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"Even before Koko Taylor's passing, the number of outstanding female blues singers was alarmingly small. Things are looking up due to the emergence of Karen Lovely."
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"Lovely’s performance...was one of the most unexpected pleasures of recent memory. Oregon-based, she arrived with little advance notice, backed by a four piece band that interacted with almost symbiotic musical togetherness, enthusiastically riding the surging crests of her passionate interpretations of the blues. Lovely’s style begins from sources within such classic blues singers as Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith. And, like Janis Joplin before her, she has translated those influences into an utterly gripping contemporary style of her own. Her set, which ran non-stop for nearly two hours, was superbly supported by a band that could do no wrong."
Don Heckman INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF MUSIC

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"Lovely is a first class vocalist." Art Tipaldi, BLUES REVUE

"In a seemingly endless cycle of average Blues CDs, Lovely's new album is the brightest spot on the horizon and a good bet to make many a top Blues album list this year. "Still the Rain" is a magnificent album!"
BluesWax Magazine (read the full article)

"I think Karen Lovely is the most talented singer I have been associated with since my early days with Robert Cray."
Dennis Walker, Producer, 3x Grammy Winner (Robert Cray/B.B. King/Bettye LaVette)

"From a soft, sexy, whisper to a powerful crescendo, Karen's vocal range... is absolutely masterful...it's a no brainer knowing that with a voice like this, business is going to stay good."
- Peter "Blewzzman" Lauro, Blues Editor @ www.Mary4Music.co

"Never Felt No Blues" from STILL THE RAIN is a featured track on the CD Sampler included in Blues Revue magazine's special 20th Anniversary/Jimi Hendrix edition, September/October 2010.