Northwest singer-songwriter, Karen Pernick, has toured and played festivals and clubs locally and nationally, from Bumbershoot to SXSW, garnering several songwriting awards along the way. Her first album, Apartment 12, released on Shanachie Records, features guests Bill Frisell, Julie Wolf (Ani DiFranco), Wayne Horvitz and Robin Holcomb.

She has just finished up work on her second recording, "Two Kinds of Weather," to be released independently. Produced by Wayne Horvitz, with contributions from Matt Brown (Tresspassers William), Tucker Martine (Laura Viers, Jesse Sykes), Reggie Watts (Maktub), Timothy Young (The Youngs), and others, the new album showcases 10 new tunes recorded over the last year. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.