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Simone and the Current

Irish & American folk, Celtic Rock & Spirit.

About Me

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Singer, songwriter Simone Keenan is originally from Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland. She got a taste of the musicians’ life watching her mother, Patricia O’Kelly (Patricia Grattan) perform with the popular Hilton Show Band. Simone began participating in vocal talent competitions in Ireland and later did studio vocal work in Philadelphia. Simone conducted a choir for St Alice Church in Philidelphia for a Christmas Eve Mass in the year 2000. Simone has entertained Residents in Nursing homes over the years and put music on hold while raising her beautiful daughter. Now bit by bit Simone is becoming more involved in music again. Ron Pickering saw Simone perform in a coffee shop in Sept. of 2007 and asked if they were looking for a bass player. Ron turned out to be a highly skilled player, as well as a profound joy to work with. Ron brings a jazz influence to the band, which works well with Simone's vocal.To book Simone and the Current:email [email protected] or send a myspace message

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/6/2007
Band Website: not yet, but soon
Band Members: Simone Keenan: vocals, percussion. Ron Pickering: bass guitar.Looking for a reliable guitar player and drummer.... with drive! :-)



Influences: OUR REPETOIRE:*Irish/Popular in Ireland*+Song Name/Recorded by/Written by+City of Chicago/Christy Moore/Luka Bloom+ Don’t Go/Hothouse Flowers/Hothouse Flowers+ I Hear You Breathing In/Eleanor Mc Evoy/Eleanor Mc Evoy+ Invisible to You/Mary Coughlan/Mary Coughlan+ Little Kingdom in the Sea/Simone & the Current/Keenan, Rosenzweig+ Moondance/Van Morrison/Van Morrison+ One/U2&Mary J. Blidge/U2+ Ride On/Christy Moore/Jimmy McCarthy+ Summer Fly/Maura O’Connell/Cheryl Wheeler+ Sailing By/Sinead Lohan/Sinead Lohan+ The Fields of Athenry/traditional+ The Island/Dolores Keane/Paul Brady+ Van Diemen’s Land/U2/The Edge (Dave Evans)+ Western Highway/Maura O’Connell/Gerry O’Beirne+ Wild Night/Van Morrison/Van Morrison+*American/Popular in America*+Song Name/Recorded by/Written by+Across the Great Divide/Nanci Griffith/Nanci Griffith+ Do Rae Me/Nanci Griffith/Woody Guthrie+ Fallen/Sarah McLachlan/Sarah McLachlan+ I Can’t Make You Love Me/Bonnie Raitt/Bonnie Raitt+ Kind and Generous/Natalie Merchant/Natalie Merchant+ Let the Day Begin/The Call/Michael Been+ Papa Come Quick/Bonnie Raitt/Bonnie Raitt+ Possession/Sarah McLachlan/Sarah McLachan +They Can’t Take That Away from Me/Ella Fitzgerald/G&I Gershwin+ Walking After Midnight/Patsy Cline/Hecht, Block+*International*+Song Name/Recorded by/Written by+ Black Horse and the Cherry Tree/K.T. Tunstall/K.T.Tunstall+Don’t Dream It’s Over/Crowded House,Sixpence None the Richer/Neil Finn+ Suddenly I See/K.T. TunstallTowards The Sun
..My Little Brother Ben, with Future Funk Squad, Song Towards The Suncenter Get these tracks Get this Widget!
This is my mother at sixteen. Let me tell you, this is a beautiful place!
Sounds Like: Maura O'Connell, Bonnie Raitt, Natalie Merchant, Sheryl Crow
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Check out Tamra & Beber

A note from my sister about her new album...... Its brilliant! "Just wanted to give you the link to the brand new Beber & Tamra Myspace page. Over there you can hear four tracks from our forthcomi...
Posted by Simone and the Current on Sat, 22 Mar 2008 11:25:00 PST

Video

I put a video up of us doing a cover song for the Irish American Society in Kalamazoo. The song is called The Island and I’ve heard it and learned it from the Amazing sounds of Dolores Keane and...
Posted by Simone and the Current on Sat, 15 Mar 2008 01:17:00 PST

Two New Songs

I put up two new songs, they are rough demos recorded in Jeffs basement. Post a comment and let me know what you think. Jeff Rosenzweig on guitar and recording and mixing on all the songs on this&nbs...
Posted by Simone and the Current on Sat, 15 Mar 2008 12:20:00 PST

Interveiw with music reporter, Justin Hinkley

I met with Justin Hinkley, who is a very gracious and committed young man. Justin writes for the Battle Creek Enquirer WOW section on music in the area, he is also a musician himself. He still me...
Posted by Simone and the Current on Sat, 15 Mar 2008 11:39:00 PST

Skype

 Family, talks, laughter, music, tears, thank GOD for web cams & skype. If anyone reads this, check out  my sister Tamra on my page, her new stuff is coming and it Rocks! Its Bloody Bril...
Posted by Simone and the Current on Sat, 15 Mar 2008 11:39:00 PST

Songster

I put Little Kingdom back up  Writing new stuff.
Posted by Simone and the Current on Wed, 27 Feb 2008 05:59:00 PST

Check out this video: Simone and the Current :-)

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Posted by Simone and the Current on Fri, 11 Jan 2008 05:09:00 PST

Thanks from Ron (or as Simone calls me, the "wee chicken"!

Well, it's been a few months playing bass for Simone and the Current. I guess they are keeping since they opened the blog space to me! I am having such a great time working and now recording wit...
Posted by Simone and the Current on Wed, 09 Jan 2008 05:32:00 PST