Kay Lyra

Chaplin Sem Cor (Kay Lyra e André Madi)

 

Som Brasil

Som Brasil

Kay Lyra e Pery Ribeiro

Kay Lyra e Pery Ribeiro

Água Clara (music on far Out Recordings- England)

"Água Clara" (Mauricio Maestro) performed by Mauricio, Kay Lyra and Naná Vasconscelos. 

"50 Anos de Carlos Lyra" (RJ-Canecão)

Kay Lyra live Bossa Nova shows from Kay Lyra on Vimeo.

Kandagawa

 

Kay Lyra Plays the Red Lion on Bleecker Street in Greenwich Village

 

Kay Lyra, accompanied by Mauricio Maestro, performed at the Red Lion on Bleecker Street in Greenwich Village on March 29. The performance was part of the Ann Ruckert's Songwriters Circle, presented by the Songwriters Guild of America, the Johnny Mercer Fund Songwriter Circle and 13 Stories Records.

Kay Lyra is Now Based in New York City

 

Brazilian/American bossa nova composer and singer Kay Lyra has captured audiences in her native Brazil and Japan, with her precise, pure voice and impeccable phrasing. Now she has brought her unique sound to audiences in New York City.

Music critic Nelson Motta has labeled her, “The daughter of bossa with a crystal voice,” in an inevitable reference to her musician/composer father, bossa nova veteran/founder Carlos Lyra. 

Kay's current release is Kandagawa. The CD showcases one of her father's classic Maria Moita, and includes unique renderings of Girl from Ipanema, Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, and a traditional Japanese song, Kandagawa, all with arrangements that reflect her bossa nova roots. The other half of the CD emphasizes her own innovative material which ranges from original songs in Portuguese, as well as a bossa folk, a composition based on an Indian chant in Tupi-guaraní, and a song she wrote for the Dorothy Parker poem, Interior.  Email Kay about how to get your own copy.

 

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