Lonely Drifter Karen

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Name = Lonely Drifter Karen
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Origin = Vienna, Austria
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Genre = Folk, Dark Cabaret, Pop
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Years_active = 2003–present
Label = Crammed Discs
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URL = [http://www.myspace.com/lonelydrifterkaren www.myspace.com/lonelydrifterkaren]
Current_members = Tanja Frinta (Voice & guitar) Marc Melià Sobrevias (Piano & Keyboards) Giorgio Fausto Menossi (Drums)
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Lonely Drifter Karen is a musical project founded by the Austrian singer Tanja Frinta in 2003. The music combines folk, Dark Cabaret and pop rooted in a European context. Her co-musicians are pianist and producer Marc Melià Sobrevias from Spain and Italian Giorgio Fausto Menossi on drums and percussions.

Biography

Tanja Frinta started writing her own songs in her early childhood and played in various bands from the age of 15, including the genres hardcore punk and indie pop. She founded Lonely Drifter Karen in 2003 when she left her native Austria to move to Gothenburg, Sweden where she stayed for three years. Her first EP Sinsweetime was released on the Viennese recordlabel Fettkakao, consisting of four songs. She played small venue concerts all over Europe before she met her current band members. In 2006 Frinta moved from Sweden to Spain. The initial experiment of recording a few songs with Marc Melià and Giorgio Menossi in Barcelona led to their first stage performances as a trio and the following of a small tour in Italy, Austria and Poland. From December 2006 until January 2008 Frinta and Melià had been recording the debut album Grass is Singing, which was released by Crammed Discs in May 2008 in Europe, June 2008 in the US and September 2008 in Canada. The Canadian release of the album is in collaboration with Montreal based Semprini Records who has also released Lonely Drifter Karen´s 7" The Owl Moans Low in July 2008.

Discography

Albums

* Grass Is Singing (Crammed Discs, 2008
# "This World is Crazy "
# "The Angels Sigh"
# "Passengers of The Night"
# "The Owl Moans Low"
# "Climb"
# "Casablanca"
# "Professor Dragon"
# "Salvation"
# "Carousel Horses"
# "True Desire"
# "Giselle"
# "No True Woman"
# "La Hierba Canta"

EP

* The Owl Moans Low 7" Semprini Records, Crammed Discs, 2008
# "The Owl Moans Low"
# "Stray Melodies"
# "River"

* Sinsweetime Fettkakao, 2003
# "The Pure Heart Sin"
# "Beautiful Shock"
# "Some Summer Days"
# "Sweet (Swing) Time"

Links

* [http://www.myspace.com/lonelydrifterkaren] - Myspace
* [http://www.crammed.be/crammed/132/index.htm] - Label site