Nora O'Connor

Nora O'Connor
O'Connor performing in 2014 opening for Justin Townes Earle
Background information
Birth name	Nora O'Connor
Also known as	Nora O'Connor Kean
Born	2 April, year unknown
Origin	Chicago, Illinois
Genres	Folk, Country
Occupation(s)	Musician
Instruments	Vocals, Guitar
Years active	1994–present
Labels	Bloodshot Records
Associated acts	The Blacks, Robbie Fulks, Andrew Bird

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.

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.