Stereogum — Multi-genre blending or “genre defiant” music has been somewhat of an epidemic for a good while now. Many artists claim to make it, some artists actually do it, and fewer artists do it well. Most of them are hypochondriacs. One of the minority is... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Girls frontman Christopher Owens' solo debut Lysandre is by far the week's new release that has spent the most time in my headphones. Other new albums I can recommend this week include Erin McKeown's Manifestra, Free Energy's Love Sign,... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Manifestra often mutes the singer-songwriter's genre-shredding side in favor of pointed folk songs about foreign policy, the death penalty and income inequality. Still, there's a certain springiness to the arrangements, thanks to a crack ban... more info

The Late Greats — I can’t remember which PFF it was but way, way back in the day, Erin McKeown tore the Old Poole Farm a new one. She played the main stage and I think the camp stage. Short in stature but big … Continue reading → more info

Live Daily — Texas-based songstress Carrie Rodriguez [ tickets ] will spend the first quarter of 2010 on the road in anticipation of her forthcoming third studio effort, "Love & Circumstance." Beginning tonight (1/21) in Norfolk, CT, the singer/songwriter/fidd... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Eric Townsend The "Share the Warmth" Benefit Concert -with performances by; Amos Lee, Patterson Hood (of Drive-By Truckers) and Erin McKeown supported the UN Refugee Agency's (UNHCR) efforts in providing urgently needed relief aid to thousa... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Wednesday December 16 at the Canal Room, 285 West Broadway, New York, NY 10013 Doors @ 7 Show @ 8PMThe "Share the Warmth" Benefit Concert -with performances by; Amos Lee, Patterson Hood (of Drive-By Truckers) and Erin McKeown will support... more info

All About Jazz — Erik Deutsch Hush Money With layers of keyboards, guitars and woodwinds, Erik Deutschs Hush Money is not your usual jazz album. The keyboardist and composer, a co-founder of Fat Mama and known for his work alongside trumpeter Ron Miles, singer Erin... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — No Age @ ATP NY in September (more by Ryan Muir) tonight in NYC * Lenny Kravitz @ Irving Plaza * Uninhabitable Mansions @ Cake Shop * Nick Lowe, Bill Kirchen @ City Winery * Erin McKeown, Jill Souble @... more info

Here Comes The Flood — photo: Michael Weintrob Erin McKeown (Fredericksburg, VA ) is a singer-songwriter/activist (lobbying for a better energy policy) whose songs are part Suzanne Vega and part Judy Garland. Her new album Hundreds of Lions lacks musical teeth, but her ly... more info