Accessibility links
Kelly Hogan Kelly Hogan artist page: interviews, features and/or performances archived at NPR Music

Kelly Hogan
Kelly Hogan On Mountain Stage

Kelly Hogan performing live at Mountain Stage. Brian Blauser/Mountain Stage hide caption

toggle caption
Brian Blauser/Mountain Stage

Mountain Stage

Kelly Hogan On Mountain Stage

The backup singer hits center stage, performing from her latest solo album, which features songs given to her by indie heavyweights like M. Ward, Andrew Bird and Robyn Hitchcock.

Kelly Hogan On Mountain Stage

  • <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/175460806/175308168" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
Kelly Hogan On World Cafe

Kelly Hogan. Neko Case/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

toggle caption
Neko Case/Courtesy of the artist

World Cafe

Kelly Hogan On World Cafe

XPN

Hogan, who's sung backup for Neko Case, Andrew Bird and others, tells World Cafe host David Dye how she finally got her own record deal — and recruited more than 40 musicians to help with her new solo album, I Like to Keep Myself in Pain.

Kelly Hogan On World Cafe

  • <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/160951129/160932166" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
Cabinet Of Wonders: Episode Six

Cabinet host John Wesley Harding kicked off the show with a heart-stopping Conway Twitty cover. NPR hide caption

toggle caption
NPR

Cabinet Of Wonders

Cabinet Of Wonders: Episode Six

Laughs, musical mash-ups and a Conway Twitty cover on this episode of Cabinet. Comedian and actress Janeane Garofalo is a self-proclaimed bacon-eating vegan, but she takes a stab at the good citizens who shop at Whole Foods.

Cabinet Of Wonders: Episode Six

Listen
  • Download
  • <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/155928483/155982654" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
  • Transcript
First Listen: Kelly Hogan, 'I Like To Keep Myself In Pain'

Kelly Hogan's new album, I Like to Keep Myself in Pain, comes out June 5. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

toggle caption
Courtesy of the artist

First Listen

First Listen: Kelly Hogan, 'I Like To Keep Myself In Pain'

The singer and prolific go-to collaborator steps into the spotlight for the first time in 11 years, recording songs written just for her by M. Ward, Andrew Bird, Stephin Merritt, Vic Chesnutt, Robyn Hitchcock, and more.

I Like To Keep Myself In Pain

Audio for this story is unavailable.
Kelly Hogan: Tiny Desk Concert
Michael Katzif/NPR

Tiny Desk

Kelly Hogan: Tiny Desk Concert

Hogan brings confidence and unflappable professionalism to her new album, I Like to Keep Myself in Pain. That carries over to this performance in the NPR Music offices, as she and her ace band knock out three songs with seeming effortlessness and easygoing charm.

Kelly Hogan: Tiny Desk Concert

Listen · 11:34
  • Download
  • <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/154153777/154158896" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
Kelly Hogan: Cashing In An Album's Worth Of Favors

Kelly Hogan's new album is I Like to Keep Myself in Pain. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

toggle caption
Courtesy of the artist

Music Articles

Kelly Hogan: Cashing In An Album's Worth Of Favors

A self-proclaimed "backup singing ninja" with a host of famous friends and admirers, Hogan has just released her first solo album in 11 years.

Kelly Hogan: Cashing In An Album's Worth Of Favors

Listen · 9:46
  • Download
  • <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/154154421/154202433" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
  • Transcript
Jakob Dylan On Mountain Stage

Jakob Dylan, Neko Case, Kelly Hogan performed on Mountain Stage. Brian Blauser/Mountain Stage hide caption

toggle caption
Brian Blauser/Mountain Stage

Mountain Stage

Jakob Dylan On Mountain Stage

Dylan visits West Virginia with Three Legs, the rootsy ensemble featuring Neko Case and Kelly Hogan. The band plays songs from Dylan's sophomore solo release, the T-Bone Burnett-produced Women & Country.

Jakob Dylan on Mountain Stage - 06/15/2010

  • <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/127871629/127870570" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
Browse the section archive or search npr.org