Detroit-born singer/actress Karen Newman was raised in the cities of Grand Blanc and Rochester, Michigan. She studied music at Oakland University in Rochester Hills, Michigan, and has toured and recorded with fellow Detroit-born musicians Bob Seger and Kid Rock. Newman is known as 'The Voice of the Detroit Red Wings' because of her performances of the national anthem given at the hockey team's games at the Joe Louis Arena. Her discography consists of several musical albums including Moment in the Wind (1997) and One Word (2006). Her 2000 holiday release, What Christmas Means to Me, includes the perennial radio favorite "Christmas Eve on Woodward Avenue." She also performs an annual holiday show at the Andiamo Celebrity Showroom in Warren, Michigan. Newman has been featured in several television and radio commercials and has acted in the films Born on the Fourth of July (1989), Impact (2000), and Deadly Rhapsody (2001). She has appeared as a contestant on TV's Star Search and as a featured actress on In Living Color. Newman, whose musical genres span pop, country, and Americana, lives in Metro Detroit with her family. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.