Káren Hunter first appeared with her blues-infused blend of acoustic funk in the early 90’s when she returned from her eight year O.E. Her time in New York inspired the infamous ‘Raw Fish Salad’ women’s performance night down in the belly of Auckland’s Java Jive and her debut album ‘Private Life of Clowns’ in 1997 received widespread critical acclaim.

During the late nineties Káren opened for internationally acclaimed artists Ani Difranco, Suzanne Vega and Toni Childs and toured NZ extensively as both a solo act and also with several band line-ups. Káren’s second album “Inside/Outside” (Jayrem/Rawfishsalad 2001 – double-live) was recorded live and showcased this hard-edged rocky period of her songwriting.

2006 saw Káren studying the craft of songwriting at Honours Level at Auckland University during which time she started working on her new album Rubble. Making Rubble has been a very different approach to recording for Káren and many musicians have contributed to the work which features a dirty jazz/blues rhythm section and a barrage of horns and ‘found’ percussion to embellish the songs.