ERIN MCKEOWN is a musician, writer, and producer who has released 13 albums since their 2000 debut, Distillation. As a bandleader, they have performed at Bonnaroo, Glastonbury, and the Newport Folk Festival, and their songs are a familiar presence on NPR, the BBC, as well as on television and in advertising. Their first musical, Miss You Like Hell, written with Quiara AlegrÃa Hudes, premiered at La Jolla Playhouse, then opened Off-Broadway at The Public Theater in 2018, where it was nominated for five Drama Desk Awards. A graduate of Brown, Erin has taught at their alma mater, the University of Chicago, and Smith College. erinmckeown.com.
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Bio as of 3/2026