"I'm sitting here catching up on email and listening to your new CD. What a delight it is! I love your voice and the songs and here's the bonus: it's one of the most gorgeously produced albums I've heard in quite a while! Just my cup of tea: clean, musical, lush and real. My congratulations to you, Gene and Karen for a job extremely well done". 
    Paul Mills, Canadian Musician/Producer, reacting to Laura Bird's latest album
"The Water In Between", mixed by Karen Kane (released October '08)

"What a fabulous treat it was to work with you! Old school meets high tech - the perfect combination in my mind. Of all the studio situations I've been in, I don't remember when I've felt like I was in such good hands".
   Kara Barnard, Singer/Songwriter/Producer


"Thank you so much for the privilege of working with you! I'm STILL taking in the fullness of the experience because I've never had anything like it before. You are just so great at everything you do. You are both the most focused producer I've ever worked with AND the warmest and most sensitive".
    Anna Gutmanis, Singer/Songwriter Toronto

"Karen Kane's precise ear, nimble fingers, and expansively artistic vision work perfectly in tandem with her years of technical studio experience. Karen is a Type A ethic with a Type B freedom- the dream producer for my second cd "Independence Meal"!!
   Alix Olson, Spoken Word Artist: " A red hot, fire-bellied, feminismo-spewin volcano"

"Given the raw energy of our two talents, Karen Kane brought them together within the music and shaped them into this fantastic CD. Her years of experience combined with her high standards in the studio pushed us to dig deep; bring out  more then we knew we had. Watching her work the board---nothing short of Magic. She finds the "Just right" and brings you back to you in a way that is comforting and yet challenging. She embodies Artist within engineering and production".
   Georgia Winfree, Singer/Songwriter, from the duo, Someone's Sister

"Karen is a true professional who can hear a missed cue at 50 paces and does the swellest swells anyone could ask for. I'd work with her again in a heartbeat."
   Jamie Anderson, Singer/Songwriter

"Someone's Sister, aka Katherine Jones and Georgia Winfree, have mos def garnered an A+ on their first CD effort, entitled Hand Me Downs. This AAA acoustic masterpiece was recorded at Audio Genesis and produced by Mixmama Karen Kane; and to perfection, I might add. This is absolutely one of the best NC discs of 2004".
   Laura McLean, a review for The Beat magazine, November, 04

"Combine Laura Bird's haunting alto voice, her insightful songwriting skills with an admired in-demand mixing engineer/producer (Karen Kane) and some of the best musicians in the biz...... the result is 'Dreamwalker' a finely crafted, top-notch first CD that deserves to be listened to again & again"
   Carl Borgstrom, Artistic Director 'Live! at the Opera House' series, Toronto

"The albums that you engineer have the cleanest, clearest, most authentic sound of any recordings. The quality of sound makes the music a joy to listen to. Wonderful work!"
    Nenah Sylver, songwriter

"We got the Cd and we LOVED it! You've done a great job of mixing. The mixes capture what a live recording should capture: that extra life and buzz.....it's really, really good."
   Zrazy (Ireland) on their live recording, recorded and mixed by Karen Kane

"Karen loves her job. She has fun and absorbs the music she's working on, until it is apparant that she is WITHIN IT. This quality, combined with her incredible ear, technical wizardry and obvious experience in her field, makes working with her a complete joy."
   Ember Swift, Canadian Singer/Songwriter

"In an environment that is potentially daunting, I felt complete confidence and calm....Karen's expertise, dedication and exceptional listening skills made the entire process from recording to mastering a fantastic and pleasurable journey. I'm looking forward to working with her again!"
   Laura Bird, Canadian Singer/Songwriter

"Karen manages to coax the most glorious sounds out of every instrument. I've always been more than pleased with the work I've done with her. She creates a very comfortable, casual working environment that makes it very easy to relax and make great music. It's hard to find someone as well versed in the engineering AND mixing process as she is."
   Wayne DeAdder, studio musician, Toronto

"Boston's resident recording whiz, Karen Kane, engineered "A Rainbow Path"...working with tight budgets and  sometimes little studio experience, progressive musicians really depend on a competent, cooperative engineer, and for many fine-sounding albums, that has been Karen Kane."
   From a 1984 review of Kay Gardner's album, "A Rainbow Path"

"We only worked together once at Phase One, but it was a great and educational experience. One of the best bass and drum sounds I've ever heard during a session".
   Paul Antonio, drummer for Jesse Cook and Toronto studio drummer

"I ran across your article about recording djembes on a website called drum journeys. As I am a novice home studio recorder and djembe player, I found the article very informative. I linked to your website and read some articles there. I've learned more from these brief articles than from most other sources combined. Thanks for sharing your experience and expertise."
   Dave Robertson