Keating,annie - For Keeps - Music CD

New-York based singer/songwriterAnnie Keating's fifth album, 'For Keeps' is a keeper. Beautifully crafted songs combined with musical hooks and punches knock the listener right in the chest, making this album stand out as an instant classic. With refreshing honesty, grit and timelessness, Keating and her band of musical magic makers achieve a sound that is both complex and simple, new and vintage. The first song gets it's hooks in you and after 12 tracks you just want MORE. This brooklyn-based songwriterknows how to write and deliver beautiful songs with a magical earthly rich voice and arrangement that transfixes. Shehas picked up a great (and well served) reputation over the course of her 4 previous albums, but here on 'For Keeps'it all comes into focus. No frills or posturing -her sultry voice cuts straight to the heart. On her 5th album release,"For Keeps"Keating is at her best. She has arrived as an international songwriting tour de force. Talent spotted by BBC Radio 2's Bob Harris,Keating appeared liveon the Bob Harris show in 2008 and has gone on to perform at leading national and international festivals includingTake Root (Netherlands), the Glasgow Americana Festival (Scotland), the NJ Folk Festival, NXNE in Canada, NEMO and MEANY music fests and the Mountain Stage NewSongfinals. Keating has performed on the bill with the likes ofJohn Haitt, Dan Bern, Anna Egge, Bon Iver, Hot Club of Cowtown, Anne Heaton, Boris McCutcheon and Shannon McNally.