Karen Lovely, who was born in
Massachusetts, United States, is the eldest of nine siblings and initially sang in the local church choir. In 1987, she relocated to
London, England, where she gave her first public performance, before returning to Los Angeles six months later. Lovely started singing the blues professionally in September 2007 and released her debut album,
Lucky Girl, in November 2008. Lovely and her band claimed second place in the band category, at the 2010
International Blues Challenge. Her album
Ten Miles of Bad Road (2015), was recorded at Ultratone Studios in
Studio City,
California. Her backing comprised
Johnny Lee Schell and Alan Mirikitani on guitar,
James "Hutch" Hutchinson on bass, Jim Pugh on piano and keyboards, with
Tony Braunagel on drums and record production. There was a guest appearance by
Kim Wilson on harmonica. The 13 tracks included 12 original songs written by Lovely, Dave Fleschner, Vyasa Dodson, Alan Mirikitani and Dennis Walker. The title track was inspired by
Curtis Salgado, who also shared the songwriting credits with Lovely and Fleschner. In 2017, Lovely toured across North America, with concert dates in Switzerland in April that year. ==Discography==