Peter Keane

Peter Keane first gained recognition amid the fiercely competitive folk and blues coffeehouse circuit that flourished in Boston throughout the 1980s, launching his recording career with the 1992 album The Goodnight Blues. Two years later he issued Walkin' Around, a Flying Fish Records project helmed by fellow Boston-based singer/songwriter and bluesman Bill Morrissey. The Portsmouth, N.H.-based imprint Broken White Records subsequently released his next two collections, Another Kind of Blue in 2000 and Milton Street in 2002, both of which showcased original material that extended the folk-blues tradition while venturing into fresh territory. On each of those albums bassist Charlie Larkey and drummer Richard White supplied the rhythm section, with pedal steel player and guitarist David Hamburger appearing additionally on Another Kind of Blue. Across both sets Keane revisited folk-blues standards such as “Candyman,” “I Wish I Was in Heaven Sitting Down,” “Roll ’Em Pete,” “Sunday Street,” “Glory Land,” and “Fool’s Paradise.” He appeared as a featured performer at the 2000 Newport Folk Festival. By 2009 Keane had moved to Austin, TX, where he served as a librarian at the University of Texas at Austin, limiting his performing and touring primarily to occasional local dates in the area.