Karen Maria Capo

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Karen & Amie March 2005
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Karen Maria Capo
 http://kmlbx.com/
(Vocalist/Songwriter) began her career on Broadway at the age of 11 in the musical DUDE by the authors of HAIR. She performed in various plays and cabarets until she completed her studies at the prestigious School of Performing Arts in New York. 

Subsequently, she moved West to pursue a career as a songwriter and vocalist in several Los Angeles-area original bands, setting attendance records and performing in such well-known venues as
Club Lingerie, FM Station and The World Famous Palomino Club. At the same time, Karen Maria had the pleasure of having a national release of "Can I Come By Tonight?" for which she penned the lyrics. She is a member of ASCAP and the Actors Equity Assn

While living in California, Karen Maria has appeared in concert with Al Jarreau, Leif Garrett, Kirstie Alley and Frank Stallone. She has also performed in various venues throughout South Florida, including the Fontainebleau Hilton in Miami Beach and Planet Hollywood on South Beach. 

Karen Maria has 3 CDs available: the first CD for her smooth jazz band, Midnight Siren, entitled "Instead of Sleeping", her most recent CD "The Dirty Blues" and a third CD, just for dancers, entitled "Songs You Should Know", featuring her original tune "I Can Lindy to That". 

In the last 4 years she has performed at Cheap Thrills in St.Louis, the Lindy Hop 411 Anniversary in Tampa, the House of Blues in San Diego, the Austin Lindy Exchange, Emerald City Blues Festival in Seattle, Red, White and Blues in Dallas, Midtown Stomp (Sacramento) with Solomon Douglas, SFLX and STLBX and with Porkpie, at the Portland Lindy Exchange! . Karen Maria also had the sublime pleasure of joining Barbara Morrison onstage in Florida, at California's Lindy Groove Christmas party and SwingOut NorthWest. She is proud to have had second billing to Miss Morrison at the Sacramento Lindy Exchange in March 2006! 

Currently, Miss Capo performs her Cabaret act
in Portland and sings at Corporate Events,
Parties and Weddings with The Groove.

Buy my CDs; I need the money!