Tim Kaye
Baltimore, Maryland, United States | SELF
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Radio interview with Tim Kaye by local radio station - Noise in the Basement
Sun Reporter
February 2, 2006
Hometown: Baltimore
Current members: Tim Kaye, piano, guitar and vocals; Dave White, drums; Matt Kropkowski, bass; Mat McLaughlin, guitar
Founded in: 2000
Style: Gothic jazz
Influenced by: David Bowie, Challenge Club, Matt Pless, Rufus Wainwright
Notable: Several years ago, Kaye started playing gigs in the Midwest. He hooked up with friends of friends and wound up performing in outdoor festivals, coffeehouses and living rooms, he said. His next string of Midwest shows starts next month.
Quotable: "When we play in New York, we might not have a big crowd in New York City, but when we play in the middle of nowhere, a lot of people come out," Kaye said. "Maybe it's because there's not that much to do."
For more information about the band, visit myspace.com/timkaye
[Sam Sessa] - Baltimore Sun
Discography
Lettuce & Tea (2000)
It's Painless(2005)
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Bio
Tim Kaye is quintessential Baltimore. The post-industrial local artist launched live performance in 2000 and quickly grew a following not only in his hometown of Dundalk, a bordering town of Baltimore city, but in cities in the Midwest.
"When we play in New York, we might not have a big crowd in New York City, but when we play in the middle of nowhere, a lot of people come out," Kaye said. "Maybe it's because there's not that much to do."
Growing up in the heavily Polish Catholic area of Dundalk, Maryland right outside of the city of Baltimore, Tim's music reflects the joys, sorrows and perspicacity of life.
The Baltimore Sun hails Tim Kaye as a "gothic-jazz" musician, although his music is certainly not limited to either genre. Jumping from the piano to the guitar, a Tim Kaye live show is just as acrobatic as it is musical. Tim Kaye has toured around the United States several times performing his original songs.
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