About this Event
The sultry Portland, ME based R & B star, Angelikah Fahray, joins forces with the powerhouse Brooklyn trip-hop-pop artist, Kalen, to preform live at Bayside Bowl with special guest DJ Matt Perry on Saturday, NOV. 15th.
TIX: $15 adv, $20 door | doors at 8:30pm | show at 9pm | all-ages
ABOUT ANGELIKAH FAHRAY ( ):
Portland's beloved soul-jazz, alternative R & B songstress and singer, Angelikah Fahray, has cemented her place as one of Maine's fastest rising stars. In her short time on the scene she has peformed at some of the area's largest venues and is quickly gaining an army of fans with her unique brand of sultry, yet tempered and sophisticated songwriting. She has been featured on the cover of the Portland Press Herald and on Newscenter Maine (WCSH), to name a short few, locally, and has been featured in international publications such as Earmilk, We All Want Someone, Wild is Calling and many more. She also recently released collaborations with Spose and SeepeopleS. Vocally, Fahray is a tour de-force, weaving effortlessly between dynamic extremes, often soaring, and just as much soft, and intimately engaging. She is currently working on her debut full-length album.
ABOUT KALEN: ( )
Singer-songwriter Kalen leapt headfirst into early aughts Brooklyn - a vibrant music scene blooming in derelict DIY venues and undisclosed loft parties off the L train. With her ‘feet on the ground and her head in the sky,’ this New England native hauled her keyboard and amp up and down Bedford Ave, forging a sound rooted in soul, funk and electronic music. During residencies at Alligator Lounge and Spike Hill, Kalen became a neighborhood mainstay, performing high-kicks and jumping off amps in kinetic kinship with the audience.
Her music has unfolded through her punk funk ‘Ladybug Stingray,’ dance rock of ‘Kalen & the A-Listers’ (Roc-elle Records), sharpening into the fiery trip-hop ‘Kalen & The Sky Thieves’ (Rope-a-dope Records). More recently she’s exploring electronic music through the sinewy beats of her ‘Death By Piano’ (Hi-4-Head Records) project and performing with ambient rock band Late Sea, all while continuing her solo project KALEN.
Regardless of musical genre,KALEN grabs your collar and pulls you into a compassionate embrace -- her voice at once playful and penetrating, jazzy and soulful. Her confessional lyrics, heralded by American Songwriter, reveal the joys and heartbreaks of artisthood in the midst of Brooklyn’s culture-shifting drumfire.
She’s performed at Brooklyn Bowl, Rough Trade, & Joe’s Pub, DC9 (Washington D.C.) and Hotel Café & The Mint (LA). During the pandemic, KALEN brought us into her world streaming her moody tunes in late night solo sessions. Performing live again KALEN tailors each performance (and the accompanying visuals) to the specific site and space, from analog slide projectors coupled with poetry and acoustic bands in Brownstoner salons to projection mapping and thumping tracks with a full electric band on stages around NYC.
KALEN’s latest indie-pop EP Silence Like Sirens – created in collaboration with Izzy Gliksberg (Late Sea), Will Bradford (SeepeopleS), and Eric Zeiler (Little Daylight, Me Not You, Young Saab) – is brimming with singable songs. The EP will drop on March 8th with a release show at The Sultan Room. Her upcoming Pandora EP under moniker Death by Piano – produced by Tom Marsh (Lana Del Rey) with visuals by Robert Lester – will drop later in the year. On both EPs, KALEN hones her soulful songs into intimate ‘cut to the bone’ vibrations, healing the post-pandemic heart-stricken with tender connection.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Bayside Bowl, 58 Alder Street, Portland, United States
USD 17.85
