Hailed by the New York Times as a “major vocal talent… with a trickster’s dark wit,” Joseph Keckler is a musician, writer, songwriter and creator whose affecting– and at times absurdist– stories and songs, balance everyday episodes with otherworldly sounds. His work has been presented by NPR Tiny Desk, Lincoln Center, Centre Pompidou, among others, and played in venues such as Hammerstein Ballroom and Ryman Auditorium (as national support act for rock group Sleater-Kinney.) His story and essay collection, Dragon at the Edge of a Flat World was published in 2018 and his writing has appeared in Vice, McSweeney’s and other publications. He currently tours music venues and to theaters with his production Train With No Midnight (also published in Theater: Yale’s Journal of Criticism, Plays and Reportage.) A related feature film, No Midnight, directed by Laura Terruso, is forthcoming.
“Acidly witty original songs… ” – The Boston Globe
"Subversive... unnerving artistry... he hardly seems human" -- The Observer