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GOODWORKS
September 25, 2010
BY MITCHELL PETERS
SINGER SUSAN McKEOWN LOOKS TO HELP DAUGHTER'S EAST VILLAGE SCHOOL
In response to budgetary cutbacks at New York's arts-based East Village Community School, Irish singer Susan McKeown, whose 7-year-old daughter attends third grade at the public school, is hoping to raise money through a benefit album with world songs performed by parents, students, school staff and other musicians.
"As is common in the world, as soon as people start talking about cutting funding, the first thing they look at is arts," says McKeown, who moved to New York from Ireland 20 years ago to pursue her musical career. "I've never been comfortable with that, so it was a good way for me to address that for myself. But also it's a creative means to raise funds for our school."
The $15 compilation, "Songs From the East Village," is available at iTunes and CD Baby. A physical version will be released Sept. 20 to select stores in the East Village, McKeown says. The money raised from the album will be given to the school for its language and arts programs.
Music from the album can be sampled on MySpace (myspace.com/evcs). McKeown says she chose to feature public domain songs "so that when the CDs get handed down through the school years there won't be a lot of paperwork to deal with."
McKeown's daughter is also featured on the set. "It was funny; when she did one of her takes, she turned to the engineer and said, 'Can I do that again?' " she recalls. "She's already getting into production arts." 09/25/10 >> go there
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