KAREN LOVELY BAND 

9pm Duffs Garage
Saturday 8/3

Doors open: 8PM
Event begins: 9PM
Event Website: www.duffsgarage.com

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

KAREN LOVELY BAND http://www.karenlovely.com/
Nominated 2011 Blues Music Awards:
- Best Contemporary Female Artist
- Best Contemporary Blues Album
- Song of the Year.
Backed by a stellar band,KAREN LOVELY delivers a blistering mix of contemporary & old school blues. Lovely's standout performances have garnered awards, critical acclaim and standing ovations at festivals and venues throughout the US and Canada. Summer 2012, she'll be making waves with her first European tour including appearances at Festival Cognac Blues Passions in Cognac, France.
Lovely began singing the blues professionally in September 2007. Her records "Lucky Girl" (November 2008) and "Still the Rain" (March 2010) topped the blues and roots charts and went to #1 on XM Radio's B.B. King's Bluesville's "Pick to Click" list.

VIDEO:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jT4qscCHhgI Living with the Blues - Karen Lovely Band LIVE in Burghausen, Germany
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_ETdrW6PWw Still - The Rain at Herb Alpert's VIBRATO
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVv5mQH4ygU Karen Lovely at Herb Alpert's VIBRATO

QUOTES:
"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."
DOWNBEAT

"Lovely’s performance...was one of the most unexpected pleasures of recent memory...[her] 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

"...stunningly soulful...absolutely one of the standout artists of the past few years at Waterfront Blues Festival."
Peter Dammann, Artistic Director
SAFEWAY WATERFRONT BLUES FESTIVAL

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

"Karen Lovely is absolutely one of the rising stars of our Blues genre, her rendition of “Still the Rain” left the Tempe Center for Performing Arts audience speechless.”
Kyle Deibler, President & CEO
MEMPHISWEST MUSIC, LLC

"Lovely's voice combines roadhouse grit with a focused emotional clarity all her own...she's an unstoppable force blasting out of the Pacific Northwest."
Frank-John Hadley

"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

"a star in the making"
Bill Wax, Program Director
B.B. King's Bluesville, XM RADIO

“Karen Lovely owned our stage - from the moment she walked on to the end of her set she was entertaining and powerful. You can tell she's enjoying herself and her voice makes for a performance that you and your audience will enjoy and not forget for a very very long time. Book her while you can!”
Mike Sturgill, Director of Programming
BRITT FESTIVAL

"Leading up to the festival, people were asking me, 'Who is this Karen Lovely lady?' I certainly didn't have to tell anyone after her performance. She and her band reached out and took hold of everyone in the crowd, shook 'em to their core and gave one of the best performances in the 16 year history of the Garvin Gate Blues Festival. As a testament to her power and relationship she forged with the crowd, Karen returned to the festival the next night as a fan and was surrounded by folk all night long telling her what a great time they had. I still get people raving about her every time I'm at a blues event."
Mike Suttles, Co-producer
GARVIN GATE FESTIVAL, Louisville KY

"From her first time here, Karen's engaging, charming, and energetic shows have created a big buzz that's only outdone by her uncommon commitment to quality, bringing fresh material every time through, and building her audience in the market.”
Eric Maloney, Musical Director
HIGHWAY 99 BLUES CLUB, Seattle WA

“Karen's got a killer voice, amazing stage presence and completely enraptures her audience. She's brilliant.”
Valerie Ing-Miller, Northern California Program Coordinator
JEFFERSON PUBLIC RADIO

“What an incredible performance. Every note Karen sings seems like it’s a mile wide, and definitely came from her soul!”
Billy Stoops, Artistic Director
SUNBANKS FESTIVAL, Electric City WA

"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

"The single most impressive emerging female vocalist I've heard in quite some time. Karen Lovely doesn't just sing, she is the song. Star power personified...she's here to stay!" The Blues Hound, 90.1 FM KPFT
AWARDS:
2011 BLUES MUSIC AWARD NOMINEE
"BEST CONTEMPORARY BLUES FEMALE ARTIST"
"BEST CONTEMPORARY BLUES ALBUM" - 'STILL THE RAIN'
"BEST SONG" - 'STILL THE RAIN'

2011 BLUES BLAST MUSIC AWARD NOMINEE
"BEST CONTEMPORARY BLUES FEMALE ARTIST"
"BEST SONG" - 'STILL THE RAIN'

2010 WINNER 2nd Place Band
INTERNATIONAL BLUES CHALLENGE

WINNER Blues Revue
“SPONSOR THE BAND”

MUDDY AWARD WINNER
"PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR"
"BEST FEMALE VOCALIST"
"BEST NEW ACT"