.