event Erin McKeown
Also Playing: Jill Sobule
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Merri Cyr
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Tue Nov 10
7:30 pm
Erin McKeown and Jill Sobule at Cedar Cultural Center
Erin McKeown and Jill Sobule have a lot in common: They're both witty, sprightly indie-folk singer-songwriters, and both underheard despite releasing a half-dozen albums each, thanks to difficulties with record labels. Both also took the unusual route of self-funding their latest albums by soliciting the direct support (i.e. cash) of fans. So it makes perfect sense that they're teaming up for a tour, billed tongue-in-cheek as "Clash Of The Legends." McKeown's Hundreds Of Lions, out this month on Ani DiFranco's Righteous Babe label, was recorded over three years, and the care and craft shows in its balance of lush instrumentation and intimate storytelling. Sobule, most well-known for her cheekily satiric, and very pre-Katy Perry, "I Kissed A Girl," collaborated with superstar producer Don Was for the jaunty California Years, typified by her acidly funny but empathetic screw-you to the music industry, "Nothing To Prove."
Cedar Cultural Center 416 Cedar Ave. S., Twin Cities, MN
Erin McKeown and Jill Sobule have a lot in common: They're both witty, sprightly indie-folk singer-songwriters, and both underheard despite releasing a half-dozen albums each, thanks to difficulties with record labels. Both also took the unusual route of self-funding their latest albums by soliciting the direct support (i.e. cash) of fans. So it makes perfect sense that they're teaming up for a tour, billed tongue-in-cheek as "Clash Of The Legends." McKeown's Hundreds Of Lions, out this month on Ani DiFranco's Righteous Babe label, was recorded over three years, and the care and craft shows in its balance of lush instrumentation and intimate storytelling. Sobule, most well-known for her cheekily satiric, and very pre-Katy Perry, "I Kissed A Girl," collaborated with superstar producer Don Was for the jaunty California Years, typified by her acidly funny but empathetic screw-you to the music industry, "Nothing To Prove."
Updated 11/22/2011
