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Adriana Kaegi (born March 17, 1957) is a Swiss-born American actress, producer and former singer.
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Adriana Kaegi (born March 17, 1957) is a Swiss-born American actress, producer and former singer.
Kaegi co-founded the band Kid Creole and the Coconuts together with August Darnell and Coati Mundi, both formerly of Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band.
The band won the British Music Award for Best International Live Act, and Kaegi appeared with the band on The Tonight Show , Saturday Night Live , the movie Against All Odds , the presidential inauguration of George H. W. Bush, a benefit hosted by Princess Diana for the children's charity Barnardo's, the 40th anniversary of the UN, and a performance at Carnegie Hall with Cab Calloway. [1] She has also sung with U2, Miguel Bosé, Towa Tei, Vodka Collins and created the all-female band Boomerang, with Cheryl Poirier and Perry Lister.
Kaegi made a documentary film about her journey with Kid Creole and the Coconuts, [2] and in 2009 released her first solo CD Tag. [3]
Kaegi's media company was an early adopter of video content for the web. She conceived, produced and hosted the first interactive, monthly live webcast series from New York's Knitting Factory called "Cyber Cabaret", which received "Best live web cast" awards from Yahoo! and CNET in 1998[ citation needed ], then went on to produce and promote live and on-demand webcasts for the fashion brands and magazines Style and Elle covering runway shows from New York, Paris and Milan. [4] . Today, her media company creates premium video content for @Styleculture.tv, her owned and operated channel, and distributes short editorial clips seen by millions globally, via aggregator and wire services.
Adriana Kaegi extensive fashion video coverage of designer and celebrity interviews, runway fashion and backstage footage, from 2009 until today will soon be available for sale.
As an artist, Adriana Kaegi takes great pleasure in creating video ART with original soundtracks http://soundcloud.com/a_kaegi,
Series streamed on Styleculture.tv on Roku and AmazonFireTV
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The discography of American musical group Kid Creole and the Coconuts created and led by August Darnell includes fourteen studio albums, one live album, seven compilations, one extended play and twenty-seven singles. The small discography of The Coconuts – Kid Creole's backing singers – consisting of two studio albums and three singles is included on this page.
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