Charlene Kaye


Charlene Kaye is an American singer-songwriter, most widely known for her solo work under the name KAYE and as a former lead vocalist for San Fermin.

Career

Early solo career

In 2011, Kaye released the song "Dress and Tie", a duet with Darren Criss.
She released her second full-length album Animal Love in 2012. It reached #15 on the iTunes pop charts in the week of release and received praise from PopMatters and support from Glamour. VH1 called it "at once classic and contemporary, a mix of glam rock and classical music in just the right measures" and The New Yorker described it as "a richly orchestrated pop album".
In March 2011 and 2013, Kaye played at the SXSW Music Festival in Austin, Texas.

Miracle Musical: Hawaii: Part II

Kaye was involved in the Miracle Musical album Hawaii: Part II, the side project of Tally Hall member Joe Hawley, which released on December 12, 2012.
Kaye wrote and provided vocals for the eighth song in the album Labyrinth. Kaye's likeness was also used in the released on December 14, 2013.

San Fermin

In April 2014, Kaye joined the collective San Fermin replacing the former vocalist Rae Cassidy. She toured behind the band's previously released record San Fermin and later, as a full member, recorded the band's following two records, Jackrabbit and Belong . In April 2019, the band announced that, after five years, Kaye was leaving to pursue her solo career.
Her final performance was on April 26, 2019, at San Fermin's special concert to promote their new live record Live At The Fillmore and their documentary film No Promises.

KAYE

While touring with San Fermin on their Jackrabbit tour, Kaye began a new solo project under the name KAYE. Her first release was a pair of promotional singles, "Honey" and "UUU", in July 2016. She released a five-track EP on September 29, 2016, titled Honey. This was followed by three non-album singles, "Parakeeter", "Cheshire Kitten" and "Bamboo". In April 2019, Kaye was focusing on writing and recording music as KAYE full-time.

Personal life

Kaye was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. She grew up outside Phoenix, Arizona, also living for a time in Singapore, Hong Kong and Michigan during childhood. She began playing music at an early age, taking lessons in violin, piano, guitar, ukulele, saxophone and clarinet.
Kaye attended the University of Michigan as an English major.
Kaye lives in New York City.

Discography

As Charlene Kaye

Albums
EPs and Remix Compilations
Singles
Albums
Singles
EPs
Singles