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Artist
Keegan Smith
12+ albums
Singer-Song Writer
about
2009 has been an extraordinary year for longtime Portland music staples Keegan Smith & the Fam. Smith and his band recently won a pair of 2009 Portland Music Awards, in both Male Artist of the Year and Best Live Performance categories. On May 2nd, the group released its 5th album, Special Delivery, and celebrated with a sold out crowd at Portland's Bagdad Theatre before kicking off a full summer schedule of local and regional shows and festivals (KINK’s Noon Tunes, Les Schwab Amphitheater, etc). Spend the evening with Keegan Smith & the Fam at Jimmy Mak's on Friday, September 4th; enjoy live music, a chic venue and the rare chance to attend a live recording session of Special Delivery material. Special Delivery documents the struggles and unabashed joy associated with being a new parent. Smith teams up with producer Justin Dodge for this album, crafting a variety of songs about the marital bond, father-daughter love, financial struggles, addiction, spiritual uncertainties and all-encompassing breakdowns associated with his life. The new album stylistically flows between acoustic pop, disco-funk and reggae-blues against an electronic backdrop to create ethereal undertones. The band plans to keep moving onward and upward: they will tour Europe in the fall, utilize motion picture song licensing opportunities and more. Keegan's band, “The Fam" is an eclectic mix of musical heavyweights, producers and bandleaders from the Northwest's thriving music scene. Together they creat
