Quinn Tsan began her career as a back-up singer. After relocating from Minneapolis to Chicago in 2007, she collaborated with artists like Joe Pug, Rachele Eve, Tony Trimm, and others, co-writing verses on hip hop tracks, touring the midwest, providing harmonies on the 2012 EP ‘Wife Songs.’
In 2012, Tsan was invited to join the ensemble for The Fly Honey Show, an annual production by The Inconvenience that spans a 2000+ person audience each year. In 2013, Tsan became a featured musician and dancer and has since become a founding company member of the show.
Shortly after, Tsan began writing and performing her own music, initially recording a collection of original songs with Liam Cunningham (Kids These Days, Marrow) and Dorian Gehring (Exit Ghost, Marrow). In 2014, Tsan’s debut EP Good Winter was released to an overwhelming response from listeners and was called “an artist with the sort of drive and purpose that many spend years trying to achieve”, by The Chicago Tribune. Following the release of the EP, Tsan produced Bedrooms, a short dance film choreographed by celebrated Chicago Artists Erin Kilmurray and Josh Anderson, with music by Tsan. Since its release in Fall, 2015, Bedrooms has appeared in four festivals and taken home prizes in three.
Tsan’s forthcoming album, London, KY, was recorded by Dorian Gehring in Daniel Boone National Park in Kentucky, and will be released on October 18th, 2016. The album was performed and produced by Tsan, Dorian Gehring, Liam Cunningham, Michael Golas, Nick Broste, Raul Callejero, Sima Cunningham, and Tim Young.
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