BIO

Karen Laura Peters (she/her) is a PNW based Singer-Songwriter and Cellist. While training to be a professional cellist at Oberlin College & Conservatory, Karen fell in love with experimental music and folk music. She began writing her own songs and performing with folk groups. 

 

Karen eventually joined a singing strings band called Her Treehouse. Her and her bandmates were featured in NPR’s All Songs Considered blog in “Our Favorite Desks in the Wild From the 2019 Tiny Desk Contest.” 

 

While performing in WA and CA with Her Treehouse, Karen began writing, co-producing, and recording her first EP, Of the Embers. She released her debut song “I Won’t Go,” with its honest lyrics, grooving drums and soaring horn lines. Soon after she released her debut EP featuring an ethereal and reflective song “Fireflies” and driving “Crack in the Sky.”  In 2024, Karen released a heartfelt single "Duet" featuring rich storytelling and lyrical cello lines.

 

Inspired by artists like Billie Marten, Lizzy McAlpine, Olivia Dean, Laura Marling, Lake Street Dive, and half alive, Karen is currently writing and recording her sophomore EP coming in 2025.

 

Karen performs, records, and collaborates often with other musicians and is the Co-Founder of the WA based music organization, M O M E N T U M.