Birth name Nora O'Connor Origin Chicago, Illinois Instruments Vocals, Guitar Record label Bloodshot Records | Also known as Nora O'Connor Kean Occupation(s) Musician Years active 1994–present Genres Folk music, Country music | |
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Albums Til the Dawn, Thrills, Oh! The Grandeur Music groups The Blacks, Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire Similar Kelly Hogan, Robbie Fulks, Andrew Bird, Chris Mills, Jason Adasiewicz Profiles | ||
Nora O’Connor is a Chicago-based musician. Though primarily known for her vocals, O'Connor also plays guitar and bass. For much of 2013, O'Connor toured internationally as a singer in Iron and Wine, and she continues to record and perform with longtime collaborator, Andrew Bird. O'Connor plays bass and sings back-up for Kelly Hogan (supporting Hogan's release "I Like To Keep Myself In Pain" on ANTI- Records) and in 2010, Wilco's Jeff Tweedy enlisted O'Connor and Hogan as primary vocalists on gospel legend Mavis Staples’ Grammy Award-winning album You Are Not Alone. In the studio and on the stage, O'Connor has backed (among others) Neko Case, Jakob Dylan, The New Pornographers, Archer Prewitt, Hushdrops, Justin Roberts and Robbie Fulks.
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Her first solo CD on Bloodshot Records, Til the dawn, was released on August 24, 2004. However, an earlier CD, the very rare Cerulean Blue, was released by Uncommon Ground Coffeehouse in Chicago.
In the mid-1990s, she formed the Nora O'Connor Band, with herself on lead vocals and guitar, Lisa Wertman Crowe on bass and vocals, Tony Ventura on guitar and Mark Cameron on drums.
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O'Connor has two sons, and lives in Evanston, Illinois.
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Solo
The Blacks
Miscellaneous
Songs
My BackyardTil the Dawn · 2004
I'll Trade You Money for Wine2014
Oh - SisterSoldier On · 2007