ONE ON ONE: Anana Kaye - American Smile May 29th, 2017 City Winery New York

Anana Kaye with Irakli Gabriel and Sam Feldman sit down for a One On One Session at City Winery New York on May 29th, 2017. Watch the full session here: https://youtu.be/GFitM9_wCgY For more info visit: http://www.ananakaye.com Audio & Video by: Ehud Lazin

Setlist:

American Smile

Ain't Dead Yet

A Scar To Remember You By

A newcomer to New York music scene, Anana Kaye started performing in the US in the spring of 2014 and quickly earned accolades from listeners and fellow musicians for her soulful, husky voice and heartfelt delivery of songs.

Anana is a native of Republic of Georgia and prior to her move to the US, was singing in a band “Madame George”. She performed live on national radio and TV.

Irakli Gabriel, sometimes also referred to as “Dr. Duende”, has been a presence on NYC music scene for the last decade. He has played and recorded in several bands, most recently as a member of acclaimed singer-songwriter Freddie Stevenson’s project “Midnight Crisis”, with whom he has also co-written over a dozen songs. His other collaborations include Julia Haltigan, Jacque Ryal and an LA based band Diana. His proudest music moment is writing with one of his all-time musical heroes, the legendary Mike Scott, and joining his band the Waterboys on stage in 2012 and playing encores with them.

Anana and Irakli recently finished recording an EP of new original material at the Bunker Studio with Aaron Nevezie (JoJo Mayer's the Nerve). The recordings feature Anana on vocals, piano and keyboards, Irakli on guitars and keyboards, John Davis on bass, Robbie Sinclair and Dave Burnett on drums.

Apart from writing, gigging and recording, Anana and Irakli work on photos and music videos for fellow musicians and artists. Some of this work is featured under "Media" section of this site.

Since 2013 and live in New York City together with their Coton de Tulear, Giuna. They released their debut EP 'SENTIENT' in 2016 (available on ITunes).