RECENT PRESS

"Power of Lovely" - Blues Festival Guide, Feb 5, 2010, James Byrum
"Karen Lovely Band at the International Blues Challenge" - BUKO Magazine, Feb 2010

International Blues Challenge Press:
Oregon Music News - Jan 24th
Oregon Music News Interview w/ Karen Lovely
Blues Blast Magazine

QUOTES/REVIEWS

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

"This lady can flat out sing like it's nobody's business but her own! And with a vocal range that just doesn't seem to know boundaries. Karen soars and attains vocal nirvana throughout, leaving you hungry to listen...again and again!"
- Greg Johnson, President, Cascade Blues Association

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

"Along the lines of what Renee Zellweger said to Tom Cruise in the "JERRY MAGUIRE" movie, KAREN LOVELY "had me'" with "Early one morning...", the opening words on the opening track. It took exactly that little of "TELL ME BABY" for me to know this lady could sing the blues. 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.com

[click here to read full review]

ARCHIVES

• Oregon Music News, 11/05/09
• Southern Oregon Magazine, Winter 2008
• Alex's Got Me Feeling the Blues,  Mail Tribune, 9/14/07
• Nothin' But the Blues,  Mail Tribune, 11/02/07
• The Alchemy of the Blues, Mail Tribune, 11/16/07
• Gin House to Roadhouse,  Mail Tribune, 4/19/08
• Blues and the Bayou,  Mail Tribune, 7/04/08
• Spotlight on the Blues, Daily Tidings, 9/16/08
• Spotlight on the Blues Review,  Mail Tribune, 9/26/08
• Lucky Girl, Mail Tribune, 10/17/08

KAREN LOVELY BAND

Debut record "LUCKY GIRL"

• #1 Pick to Click on XM Radio's Bluesville Channel
•#13 Living Blues Chart

#1 Pick to Click on XM Radio's Bluesville

"LUCKY GIRL" INTRODUCES BLUES SINGER KAREN LOVELY TO THE WORLD

It has happened to all of us. Maybe we were driving the car, stirring a cocktail in our favorite booth or cranking some tunes while we washed the car. Wherever we were, we still remember it; the first time we heard Janis sing, skipped a heartbeat when Aretha let loose, heard Stevie Ray wail or K.D. croon. Enter Ms. Karen Lovely, the latest in the jaw-dropping, stop-what-you’re doing-and-listen newcomer.

The stunning debut recording, Lucky Girl, by Oregon blues vocalist Karen Lovely is about to take the blues music world by storm. Playing through Lucky Girl is like listening to a history of blues, rhythm & blues and soul all wrapped into one knockout musical package. She covers the spectrum of excellence, from the opening bars of B.B. King’s Tell Me Baby to the “gotta smile” handling of John Lee Hooker’s Boom Boom into the soulful rendering of the Dennis Walker/ Alan Mirikitani collaboration, Too Little, Too Late. Along with these luminaries, Ms. Lovely also pays tribute to other icons of the genre including Big Mama Thornton, Willie Dixon and Betty James.

Lucky Girl was recorded on the newly created independent record label, Pretty Pear Records and was produced by Karen Lovely & Lori Haynes. Mixed and mastered with multi Grammy and Handy Award winning producer/songwriter Dennis Walker (Robert Cray/B.B. King) and Grammy nominee/songwriter Alan Mirikitani, this recording is not your average cover collection. Backup support includes bassist Richard Cousins (R. Cray/V. Morrison/B.B. King, J.L. Hooker, Etta James), Andy Just (Ford Brothers) on harp, drummer Lee Spath (R. Cray/M. Muldaur) and keyboard player Jim Pugh (Robert Cray Band, Etta James) and guitarist Joe Diehl. No matter how great the band, Lucky Girl could not have reached this pinnacle of excellence without the talents of its singer, Karen Lovely. The jagged edges of her velvet voice elicit tears, the dynamics of her rocking R&B make you want to shout and the delivery of the poignantly humorous lyrics of blues favorites take this recording over the top. Karen Lovely has arrived and, yes, it is lovely indeed.