Karen Goldberg
Singer-Songwriter
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"Goldberg's voice, simply put, is a treasure, an instrument that does anything asked of it with seeming ease..." OUT MAGAZINE Her "smooth soprano slides
through tracks with assuring ease..." The "A superb writer, composer,
instrumentalist, sound engineer who avoids preaching and instead makes her
points with wit, sympathy, and humor... Sultry voice and emotive lyrics of a
Joni Mitchell with the charismatic sass of a Rickie Lee Jones." The |
"Treading Water" is a unique blend of
contemporary folk with a splash of subtle jazz shadings, featuring Karen
Goldberg on acoustic guitar and vocal, Genesis drummer Chester Thompson, and
some of Nashville's top studio musicians. Produced by smooth-jazz
innovators Michael Moryc and Denny Jiosa, this stunning recording of 11 graceful and
thought-provoking tunes by the singer-songwriter, is now available on CD.
About
Karen Goldberg
A Baltimore native, Karen Goldberg,
was in college, studying to be a gym teacher, when one night on a dare, she got
up on a downtown nightclub stage during the band's break and sang a tune. The
owner hired her on the spot, an event that kind of changed her life. Teaching
was temporarily put on hold to give music a try. Now, with six nationally
distributed releases on CORBETT RECORDS, six international tours (Austria,
Australia, Wales, England, Denmark, Norway), hundreds of US college and concert
performances, including appearances with 10,000 MANIACS, the B52'S, RANDY
NEWMAN, LEO KOTTKE, MICHAEL HEDGES, DAVID WILCOX, RICHIE HAVENS, PAUL RISER, CARROT
TOP, THE NIELDS, GRACE SLICK, LIVINGSTON TAYLOR , MAURA O'CONNEL, TOM CHAPIN,
SUSAN WERNER, CHERYL WHEELER, THE KINGSTON TRIO, AL DIMEOLA, TOM PAXTON, TOM
RUSH, DON MCLEAN, DAVE MASON, HOLLY NEAR, MARTI JONES AND DON DIXON, MOSE
ALLISON, FIREFALL, THE DREGS, and more, the "try" has turned into a
seriously successful career.
It's not about the typical stuff . She writes about being female ("PMS"),
about animal rights ("What if a Cow Ate You"), about injustice
("Benny and James"), about relationships ("Glass-Half Filled Man
w/ a glass 1/2 empty wife" "House of Marriage"), about Key West
("90 Miles from Cuba"), about bad toupees ("Why Bother"),
"about angst ("Falling on Deaf Ears",) aging gracefully ("I
Went to College", "Treading Water,") and traveling the world,
from the unique perspective of an American female solo act - with a large
golden retriever. ("Sneakin,"
"Windows of
"I formed my own label in the early 80's as a result of hearing one too
many times from labels, that my sound was not commercial enough. (I was into a
jazzy-folky Joni Mitchell-Michael Franks-Rickie Lee
Jones-Kenny Rankin kind of sound which you heard virtually nowhere on the
radio.) It was the best thing I ever did for myself and my career. This way, I
can produce and distribute music with integrity at my own pace, regardless of
trends in the 'biz.' Also, I'm the boss." - Karen Goldberg
Karen's current tour information is available through Musi-Cal.Karen performs regularly through The National Association for Campus Activities (NACA). Their website is at http://bbs.naca.sc.edu/.
Karen Goldberg
c/o Corbett
Records
Phone:
410-833-3333
Email: karengoldberg1@verizon.net