Keren DeBerg
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Keren DeBerg is an American singer-songwriter
. She has performed at Lilith Fair
and is known for contributing songs to the TV show Scrubs
.
DeBerg left Miami one day after high school graduation and began carving her sound in the clubs of New York
, where she built a strong and steady following. DeBerg was included in the third and final Lilith Fair, and she sang with punk troubadour Jonathan Richman
(There's Something About Mary
) on his album I'm So Confused. DeBerg also wrote and was featured in an article for Seventeen
magazine depicting the realities of being a woman in the male-dominated rock scene.
DeBerg relocated to Los Angeles
and was fortunate enough to have her songs featured on many TV shows. It was then that she put all her new recordings together and started her own indie label, Big Pea & A Dime Music! Tracks from that record were featured on The WB
's Everwood
and Jack & Bobby
, MTV
's Laguna Beach
and The Hills
, NBC
's Scrubs (in which she also appeared once, as a singing nurse), and others.
DeBerg made her song "Gone" (from her album of the same name) available in millions of General Motors
cars around the country when the song was digitally loaded into the dashboards of select GM cars as part of its digital mobile media package, powered by Phatnoise. She followed this with appearances at Borders Books locations and a tour of the West Coast of the United States.
DeBerg’s sophomore effort, the full-length Overwhelmed, was released on November 11, 2008.
DeBerg's song "Get Up & Go" was chosen by UEFA
as the official song of the Under-21 Championship
games that were held in Sweden in the summer of 2009. The song was played during every match leading up to finals, where she performed the song live at the new Swedbank Stadion
.
DeBerg is married to the actor Jeffrey Muller.
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
. She has performed at Lilith Fair
Lilith Fair
Lilith Fair was a concert tour and travelling music festival, founded by Canadian musician Sarah McLachlan, Nettwerk Music Group's Dan Fraser and Terry McBride, and New York talent agent Marty Diamond. It took place during the summers of 1997 to 1999, and was revived in the summer of 2010. It...
and is known for contributing songs to the TV show Scrubs
Scrubs (TV series)
Scrubs is an American medical comedy-drama television series created in 2001 by Bill Lawrence and produced by ABC Studios. The show follows the lives of several employees of the fictional Sacred Heart, a teaching hospital. It features fast-paced screenplay, slapstick, and surreal vignettes...
.
DeBerg left Miami one day after high school graduation and began carving her sound in the clubs of New York
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
, where she built a strong and steady following. DeBerg was included in the third and final Lilith Fair, and she sang with punk troubadour Jonathan Richman
Jonathan Richman
Jonathan Michael Richman is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. In 1970 he founded The Modern Lovers, an influential proto-punk band. Since the mid-1970s, Richman has worked either solo or with low-key, generally acoustic backing...
(There's Something About Mary
There's Something About Mary
There's Something About Mary is a 1998 American comedy film, directed by the Farrelly brothers, Bobby and Peter. It stars Cameron Diaz, Matt Dillon and Ben Stiller, and it is a combination of romantic comedy and gross-out film....
) on his album I'm So Confused. DeBerg also wrote and was featured in an article for Seventeen
Seventeen (magazine)
Seventeen is an American magazine for teenagers. It was first published in September 1944 by Walter Annenberg's Triangle Publications. News Corporation bought Triangle in 1988, and sold Seventeen to K-III Communications in 1991. Primedia sold the magazine to Hearst in 2003. It is still in the...
magazine depicting the realities of being a woman in the male-dominated rock scene.
DeBerg relocated to Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
and was fortunate enough to have her songs featured on many TV shows. It was then that she put all her new recordings together and started her own indie label, Big Pea & A Dime Music! Tracks from that record were featured on The WB
The WB Television Network
The WB Television Network is a former television network in the United States that was launched on January 11, 1995 as a joint venture between Warner Bros. and Tribune Broadcasting. On January 24, 2006, CBS Corporation and Warner Bros...
's Everwood
Everwood
Everwood is an American drama television series that initially aired in the United States on The WB. The series is set in the fictional small town of Everwood, Colorado, and was filmed in Ogden, South Salt Lake, and Draper, Utah, except the series pilot which was filmed in Canmore, Alberta,...
and Jack & Bobby
Jack & Bobby
Jack & Bobby is an American television series that aired on The WB network. It featured two brothers, one of whom would become President of the United States, serving from 2041 to 2049...
, MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
's Laguna Beach
Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County
Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County, often referred to simply as Laguna Beach, is a reality television series which originally aired on MTV from September 28, 2004 until November 16, 2006. It documents the lives of several teenagers living in Laguna Beach, an affluent seaside community located in...
and The Hills
The Hills
The Hills is a reality television series which originally aired on MTV from May 31, 2006 until July 13, 2010. The show uses a reality television format, following the personal lives of several young adults living in Los Angeles, California, but tends towards a narrative format more commonly found...
, NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
's Scrubs (in which she also appeared once, as a singing nurse), and others.
DeBerg made her song "Gone" (from her album of the same name) available in millions of General Motors
General Motors
General Motors Company , commonly known as GM, formerly incorporated as General Motors Corporation, is an American multinational automotive corporation headquartered in Detroit, Michigan and the world's second-largest automaker in 2010...
cars around the country when the song was digitally loaded into the dashboards of select GM cars as part of its digital mobile media package, powered by Phatnoise. She followed this with appearances at Borders Books locations and a tour of the West Coast of the United States.
DeBerg’s sophomore effort, the full-length Overwhelmed, was released on November 11, 2008.
DeBerg's song "Get Up & Go" was chosen by UEFA
UEFA
The Union of European Football Associations , almost always referred to by its acronym UEFA is the administrative and controlling body for European association football, futsal and beach soccer....
as the official song of the Under-21 Championship
2009 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship
The 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship began on 15 June 2009, and was the 17th UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship. This was the first tournament after the competition reverted to a two-year format, following the single-year 2006-07 competition, which allowed the change to...
games that were held in Sweden in the summer of 2009. The song was played during every match leading up to finals, where she performed the song live at the new Swedbank Stadion
Swedbank Stadion
Swedbank Stadion, often known simply as Stadion, is a football stadium in Malmö, Sweden and the home of Allsvenskan club Malmö FF. In UEFA competitions the stadium is known as Malmö New Stadium due to sponsorship reasons...
.
DeBerg is married to the actor Jeffrey Muller.