Karen Jeannne[3] Denhert is a Grenadan-American urban folk-jazz artist who has won four Independent Music Award nominations and was named as one of the best female vocalists of 2009 by Jazz.com.
In 2015, Karen's song "Beautiful" won the "Jazz With Vocals" category at The 14th Annual Independent Music Awards.
[5] She cites her primary influences as James Taylor and Joni Mitchell, but also Sergio Mendes, John Hartford, Carole King, Laura Nyro, Steely Dan, and Hubert Laws.
In the 1980s, she played lead guitar and occasionally sang for an all-female rock band called Fire, which toured North America and Europe.
She then worked as a financial analyst for Dannon[6] in Cleveland, Ohio, where she started her record label, Mother Cyclone.