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Karen Lovely

Karen Lovely - Ashland, Oregon - Blues/R&B/Soul

About Me

"her voice cracks my heart in half..." - Chris Conrad, Mail Tribune

Karen Lovely sings the blues - with soul, passion, fun and a whole lotta volume. She started singing professionally in London at 27, and after a 15 year hiatus from the music business, hit the Southern Oregon music scene with her own band in September 2007. Since then, Karen Lovely and her band have been wowing fans at every venue.
Karen's debut CD, Lucky Girl, will be released in OCTOBER 2008 - ANY DAY NOW!!!! - and features songs written and produced by multi Grammy winning producer, Dennis Walker (Robert Cray, Bettye LaVette) and Grammy nominee producer/songwriter Alan Mirikitani (B.B. Chung King & the Buddaheads, Gentleman's Blues Club ).

The Karen Lovely Band will be opening for The Insomniacs and Too Slim and the Tail Draggers at the 2009 Rogue Valley Blues Festival, January 17.



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Member Since: 1/16/2008
Band Website: karenlovely.com
Band Members: Live Performance: Brent Norton - electric guitar Jeff Addicott - acoustic, electric bass Tom Stamper - drums Allen Crutcher - keys Michael Vannice - baritone, tenor and alto sax, melodica, clarinetStudio/Oregon: Michael Vannice - baritone, tenor, alto sax Brent Norton - guitar Jeff Addicott - acoustic, electric bass Tom Stamper - drums Joe Diehl - guitar David Scoggin - piano, organ Studio/California Alan Mirikitani - guitar, bass, sax Andy Just - harp Lee Spath - drums Richard Cousins - bass Jim Pugh - keys Antoine Salley - keytar Richard Bredice - guitar Frank Cotinola - drums Alan Deremo - bass Frank Christensen - keys
Influences: All the best: Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, Nina Simone, Big Mama Thornton, Sarah Vaughan, Jessie Mae Hemphill, Billie Holiday, Koko Taylor, Alberta Hunter, Victoria Spivey, Lucille Hegamin, Lucille Bogan, Sugar Pie DeSanto, Etta James, Tina Turner, Chaka Khan. All the rest: My grandmother for illustrating that cigarettes and vodka have no effect on the tonal quality of your voice. Absolutely none. My mom for making me call my brothers and sisters to dinner. Yelling like a fishwife was more socially acceptable back then and it saved having to walk 3 blocks. The crazy Italian lady who lived up the street.
Sounds Like:
Record Label: Pretty Pear Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

NEW!!!Preview track from Lucky Girl!!!

Check out my new preview track It's Too Late and let me know what you think.(K.
Posted by Karen Lovely on Wed, 24 Sep 2008 12:29:00 PST

My excellent LA Adventure

Lots of you have been wondering if my CD is ever going to come out...here's what I can tell you.  Having never made a CD before, my partner Lori and I thought, well, how hard could it be?  F...
Posted by Karen Lovely on Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:21:00 PST

Boogie Some

OK, I've uploaded a preview track from my new CD.  Let me know what you think.(K....
Posted by Karen Lovely on Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:31:00 PST

Brian Lovely - SI Rock n Roll Hall of Fame

I've had lots of people ask about the new pictures and my brother Brian. So, I'm posting this blog to let everyone know how amazingly talented he is. Brian is the one responsible for taking all the n...
Posted by Karen Lovely on Wed, 28 May 2008 06:25:00 PST