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The music journey

Eagan's music journey has brought her full circle back to its' origin, Buffalo, NY, where she began her music career during the college years as lead vocalist/rhythm guitarist for the music group Desert Hum. Over the years she has lived and performed as a solo singer-songwriter in Los Angeles, Boston, and during travels to India. Most of her music career has been spent in Boston, MA, where she developed her songwriting and performed on a regular basis over the span of twenty years. ​

Her songwriting style is a combination of the acoustic/pop/folk/indie/ethereal styles matched with heartfelt, self-reflective lyrics.

Eagan credits her late brother, guitarist and songwriter, Scott Eagan, for introducing her to guitar. At the age of fourteen he gave her a Kramer acoustic guitar, and after taking some lessons and learning some guitar chord basics, she began learning to play songs by listening to classic folk music records, favorite music groups and songwriters. She studied Classical Western singing in college as a voice major and developed her voice as a high soprano.  ​

 

During the late 90's in Los Angeles, Eagan began developing her songwriting and performance experience initially with a monthly gig at the then Santa Monica coffeehouse, Anastasia’s Asylum, and various performances including, The Mint, Atlas Supper Club, Cat Club, and Highland Grounds.

 

Drawn back to her East Coast roots, she ultimately relocated to the Boston, MA area and started performing at various venues some of which over the years have included; Club Passim, Kendall Cafe, Middle East Club, TT The Bear's, Third Life Studio, Center for Arts at the Armory, All Asia Cafe, Starbucks (a residency in the Garage, Harvard Square), Carberry's, Killian Hall at MIT, many wonderful open mics at Club Passim, and Cambridge Community Television (CCTV) as part of the Performing Artist Showcase at Cambridge Open Studios in both 2012, and in 2014.

 

During the 2014 Open Studios, she performed at CCTV with sitar artist Vinayak Sharma from Jaipur, India. Eagan and Sharma collaborated to combine acoustic folk guitar with Indian Classical sitar for the performance.

 

While Eagan was performing her music in one of the local Boston T stations one day, singer-songwriter, Keith Hampton, happened to walk by, and wrote a note leaving it in her guitar case asking if she would like to be part of a local music compilation he was working on. This led to her song, ‘The Point’ included on ‘Coming Home: Boston Song Collective’ on Brave Records.

 

Drawn to learning about India and its music, Eagan began learning Indian Classical singing in 2003 with vocalist Soma Sarkar, to develop a deeper connection with, and understanding of the music traditions of India, while also expanding her vocal growth. She has performed her original songs during visits to India over the years including the music event ‘Girls and Guitars’ at Blue Frog in Mumbai, alongside Mumbai singer-songwriter, Geetu Hinduja, who created the event in the summer of 2015. Eagan collaborated with Hinduja and co-wrote the song ‘Sisterhood’ for the performance. 'Sisterhood' went on to be recorded in the studio combining the talents of many gifted female artists and as a special recording for Women's Day in 2016.

 

Most recently, Eagan is working on new original compositions and home recordings while experimenting more with layering vocals and harmonizing. She also sings in her church choir and as a cantor for The Most Holy Sacrifice of the Mass in the Catholic Church. 

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"Eagan's songwriting shows a lot of merit and promise."

                                                             - Casey Shelton, Music Connection, Los Angeles

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