Joe Baltake: Film Critic Daily News
"Karon Bihari is inevitable. She's one of the colossal talents of our age - a bluesy, gritty and hauntingly affecting lady. And damn it; she's better than movies! Is it clear that I love her? ... Her productions are perfect, teeming with a sense of timing, rhythm, good humor, personal detail and, best of all, simplicity. ... She comes on like a flash of choreographic brilliance. ... A lady with a lot of talent and a lot of heart. Did I remember to mention that I love her?"
"Karon Bihari is inevitable. She's one of the colossal talents of our age - a bluesy, gritty and hauntingly affecting lady. And damn it; she's better than movies! Is it clear that I love her? ... Her productions are perfect, teeming with a sense of timing, rhythm, good humor, personal detail and, best of all, simplicity. ... She comes on like a flash of choreographic brilliance. ... A lady with a lot of talent and a lot of heart. Did I remember to mention that I love her?"
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MUSIC and PERFORMANCE
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CONTRIBUTIONS
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David McGee "Karon Bihari has a fine tuned rock sensibility and is a most interesting female rock performer in league with Lene Lovitch, Debbie Harry, Kate Bush, Pat Benatar and Rickie Lee Jones among others. Producers Ellie Greenwich and Bernie Taupin have written songs for her as have other famous friends, and her demo is causing tremors along the A & R fault line. Bihari is an exceptional singer blessed with the stage savvy of a veteran performer. What makes her special is her ability to make the songs so personal adding an extra dimension to her material." 
PAGE SIX "Chanteuse Karon Bihari, who is the model for the main character in the book “Slaves of New York” is kicking off the Spring Season at Chapieteau and the folks at Merchant Ivory Productions who are making the film version have cast Bernadette Peters as Bihari and are still looking for “downtown types” and what better place than a Bihari performance.” 
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"Clowning, mimicking, singing everything, Karon enchanted." 
A-Z "Karon Bihari is the Maria Callas of Downtown." 
Maki "Karon Bihari's talent is remarkable, her style tight, and her personality infectious." 
Barry Levine
"Something in the way she moves" sang George Harrison, Yes, something, she and only she seduces an audience into hero worship whenever and wherever she performs. Karon Bihari the blond, sexy, rocker who takes an audiences collective heart and throws it around in her little hands. She is crackers in your soup, Helen of Troy with superlative vocal chords. She enchants your eyes and once she has them, well, she'll never let them go. Words can only somewhat describe her. You need your ears to get the full effect. Oh Karon, we love you. We want to reach out and hold you ... For it is something, something in the way you move me like no other can." |
"Billboard deems Karon Bihari a popular Rocker among the likes of Patti Smith and The Ramones."
Pat Wadsley "Karon Bihari is both fascinating and hilarious. She is at her best when singing highly dramatic songs and when this tiny girl with a big smoky voice stands center stage and sings her stunning interpretation of Bowie's "Sweet Thing" there really is not a sound from the audience. Karon is fiercely talented and glimmers of brilliance show throughout her entire act." 
Bob Harington "One of the few downtown performance artists with genuine vocal ability, Karon Bihari has cult status. She inspired Tama Janowitz's "Slaves of New York" (Bernadette Peters plays her in the movie). She sings in a sweet, emotion laden voice. She is a gentle introspective singer who performs with warm humor, subtlety and a personal touch as evidenced in her deft renditions of Imagination and C'est si Bon. She's also very versatile, singing as effectively in French as she does in English. That's some impressive talent." 
Kirb. (Bottom Line) "Karon Bihari is a highly interesting performer, her comedy bits, personal and defiant are uproarious. She handles soft passages well with a husky voice, she really comes through as the rock music gets louder and the voice gets firmer. Bihari is mobile, brassy and funny.The response Bihari gets from the audience indicates a bright future". 
Bea Flatte
"Karon Bihari, in a pair of shoes that would make Rita Hayworth green with envy and a pair of shoulders that made me green with envy, a voice seemingly capable of handling music in any capacity, she commanded the audience every step of the way. Bihari joins the ranks of Debbie Harry and Patti Smith proving further that, yes Virginia, women can rock and roll." 
John Leland
"As a musician, Robert Aaron had ears for the whole city. Karon Bihari sang standards and torch songs to his accompaniment." |
"My funny girl Karon, she's got it all, beauty, brains, talent and a lot of verve. And she loves me."
---Jim Rado "She's just wonderful. I've never known my songs to be so full of life before." ---Ray Davies "Karon invented CHEESE. Her comedy brain is perfect. I honestly love her." ---Christopher Guest "Seeing Karon Bihari perform at The Bottom Line was one of the thrills of my young adult life. She was a powerhouse, a heartbreaker and a riot all in one." ---Michael Musto "When I first saw Karon on stage I was blown away by her voice and sense of humor. When I got to know her I was still blown away by all of her. She's the real deal." ---John Mellencamp "Karon is my favorite girl singer. Funny and cute too!" ---Todd Rundgren "Bihari, my kinda' girl. Great voice and she's so subtle and cool on and off stage." ---Rick Derringer "Karon, the original inside It Girl. Such a talent! Fun should be spelled BIHARI. I Love Her." ---Patrick McMullan "Karon is a little firecracker full of talent." ---Ron Delsener "Karon is great, I wanted her to come on Tour with me. That's how great!" ---Frank Zappa "Karon is brilliant. She's a very funny kid. She has that star quality you only find in the greats." ---Jack Rollins "She's my tiny twin. What a super voice and a super sense of humor. Karon is a happy girl full of talent, ideas and that special something, stardust." ---Ellie Greenwich ART FILM DESIGN
TIMES MAGAZINE
Maureen Dowd "A Different Bohemia" "An example of downtown chic are Karon Bihari's martini glasses at $125 a piece, that have clever small objects on the bases, Daisy Duck in curlers, 007 James Bond and Goldfinger with weapons and fools gold, Dr. No with plastic sushi and guns, Miss Moneypenny with colored glass gems, a pencil and notepad at Gracie Mansion Gallery Shop." 
MoMA Presents 2017-18 Club 57 Retrospective Art, Images, Performances, and Film featuring the hilarious knockout Karon Bihari as Barbie in "Livin Dolls "Art in the East Village,1978-1983 is the first major exhibition examining the scene-changing interdisciplinary life of downtown New York's seminal alternative artists and their art form's in full. |
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