Karen Lane

b. 1970, Perth, Western Australia, Australia. Encouraged to study music, Lane learned piano from the age of six and also played guitar. She heard pop music on radio and records and from a very early age had ambitions to become a singer. She sang in school shows and also in some teenage bands. Mainly, though, these years were spent studying for a Bachelor of Science degree and qualifying as a speech therapist. At 21 Lane moved to Sydney where she sang in clubs and pubs with a soul funk band and also with a jazz trio. She also began writing her own songs. Gradually, Lane develop...