Kai Altair

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Kai Altair
Born1984 (age 3839)
Genres Electronic rock
Occupation(s)Singer, musician
Website Kaialtair.com

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. [2] Her first full-length album, "Dreamwalker", was released in June 2015. [3]

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. [2]

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]

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