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Erin McKeown
Erin McKeown started making music in the late 1990s with her first album 'Distillation.' She grew up in Fair Haven, New Jersey, where her family's folk...
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Bells And Bombs
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Heartaches And Sorrows
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Delicate December
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Envelopes Of Glassine
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Lucky Day
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Beautiful (I Guess)
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My Hips
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Say Goodbye
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A Better Wife
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A Certain Pleasure
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Air
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An Innocent Fiction
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Aspera
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Blackbirds
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Circle Of Four
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Civilians
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Erin McKeown started making music in the late 1990s with her first album 'Distillation.' She grew up in Fair Haven, New Jersey, where her family's folk records introduced her to artists like Bob Dylan and Joni Mitchell. Those early influences stayed with her, though she never settled into just one sound.
Her songs like 'Bells And Bombs' and 'Delicate December' show how she moves between folk and pop without getting stuck in either. She plays guitar but also picks up instruments like the kalimba, giving her music an offbeat texture. The writing tends to be personal, more about small moments than big statements.
McKeown kept putting out records through the 2000s, including 'Grandmother Rock' in 2003 and 'We Make Rhythm' in 2007. She was diagnosed with Lyme disease around that time, which interrupted her touring for a while. She returned with 'The Hundreds' in 2011, another collection of quietly crafted songs that didn't try to fit a mold.
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