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Karen and Pete first met on a stage and each immediately recognized the other as the ideal musical partner. Years of leading their all-original, dance-driven group imbued this duo with the power to sound like a full band, whether it’s pulsing funk or haunting ballad. Electrifying, unique, and always uplifting, these improvisational performers possess "the fearlessness of a high wire act working without a net." Karen Savoca puts her heart into a song the way a great actor throws herself into a role. Her supple, soulful alto is “both sex and spirit, growling and whispering the listener into submission”. Savoca is a gifted songwriter, drawing you into her world with humor and compassion, telling her stories with such grace and ease, you feel as though you've been invited to her table for supper. Savoca composes and records on a variety of instruments, but opts for the primal combination of voice and drum in live performance, and the groove is deep and satisfying. |
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Pete Heitzman’s “inspired and transcendent guitar work is central to their signature sound.” He’ll mimic a cello, a pedal steel, a rutting elk, and some things only imagined. With this broad pallet of tones and textures he paints the ideal landscapes for Savoca's engaging songs. An innovative and sensitive accompanist, Heitzman is so full of surprises that he has been called “a human aurora borealis”. An 1890’s church in the hills of upstate New York serves as home, recording studio and headquarters for their own Alcove Records. Savoca’s sixth solo release, In The Dirt (2006), was captured in a two day session with Heitzman and longtime collaborator, T-Bone Wolk (Shawn Colvin, Elvis Costello, Hall & Oates). Notable appearances include The Today Show, A Prairie Home Companion, Mountain Stage, Big Top Chautauqua, The Vancouver, Edmonton & Winnipeg Folk Festivals. They have recorded and produced other artists, their music has been heard in movies and documentaries, and they have scored two feature length films. |
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Discography
2006 ~ In The Dirt - Alcove 2003 ~ Live At The Black Sheep - Alcove (with Greg Brown & Garnet Rogers) 2002 ~ All My Excuses - Alcove 1999 ~ Here We Go - Alcove 1998 ~ Sunday In Nandua - Alcove 1993 ~ On The River Road - Alcove 1988 ~ Walkin' The Bridge - Alcove |
Other Projects 2007 ~ Produced Robert Hazard's Troubadour for Rykodisc 2005 ~ The Crooked Corner - No Stone Pictures (scored feature film) 2003 ~ Where We Live - Higher Octave (w/ Ry Cooder, Bob Dylan, Bonnie Raitt, Tom Waits…) 2002 ~ Greg Brown - Milk Of The Moon - Red House (produced and recorded by Karen & Pete) 2002 ~ Going Driftless - Red House (w/ Mary Chapin, Sean Colvin, Ferron, Lucinda Williams…) 2001 ~ Sleepwalk - aired on IFC (Scored feature film) |
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