Album Notes

"I CONSIDER MYSELF A POETIC VOCALIST, I BLEND SEVERAL DIFFERENT FLOW PATTERNS WITH UNCONVENTIONAL DYNAMICS TO CREATE A NEW KIND OF ARTISTRY."

EMERGING FROM A THRIVING SPOKEN WORD AND LIVE MUSIC SCENE IN NYC, KAREN GIBSON ROC AND FLUID (JAIRUS B ODUMS, ERIC SIMONS, SHAWN BANKS, AL DAVIS) BRING A COHESIVE AND FUSION-LIKE SOUND. THEY CROSS MUSICAL GENRES WITH EASE AND AGILITY. KAREN SHARES HER WORDS OF WISDOM WHILST INTOXICATING HER AUDIENCE WITH RAW STAGE PRESENCE. 5&2FISH WAS PRODUCED WITH JAIRUS B ODUMS AND RONNIE ROC.

KAREN GIBSON ROC HAS PERFORMED WITH THE LIKES OF PATTI LABELLE, SHEILA E, THE COMMODORES - FOR GLAMORAMA - A SPECTACULAR FUNDRAISER PUT TOGETHER BY MARSHALL FIELDS IN BOTH CHICAGO AT THE CHICAGO THEATRE AND IN MINNEAPOLIS. SHE HAS ALSO GRACED SUCH STAGES AS HBO'S DEF POETRY JAM,THE BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC (THE CAFE AND THE HOWARD GILMAN OPERA HOUSE), CENTRAL PARKS SUMMER STAGE W/THE LYRICIST LOUNGE, S.O.B'S, JOE'S PUB, C.B.G.B'S, C.B.G.B'S GALLERY, BOWERY POETRY CLUB, NUYORICAN POET'S CAFE, AND MANY MORE. SHE IS FEATURED ON "FUTURE WAVES OF BLACK FOLKS" BY CHAMPION SOUL/
REMIXED BY GILES PETERSON, RELEASED BY MAIN SQUEEZE AND DISTRIBUTED BY GOYA. (EUROPE)

"AT TIMES THE JOURNEY SEEMS TOUGH BUT I HAVE THE WIND ON MY BACK AND THE WORDS IN MY HEART - I KNOW THAT WITH GOD THOSE TWO THINGS CAN CARRY ME THROUGH."

"I AM NOT FREE AS A HUMAN BEING UNLESS I AM EXPRESSING MYSELF CREATIVELY."
KAREN GIBSON ROC