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Susan McKeown & The Chanting House
Biography
The traditional vocal sounds of Ireland are fused with a modern urban sensibility by Dublin-born and New York-based vocalist Susan McKeown (pronounced "mick-yone"). Accompanied by her band, the Chanting House, McKeown's alto vocals have inspired comparisons to June Tabor, Chrissie Hynde, Sarah McLachlan, Grace Slick, and Sandy Denny. McKeown's musical approach was described by Time magazine as "the kind of music that will link Ireland's musical past with its future."

Since immigrating to the U.S. in 1990 with a scholarship to attend the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York City, McKeown has been attracting attention with her dynamic vocals and enthusiastic stage persona.

The Chanting House, which initially focused on an updated version of traditional Irish music when founded by McKeown, Eileen Ivers, and Seamus Egan, increasingly added elements of modern rock after the departures of Ivers and Egan in 1993.

Although they released a pair of self-produced cassettes, Chanting House Live and Snakes, in the early '90s, McKeown and the Chanting House came into their own with the 1-800-PRIME-CD-released Bones in 1996. McKeown and Chanting House bass/bass clarinet/tin whistle player Lindsey Horner collaborated on an album of seasonal songs, Through the Bitter Frost and Snow, in 1997.
Selected Discography

Prophecy
2006
Bones
1996