# Karin Oliver > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Karin_Oliver > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Karin_Oliver.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karin_Oliver > Source revision: 1354139732 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) American singer This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these messages) This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially libelous. Find sources: "Karin Oliver" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (March 2011) (Learn how and when to remove this message) This biography of a living person relies too much on references to primary sources. Please help by adding secondary or tertiary sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful. Find sources: "Karin Oliver" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (March 2011) (Learn how and when to remove this message) (Learn how and when to remove this message) **Karin Oliver** is a former singer for the [Livonia, Michigan](/source/Livonia%2C_Michigan) band [His Name Is Alive](/source/His_Name_Is_Alive). She was with the band from 1989 to 1998. After leaving the band following the USA release party for the *[Ft. Lake](/source/Ft._Lake)* album, she pursued a career in marketing full-time. She married Steven Kreft in August 2000. Karin currently runs her own small marketing consulting agency in Wisconsin. She has also provided vocals for [Velour 100](/source/Velour_100), a band founded by His Name Is Alive drummer [Trey Many](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Trey_Many&action=edit&redlink=1). The last album featuring her vocals is "Always Stay Sweet," a limited edition album released years after her parting with His Name Is Alive, which was recorded with her singing covers of songs a capella, with instrumentation added after the fact. ## External links - [Album credits from Allmusic.com](https://allmusic.com/artist/karin-oliver-p111152/credits) v t e His Name Is Alive Warren Defever Karin Oliver Lovetta Pippen Studio albums Livonia (1990) Home Is in Your Head (1991) Mouth by Mouth (1993) Stars on E.S.P. (1996) Ft. Lake (1998) Someday My Blues Will Cover the Earth (2001) Last Night (2002) Detrola (2006) XMMER (2007) Sweet Earth Flower: A Tribute to Marion Brown (2007) Independent releases Sounds of Mexico (1994) Finer Twilights (1997) Great Lakes State Blues (1997) Golden City (1998) Radio LP (1998) RMX's (2000) Rare Tracks in the Snow (2000) The Emergency LP (2000) When the Stars Refuse to Shine (2000) Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most (2001) Cloud Box (2004) Brown Rice (2005) Summer Bird (2005) UFO Catcher (2005) Livonia Strings (2006) Compilations Sings Man on the Silver Mountain and 8 Other Songs (1992) King of Sweet (1993) Always Stay Sweet (1999) Singles & EPs The Dirt Eaters EP Universal Frequencies EP "Country Girl" Nice Day EP You Need a Heart to Live EP "Can't Always Be Loved" "Nothing Special" "Happy Blues" "Write My Name in the Groove" Raindrops Rainbow EP Silver Makeup EP Firefly Dragonfly EP Related articles Discography 4AD Livonia, Michigan Mark Kozelek Marion Brown --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Karin Oliver](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karin_Oliver) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karin_Oliver?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.