Karmen

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the last 8 years of song making have provided opportunities that i am speechlessly grateful for. opening shows for songwriters i admire such as patty griffen and dar williams has been amazing and playing with musicians who are brilliantly talented and whom i love dearly, has left me feeling like the luckiest person in the world. the list is long, but i want to especially thank the following for all of the time and talent and unending inspiration they've given me over the years. stuart gunter- myspace.com/stuartgunter, lauren hoffman- laurenhoffman.com, mark- myspace.com/majjee, todd howard- myspace.com/toddhowardmusic and toddhoward.com, dan buttler (dad), AKA (brilliant author of "silver kites"), and bekah barnett- myspace.com/urbanminstrel

after writing music, performing music, and recording music for years way over on the east coast, i am pleased to be sharing tunes now direct from hilly san francisco. the city of staircases is dreamy dreamy dreamy.

Member Since:

September 05, 2006

Members:

Karmen Buttler - Guitar, Vocals

Influences:

everything i hear influences the karmenmusic making in some way or another. this box should be called LOVES instead- patty griffen, joni mitchell, tori amos, the beatles, peter gabriel, radiohead, phoebe snow, bob dylan, neil young, jeff buckley, shawn colvin....miles davis, charlie parker, bebo valdez, stevie ray vaghan, suzanne vega, U2, laura nero.

marisa monte, prince, tricky, aretha franklin, my dad, janis joplin, NIN, habib koite... martina topley-bird, tom waits, portishead, jill scott, erykah badu, bebel gilberto, tete alhino, ray charles, sade, the fugees and cesaria evora...

bruce hornsby, bjork, the sundays, massive attack, everything but the girl, john coltrane, muddy waters, sarah mclachlan, sade, sting, soud massi, femi kuti, jane siberry, lyle lovett, edie brickell, nina simone...

crosby stills nash and young, the cure, bono, dave brubeck, death cab for cutie, ella fitzgerald, elliot smith, feist, fernanda porto, fiona apple, fleetwood mac, the grateful dead, imogen heap, rodrigo y gabriella, james taylor, janis joplin, marvin gaye, michael franti, nick drake, october project, ojos de brujo, paul simon, poe, poncho sanchez, tracy chapman, uh huh her, vince guaraldi,

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