Listen to Jim Keaveny on KUT's Austin Music Minute
HEREOriginally from Bismark, North Dakota,
Jim Keaveny
learned to play piano as a kid. When he got older, he decided to travel
instead of attending college, hitchhiking and jumping on freight trains
across the country, learning to write songs and play guitar. It made a
huge impact. Travelling is how he discovered the spirit at the heart of
great music.
After working all sorts of jobs and a short stint with a band in
Eugene, OR, Keaveny made his way to Austin in 1996. He played with a
handful of bands before going solo in ‘98, and released his first
album, These Old Things, in 2000. Five years and two more albums later, he was recognized as a “New Folk Finalist” at the Kerrville Folk Festival.
Critics have compared Keaveny’s sound to Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan
and Steve Earle. Like these artists before him, Keaveny gives voice to
that overwhelming desire for being on the road and experiencing life.
Keavney’s new album is
Music Man, and he’s got a CD release show planned for August 10th at the HOLE IN THE WALL and August 13th at LOVEJOYS
(with Shand Walton and the All Amigos Club & Corinne Rose).
photo by Anna Oakley