Carol Keogh has been writing and performing since the mid-90s with bands such as The Plague Monkeys, The Tycho Brahe and Autamata, as well making notable guest appearances on recent albums by Jerry Fish and Sharon Shannon. For the past few years she has been developing the songs for her debut solo album, Mongrel City, many of which relate to her hometown of Dublin, the mongrel city of the album’s title.
On Monday, 15th October 2012, Carol launched a crowd-sourcing campaign on the Irish website Fundit.ie. The campaign, if successful, will realise Keogh’s long-held ambition to record her debut album, ‘Mongrel City’, with her backing band The City Fathers. Crowd-sourcing has become an increasingly viable way for artists to fund projects through pre-sales of work and other rewards.
As well as the opportunity to pre-purchase the finished album in several formats, Carol’s reward packages include handwritten lyrics booklets, tailor-made cover versions, original oil paintings, private performances and acoustic renditions of songs from her back catalogue with previous bands.
Visit Carol’s Fundit page here:
http://www.fundit.ie/project/mongrel-city-debut-album-by-carol-keogh
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