A little about Curly...

Shotgun Curly (aka Karen Schleifer) is a true multi-hyphenate artist who started her performance career on Broadway in the original production of Annie. After learning to play guitar and becoming a songwriter (releasing her 1st studio album in 2003 in CA) she moved back home to the east coast and started jamming regularly on St. Marks Place in NYC. It was then that Shotgun Curly was born - a band with rotating members playing Curly originals, rock, blues and everything in between. 

Curly is on the roster for Jersey Select Entertainment and has played such notable venues as The Transparent Clinch Gallery, The Asbury Hotel, The Asbury Ocean Club, The Break, Old Hights Brewing, Seahorse AP, Mutiny Beach, Convention Hall, McCann’s Tavern, Patrick’s Bar & Grille, Heights 27, Jacks By The Tracks, Triumph Brewery, Driftwood Tiki Bar, Rockwood Music Hall, The Bitter End, Parkside Lounge, Pianos, Kenny’s Castaways, Funkadelic Studios — and a whole bunch of other places in NYC, down the shore and across the country. Her upcoming 4th studio album (Title: TBD) will come out in the fall of 2026!