Karen Newman

Karen Newman is a professional singer based in Detroit, Michigan.

Biography

Newman was raised in the Michigan towns of Rochester and Grand Blanc, and studied music at Oakland University. She is best known for being "the voice" of the National Hockey League's Detroit Red Wings, regularly performing the national anthem before the team's home games at Joe Louis Arena. She has toured with Bob Seger and Kid Rock.

Newman has five previously released CDs including the patriotic EP, "How Far We've Come", and is available through CDBABY.com and electronically through iTunes. This cd includes both the U.S. National anthem as well as the Canadian anthem. The single "Christmas Eve on Woodward Avenue" has become a traditional favorite for many Detroit radio stations, and has been included for many years as part of the Detroit Thanksgiving Parade. This hometown favorite can be found on her first Christmas CD, What Christmas Means to Me and NOW... On her newly released full length holiday CD, Christmas Eve On Woodward Avenue, a collection of traditional favorites with a contemporary flair.

Karen Newman (artist)

Karen Newman ARBS (born 20 January 1951) is a British-born sculptor, best known for her bronze bust of Violette Szabo on the Albert Embankment of the River Thames, outside Lambeth Palace in London. Newman was formally trained at the Chelsea School of Art for a Pre-Diploma 1969–1970, then on to the City and Guilds Art School in Kennington, London 1970–1972.

From 1980 to 2001 Newman worked at Madame Tussauds in London. Among her subjects were:

Newman's life-size waxwork of Charlie Chaplin was exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery, London.

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