The lovely Erin McKeown graced the WFUV studios again, this time in support of her latest album, Manifestra. The title is certainly appropriate, and during the interview Erin admited that, at first, she didn't even realize she'd made up a new word. I think "manifestra" should be a word though and I will launch a petition to Webster's Dictionary to have it added once I stop listening to her record—which may not be anytime soon. I am obsessed with it!
Being independent is admirable, but it’s what you do with that independence that defines your work. Erin McKeown seems to know this. She is an independent artist in the truest sense of the word, especially now, as she strikes out on her own with her self-released seventh album, Manifestra. What Erin has done with her independence over the years is to experiment with musical genres (folk, jazz standards, pop, rock), mixing and matching them as different vehicles for delivering her always-smart, honest lyrics, and therefore defying easy categorization.
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Erin McKeown spared some time to take the WFUV Pop Quiz with Darren DeVivo. Here she talks about her recently developed love for Bob Dylan, her dependence on striped tube socks and her former love affair with Chef Boyardee.
Aside from gear, your instruments or your band, you don't go on the road without...
My iPhone. Does that count as gear? What's something to me that's indispensable? Tube socks.
The ones with stripes on the side?
That's right.
What song do you wish you had written and why?
Rockin' singer-songwriter-guitarist Erin McKeown comes to Studio A for a visit with host Claudia Marshall and to play a few tunes from 'We Will Become Like Birds.'
Erin McKeown live from Bennett Studios, January 4, 2007
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