So kids...

We have the new Kaya album!
Its ready!

This is by far our favourite Kaya recording.
Yes, it is a Christmas album...but it is beautiful!
Fa la la la la!
It will be available at all our gigs for 20 bucks
(well worth it, and what a fantastic present for your mum...or aunty...or your tennis coach...)

It will be in CD stores in a month or so...
Or, you can order it here online and I can personally send you one!
Just drop me an email- kayaladies@gmail.com

The tracks are:

1. We Wish You a Merry Christmas
2. Santa Baby
3. River (Joni Mitchell)
4. Amazing Grace
5. Interlude (Jam thing...)
6. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
7.Silent NIght
8.Amazing Grace.

Currently you can hear our version of
River here on MySpace...

By the way, are we facebook friends/fans?
Check us out by clicking here... KAYA FACEBOOK

http://www.new.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/pages/kaya/7285972835


peace,
juleiaah

CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

ABC 702 have just uploaded the song we sang live on radio yesterday with Richard Glover.
Have a listen to it here...
CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

The track is Enough of Night (one of Al's tunes) and features Chris Irvine beatboxing with us...

fun thymes...

peace,

juleiaah

Kaya are supporting the bloody brilliant
LUKE ESCOMBE for his album launch
at the one and only BASEMENT
in Sydney next
Wednesday the 10th of September.

We will be playing from 8:45pm followed by
Luke and his band at 9:45pm.

This is a night NOT TO MISS!

We encourage you all to book a table for dinner and show...
Book at http://www.thebasement.com.au/
$18 General Admission.


Byron Bay indie label Dri-Clean Only proudly announces the release of solo artist Luke Escombe’s debut CD “Golden Ages”, a collection of warm, soulful tracks combining laidback grooves and exotic sounds with evocative stories of love, re-incarnation and foreign adventure

The production was a collaboration between Luke and his father, a former 60's psychedelic rocker, who also played bass on many of the tracks. It was recorded with local musicians in a converted dairy shed in the hills of Byron Bay, and mixed at Rocking Horse Studios by veteran producer Steve James. One of the tracks, “Byron Time" appears on the recently released Homegrown Roots Volume 3, alongside new songs from the likes of Mia Dyson, John Butler and Paul Kelly.

Luke will be launching “Golden Ages" at The Basement in Sydney on Wednesday, September 10th, followed by shows in Los Angeles and the UK The launch will feature a specially assembled 12-piece backing band: “The Corporation”- a versatile group of musicians including award-winning guitarist Aaron Flower, members of Sydney funk and roots bands The Bakery and Extended Family and stunning acapella group Kaya.

To listen to selected tracks from the new CD and for more information, visit
www.MySpace.com/LukeEscombe

“Escombe has a baritone voice worthy of a love-song dedication hour. Thankfully, he's also got wit in spades and knows how to spin a good story. The true mark of his talent is the smile you'll wear for one or two lines amidst his most melancholic tune." [Brett Winterford, Sydney Morning Herald]

“He’s like a cross between Leonard Cohen and Jimi Hendrix…in the same body” [Jack Jones]

Happy New Year lovely lovely friends...

The news of the day is this:

We have added some songs to our profile. And NOW YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THEM.
Yes, we will be generous this year!

Hope to see you soon at a gig near you...or perhaps not near you...we would like to be at a gig near you...but we dont know where you are...where are you?

love love

Christmas is nearly upon us!

Jolly Heck!

Do you want us to sing at your party? Perhaps a dinner? or a party? or a swingers event...?
We have arranged a few Chrismas songs in our special Kaya way that we want to sing for you!
What could be better than a gorgeous harmony packed song at your Christmas event...?

Contact Juleiaah by email E: kayaladies@gmail.com with any questions you have...

All I Want For Christmas is....YOU! And some Christmas GIGS!

This will be a night to remember..
Wednesday 5th of September, from 8pm
Will and Toby's
134 Oxford St
Darlinghurst, Sydney.
Cost: $15
Book Tickets Here

3 delicious courses...

First up is Miss Donne and band. We were blown away by her set last time she performed with us and we cant WAIT to see her again!

Second up, Three Quarters Hazel, a brilliant band led by Cherie Kotek...big soul, big voice, big fun...
and then....US!

We will be joined by beatboxer Chris Irvine and getting up to our usual tricks, not that they are very usual...PLUS some very kewl new songs.


Will and Toby's is a perfect intimate venue for us, we love the vibe and the sound and the couches! They are so incredibly comfortable, you will enjoy them as much as the music.

So do yourself a favour and buy a ticket NOW!
Go to:
www.moshtix.com.au

Take someone special, have a date, take a group of friends, drink some cocktails and be very satisified by some very luscious females (not just us!)

Let us know if you are coming!
Tickets will sell quickly and there is a limited amount so, BE QUICK!

Juleiaah

A big thank you to anyone that has requested us on Nova in Melbourne!
Please keep requesting if you have time, it is much appreciated!

Big Love!

juleiaah

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All right dear friends ...this is pretty exciting for us to be played on NOVA and we would love love love love love your help in getting it out there as much as possible. I think this is what we are expected to do anyway, to get all our friends to go to this link and click some buttons and things and then Kaya could be pumped out of your boom-blaster...! We, of course, are requesting  and voting for ourselves but while we are busy rehearsing and having tea breaks it would be nice if you could go to this link and help us out.

Ok, thats it for now. Be excellent.

Love from Juleiaah, Alexi, Sally and Emma

CLICK HERE TO REQUEST SOMEBODY'S LYIN'

So many people ask us what Kaya means…well, here are a few meanings from languages all over the world…

If you have any further details or corrections for us, please write and tell us!


It was the name of a 6th century Korean kingdom. The name survives in the name of twelve-stringed instrument (kayagum) developed there.

In Japanese, it means summer night or the name of a type of Yew tree.

"Kaya" means enlightenment in the Rastafari dialect.

In the Hopi (American Indian) language, it means "elder little sister". Other Native Americans tribes say it means "wise one".

In Jamaican, kaya also refers to marijuana…the healing herb! And, we all know it is the title of a Bob Marley song and album.

In Sanskrit, Kaya is one of the words that refers to a body, or a form.

In Buddhism, it specifically refers to the three bodies in which beings manifest (trikaya). The Dharmakaya is the enlightened manifestation. The Sambogakaya is a step down from that and the Nirmanakaya is the manifest physical form.

On the coast of Kenya, the Miji Kenda people refer to their sacred forests as Kaya

In Indonesian it means prosperous

Kaya in Malay means mighty / wealth / great / power / rich.

Kaia is another way of spelling it which also means "Earth" (Apparently…anyone know any info to back this up?)

In Hawaiian it means sea.

In Turkish it means Rock

The Japanese name Kaya means - resting place

I also read somewhere that there is a Scandinavian meaning of 'Pure' (Anyone? Kristina? Why haven't you told me this already!)

It is a fairly unique name for girls (and dogs!) all around the world. We originally loved the name after a friends baby girl called Kaya. She was present at our first ever recording (a basic set up at The Gaf in Glebe, Sydney) before we even had a name to bind us all.
Little Kaya lives in Canada and I haven't seen her since then!

Peace people, love to everyone called Kaya out there!

Four Divas of Soul

Emma Deans, Sally Stevens, Alexandra Kaye & Juleiaah Boehm...

"Tight, gorgeous harmonies, completely engaging performers who know how to mix top of the class talent with a healthy dose of irreverent fun."

Susie Keynes, Fruit Music

5 shows @ Woodford Festival 2006, Peats Ridge 2005, Blue Mountains Music Festival, Surry Hills Festival, Daylesford Chillout Festival, Thredbo Blues Festival,

Jazz & Shiraz Festival Cronulla, Woodford Folk Festival 2007 & more

 

Self titled debut KAYA EP now available through MGM

KAYA's unique music draws on such influences as jazz, soul, blues, pop, folk and contemporary sound-scape with all band members from music/performing arts courses at UWS. Together, they create urban music that is both lyrically and melodically compelling - if not a little cheeky and sensuous as well. In concert, KAYA performs acapella in 4-part harmony and with instruments, with original songs including 'Don't want to go home', 'Lyin'' and 'You move me' in addition to innovative arrangements of songs by John Butler Trio, Joni Mitchell and Bob Marley.

Kaya recently supported Renee Geyer in Melbourne and Jimmy Cliff at State Theatre NSW. Regulars at The Vanguard, The Basement and The Clarendon, Kaya has just recorded their first single "Lyin'" with producer Steve Scanlon (Kate Ceberano, Tina Arena) for release late 2006, with intimate shows recently performed at The Hilton for Canteen and Gearins Hotel for Oxfam. Kaya will be on tour December 2006 and at Woodford Festival 2006.

NEW SINGLE  'LYIN' COMING SOON!

All enquiries:contact Katherine Beard - highroad@bigpond.com or 0414 829 621