Karen Carroll With The Mississippi Grave Diggers The name of Karen Carroll and The Mississippi Grave Diggers has already welded together after numerous joint appearances and successful tours and become a phenomenon in the local blues life! Suggestive interpretation, cloudless cheerfulness and tempestuous playing characterize the full-house concerts of the band. The forceful sound grabs attention, and the playing of polished character gives an extraordinary pleasure even to the choosiest fans. By amalgamating traditional black rhythms with gipsy swing and bebop, folk blues and youthful grooves, the Mississippi Grave Diggers give an unmistakable jazz and world music flavour to contemporary blues. It creates a unique chatacter of joy music of the traditions created by the band, crossing continents, then fusing on local stages.
 
The front man, or, more correctly, front woman of the band, Karen Carroll, „the black witch” is considered one of the most authentic singer in contemporary blues. When she takes her place on stage, she catches the audience with the first sound of big city blues, pulling them unawares into the magic of the pleasant shuffle pulsation. Strumming her guitar charmingly, the woman aged fifty tells real stories with the voice ringing from the deepness of her soul, with every words of her texts.
 
The standard pieces in the repertoire of the band are coloured with succesful original compositions, evolving a special sounding. The dialogues and improvisations of the instruments are giving place for continuous renewal, presenting the audience with a new experience in every concert.
 
In her concerts, Karen Carroll with The Mississippi Grave Diggers vivifies the entrancing actuality of the blues born from the moment, attesting the everlasting brilliance of the genre.

Karen Carroll & MGD