Erin McKeown has packed a ton of music into her young career. With 4 studio albums, 2 EPs, and numerous soundtracks and compilations to her credit, the 28-year-old songwriter and multi-instrumentalist hasn't stopped for a breather in the last 10 years. Along the way she has averaged 200 shows a year and garnered the praise of fans and critics alike. McKeown's newest release is Live on KCRW, a 6 song EP featuring her TRiO performing songs from her most recent studio album, We Will Become Like Birds.

Interview with singer/song writer Erin McKeown.

We discuss why her song "Air" represents the concept of her album We Will Become Like Birds, the best; does playing out as often as she does effects the way she connects with her listeners as an artist; her love of sports and theatre; how she gets through her off nights when she performs; her growth as an artist; expressing herself as a musician without falling into the traps of pretension or self-indulgent; how has graduating from Brown University with a degree in ethnomusicology had an impact on her song writing; developing her own voice as an artist; her album Distillation; how she wanted to challenge herself with her latest CD; why she wasn't ready to write the songs for We Will Become Like Birds earlier in her career; why "We Are More" from her KCRW.com Presents Erin McKeown Live release sounds better live; happy accidents; performing with with Julie Wolf, Neil Cleary and Kris Delmhost on KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic with Nic Harcourt; working with producer Tucker Martine; drummers Matt Chamberlain and David Berger, Soul Coughing bass player Sebastian Steinberg, keyboardist Steve Moore and Juana Molina; Juana's CD Segundo; Erin's forthcoming CD; are mutual dislike for MySpace; not watching television; what she likes about her song "Life On The Moon (Live)."

Featured songs are:

1. "Air"
2. "We Are More (Live)"
3. "Life On The Moon (Live)"