Erin McKeown

Born
1977
in Northampton, MA 
Active Decades
19001020304050607080902000 
 
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.



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