Keren DeBerg is an American

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, and

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. She has performed at

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and is known for contributing songs to the TV show '' Scrubs''.

Early career

DeBerg left

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after graduating high school and began carving her sound in the

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nightclubs, where she built a strong and steady following. DeBerg was included in the third and final Lilith Fair, and sang with punk rock artist Jonathan Richman (''

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'') 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 had 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

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's ''

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'' and ''

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'', MTV's ''

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'' and '' The Hills'',

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'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

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locations and a tour of the West Coast of the United States. DeBerg's sophomore album, the full-length ''Overwhelmed'', was released on November 11, 2008. DeBerg's song "Get Up & Go" was chosen by

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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 Stadion.Performance of "Get Up & Go"
at YouTube.

Personal life

DeBerg is married to actor Jeffrey Muller.

Discography

* ''Mended'' (2016) * ''Overwhelmed'' (2008) * ''Gone'' (2004)

References

External links

Official site.

Official Blog

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