Artist Bio
Live show from quarantine in West Virginia USA. Karen is a working musician unable to tour or complete work on her new album until the threat of COVID-19 has passed. This means serious financial difficulties ahead. Your support can make a huge difference--join the show, hangout and donate a few notes if you can. Music will get us through!
Karen Allen's upbringing in the folkloric town of Point Pleasant, West Virginia has a surprising effect on her life and music. While grounded in country folk and roots rock, Karen gravitates to indie pop, alt rock and experimental sounds. All of these influences fuel a musical landscape for telling her unique story of love, loss, forgiveness, and transcendence.
Karen is best known as the founding member of the alt-grunge band Crazy Jane. The band recorded and toured in support of three albums, performed at the legendary CBGBs (NYC), NPR's "Mountain Stage", NXNE Music Festival (Toronto) to name a few and alongside acts such as They Might Be Giants, Violent Femmes, Donna the Buffalo, Julian Lennon, and Robyn Hitchcock.
Deeply affected by the 9/11 tragedy, Karen immersed herself in humanitarian work, becoming a skilled community organizer focused on helping disaster survivors and military members and families affected by war. During that time, Karen also began playing drums and recorded with indie rock duo Tofujitsu and experimental rock trio Fabulous Head.
In 2018, Here We Are Now was released, Karen's second solo album. Recorded with producer Ken Stringfellow (The Posies, R.E.M., Big Star), Here We Are Now is a portrait of love and grief. Here We Are Now should resonate with anyone who’s ever experienced loss and recovery.
Karen most recently joined Ken Stringfellow for a slew of dates on his solo 'Touched' tour during 2019-2020.
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