Erin McKeown (pronounced "mick-YONE") is an American multi-instrumentalist and folk-rock singer/songwriter.

McKeown began her career in the folk scene. She released her first album, Monday Morning Cold, on her own label (TVP Records), travelling throughout New England while still a student at Brown University in order to promote the record. Although she had begun studying ornithology, she graduated from Brown with a degree in ethnomusicology.