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NPR scores again! Last week NPR reviewed Erin McKeown’s new album Grand. The segment included an interview with the artist interspersed with cuts from the album. Here’s a real audio sample of a cut titled born to hum. I went out on Saturday and bought the album. It’s a great record. McKeown’s got a great voice and is a truly talented song writer. Here is how she describes her latest work:

“i love all kinds of music, and i think most people are like that. i love to move to music, i love to be surprised by music, so i wanted GRAND to be all these things NOW. . . . GRAND is my dream of what a record could sound like, of what i am interested in as a writer, what i want to be my contribution as an artist. you cant ask much more of your latest project.”

You can check out other samples of the album here. If you like it, you can buy it here.

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