ANNOUNCEMENTS
Pretty Pear Records congratulates Karen Lovely on three BMA Nominations!
- Best Contemporary Blues Album
- Best Contemporary Blues Female Artist
- Song of the Year "Still the Rain" (D. Walker/A. Mirikitani)
Pretty Pear Records and Karen Lovely are pleased to announce they have formed a distribution deal with Burnside Distribution of Portland, OR.
http://www.bdcdistribution.com/
QUOTES
"Even before Koko Taylor's passing, the number of outstanding female blues singers was alarmingly small. Things are looking up, though, due to the emergence of Karen Lovely." - DownBeat
"utterly gripping...stunning musicality...Lovely’s performance was one of the most unexpected pleasures of recent memory. 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
"I think Karen Lovely is the most talented singer I have been associated with since my early days with Robert Cray."
- Dennis Walker, multi Grammy & Handy award winning producer
(Robert Cray/B.B. King/Bettye LaVette)
"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
"Lovely's voice combines roadhouse grit with a focused emotional clarity all her own. Given superior songs by Dennis Walker and Alan Mirikitani, she's an unstoppable force blasting out of the Pacific Northwest."
- Frank-John Hadley, DownBeat Magazine Blues Columnist
"It's a GREAT record!" - Bill Wax, XM Radio, B.B. King's Bluesville
"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 Houston
"From a soft, sexy, whisper to a powerful crescendo, Karen's vocal range is absolutely masterful..."- Peter "Blewzzman" Lauro, Blues Editor @ www.Mary4Music.com
"...her voice cracks my heart in half..."
- Chris Conrad, Mail Tribune
2010 IBC PRAISE!!!
"When 2nd Place Winner Karen Lovely belted deeply that the 'blues ain't far behind' her poise and control showed why she was one of the [IBC's] top club acts"
- Art Tipaldi, Senior Editor, Blues Revue
"the standout performances came from four female participants...only Karen Lovely made it into the finals. The buzz on the street was that she was getting standing ovations throughout her performance at the New Daisy Theater."
- Don Wilcock, Senior Editor, Blues Wax/Blues Beat
“That set was wonderful.”
- Janiva Magness, 2009 BMA Entertainer of the Year |
