Karen Hunter - songwriting this good cannot be faked

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For many of you the best place to hear what I do quickly and easily is on MySpace. There is one of the best tracks from Rubble as well as five live tunes recorded at the recent Christchurch arts festival online there - listen, download ( free) burn, play, dance around the room ...go fo it New retro mp3's - Spinning Wheel's debut release is here The entire Kirtan chant CD is available here
You can buy all of these CD's directly from me using either paypal ( the buttons)/internet banking or by mail order (click here)
		Rubble 2007 Brand new CD featuring some of Auckland's finest musicians playing a set of Karen's dirty blues and jazzy 'storytime for adults'. Showcasing songwriting skills finetuned over the last five years of studying music full time - Rubble is a vertiable explosion of texture and grooves reminiscent of early Tom Waits or Rickie Lee Jones. Rubble is also available through i-tunes and amplifier.co.nz
		sunlight & shade 2005 This recording is a beautiful portfolio of Káren Hunter and Brendan Turner's work together as a acoustic guitar and upright bass duo. Stylistically leaning towards a mellower jazz sound, this CD contains some fine funky acoustic grooves as well as a couple of timeless jazz standards.
		mr kite goes fishing 2004 Mr Kite Goes Fishing features guest vocalists Rachel Anderson, Shane Hollands and Val Huntington as well as a huge cast of instrumentalists. 'Mr Kite' incorporates spoken word poetry and computer based loops, samples and live playing with trumpet, sax, guitar, bass and keys.
		inside outside (double live album) 2001 ....... This album showcases Hunter's live skills. The disc "inside" features Hunter as a powerful singer/ songwriter. Disc two "outside" displays Hunter's writing with a raunchy backing band consisting of Al Khan, (guitar) Will Seiffert (bass) and Nannette Fortier (drums). reviews
		the private life of clowns 1997 'Clowns' pulls together five years of recordings at different Auckland Studios. An atmosphere of diversity and originality permeates this classic album of kiwi music history. This is my 'debut' CD and I believe it is a classic Kiwi album which everyone needs to hear!
		spinning wheel live 1995 This retrospective release celebrates the wonderfully energetic duo Spinning Wheel: Káren Hunter and multi talented Leraine Horstmanshoff. The shows were recorded in two venues on a National Tour and remain as fresh as if they had been played yesterday. This release is available for mail order purchase using the donate button.	Any money donated through this link will be sent by me directly to the Auckland Yoga Academy to be taken to an orphanage in India. No money will be wasted on administration fees other than the postage required to send the disc to you.
		spinning wheel - self titled debut release 1993 Classic sound of Spinning Wheel from our debut release in the early 1990's - that is myself and the terrifically talented Leraine Horstmanshoff on bamboo sax, guitar, djembe, vocals, flute and various percussion! New free downloads - living breathing - te moehau - melt - opening up - perfection/washing - river Please note - I can not rip and upload Leraine's compositions as she is the copyright holder.	Any money donated through this link will be sent by me directly to the Auckland Yoga Academy to be taken to an orphanage in India. No money will be wasted on administration fees.
	Other titles	These are both 'meditational' CD's and are only available by having a conversation with me!
		suite for classical guitar, voice and percussion 2006 This ambient meditation celebrates the reunion of Káren Hunter and Ross Hill's musical partnership. The compositions on this CD are by Ross Hill, a classically trained guitarist and guitar tutor based in Aucklands Northshore.
		kirtan 2003 Kirtan is a collection of chants performed by members of the Auckland Yoga Academy Kirtan (sacred singing) circle and led by Káren Hunter . Free downloads and further information here