Tommy Keene

Tommy Keene is considered one of the 1980s most critically acclaimed (and commercially ignored) singer/songwriters. Originally hailing from Washington D.C., his 1984 EP Places That Are Gone became one of the year's top selling

Tommy Keene is considered one of the 1980s most critically acclaimed (and commercially ignored) singer/songwriters. Originally hailing from Washington D.C., his 1984 EP Places That Are Gone became one of the year's top selling independent releases. The EP garnered a four-star review in Rolling Stone, and was voted the #1 EP in the following year's Village Voice Jazz & Pop Poll. Keene has since recorded and released numerous albums on such labels as Dolphin, Geffen and Matador Records. He has worked with producers T-Bone Burnett and Don Dixon. He continues to record and tour. Keene has been consistently admired by critics while never being a star.