Raleigh Keegan Releases Two Singles From Upcoming EP, Tale of 7 Cities

It’s an unlikely start to a not-so-typical tale for a country music artist: singer/songwriter Raleigh Keegan was born in the Columbus State Penitentiary where his biological mother was serving time for drug abuse, and later placed him up for adoption. “It ended up being the best-case scenario — my parents are wonderful. I had an awesome childhood.” Raised outside of Cincinnati with a large extended family (11 aunts and uncles and nearly 50 cousins on just one side), Keegan was the only member with any sort of musical inclination. “My birth father played guitar — that’s about all I know of where my talents come from.”At the age of eight, he was introduced to piano. “My parents found a piano for free up in Michigan, so we drove up to get it. It barely fit in our minivan. It was super out of tune, but I played and played.” Though he took lessons that first year, he soon took to teaching himself. Around age 10, he picked up trombone and after years of practice, became first chair in the state of Ohio for jazz trombone.

As his love and involvement in music grew, so did his interest in sports. “I was involved in everything — basketball, swimming, football…” He…