Kai Altair Explained

Kai Altair is an American singer-songwriter based in Brooklyn, New York. Altair attended the Manhattan School of Music and the Brooklyn Conservatory, and her style is influenced by dance culture, myth, storytelling, and dreams.^[1]

Altair's professional music career began with the founding of the electro rock band The Switch in 2004. She started a solo career in 2009, which began with the release of the EP Star of the Sea on October 31. Her first full-length album, "Dreamwalker", was released in June 2015.^[2]

Altair appeared in a Flambeaux Fire production of "The Calling" between 2010 and 2013; the show was a fire musical set in Brooklyn, starring Altair as a young witch on a journey through the spirit world.^[3]

Altair is the founder of the annual Mermaid Lagoon Ocean Benefit event, first held as a reaction to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in July 2010.^{[4] [5] [6]}

Notes and References

1. News: CBS Local. NYC Style Interview: Kai Altair Modern Day Mermaid. August 5, 2010 . Kimberly Rae . Miller.
2. News: Luu. Chanhong. Interview: Get to Know the Artist: Kai Altair. Gadfly. December 16, 2014.
3. News: Miroir Magazine. Interview with Kai Altair. September 28, 2012 . webSman.
4. News: Rush. Allex. This slick burlesque show will benefit Gulf oil victims. Brooklyn Paper. July 19, 2010.
5. News: Berry. Jess. Brooklyn musician hosts burlesque ocean charity event. Brooklyn Downtown Star. January 28, 2015.
6. Web site: Brooklyn Paper . Meet the Big Mermaids. February 19, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170705051942/http://www.brooklynpaper.com/assets/pdf/38_07bp.pdf/. July 5, 2017.