November 19, 2012 | 8:38 AM | By

Download a new song from singer-songwriter Erin McKeown’s new album MANIFESTRA, (playing Johnny Brenda’s in January)

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Singer-songwriter, producer, activist and a 2012 fellow at Harvard University’s Berkman Center
for Internet and Society, Erin McKeown returns to Philly on Sunday, January 20th to Johnny Brenda’s. McKeown, who played last night at Tin Angel as part of it’s 20th Anniversary month, is also releasing a new album, MANIFESTRA, on her own label, TVP Records. On the album McKeown gets some help from UK singer-songwriter Polly Paulusma, Ryan Montbleau, Anais Mitchell, Sean Hayes, and David Wax Museum. The album is out on January 15th. Go here to purchase tickets to the show. Below, download a new song “The Jailer,” and watch a video of McKeown and her band performing “Santa Cruz” at the 2010 Philadelphia Folk Festival.