Susan McKeown is from Dublin, Ireland. An adventurous vocalist and producer, Susan has established herself not only as an interpreter of traditional song with "one of the most powerful and distinctive voices in Irish music" (The Irish Voice) but also as a woman who rocks.
Settling in the East Village over a decade ago she began carving out a career as a singer-songwriter with her debut album Bones in 1996. Her often dark lyrics draw influences from ancient Irish legends, the words of Chief Seattle, the poetry of Emily Dickinson and Samuel Taylor Coleridge and urban life in Manhattan.
One of McKeown's specialties is reviving rare songs that have yet to be explored in the current Celtic revival. Her arrangements of these songs sometimes employ traditional instrumentation but are as likely to surprise the listener with instrumentation not expected on an album of Celtic songs. —Courtesy Calabash Music
