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Naama Kates is an LA-based singer/songwriter and pianist, whose debut album "The Unexamined Life" (2012) and follow-up "King for the Day" (2013) have been met with critical praise.
She moved to Los Angeles from New York City in late 2008, to pursue her career as an actress, with lead and supporting in roles in small but critically well-received independent films (Eden, The 10 Commandments of Chloe, Cookies N' Cream, Delirious, My Normal) and television (NCIS).
But after some time in Hollywood, she returned to music; "settling in front of the keyboard felt to Naama like a homecoming, like settling back into her soul."
Growing up, she was obsessed with music: listening to the jazz records of her mother, an abstract expressionist painter; to her father playing flamenco and classical guitar; Shostakovich and Prokofiev in her ballet classes while doing plies in front of the barre and then later fiddling away at those songs on her piano. When she first learned to drive Naama only had three CDs to put on in the car... Paco de Lucia. Billie Holiday. Glenn Gould.
After a year writing songs and performing at open mic venues in Los Angeles, she made her debut record "The Unexamined Life" with award-winning producer Cyrus Melchor, and received some critical attention, as well television placements ("Ringer", "CSI") for her singles "Before You Lose It" and "Kachemare." During its production, and while touring around California, Kates began writing her second record, "King for the Day" which she self-produced with a quartet and Grammy-nominated engineer Scott Fraser.
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"[Naama Kates'] just-out "King for the Day" LP is an ever-deeper plunge down a rabbit hole of poetical pop, playing out in moody, brooding and bracingly curious-minded lyrics and slightly skewed musical planes. Kates delivers her disarmingly self-revelatory observations in a blessedly uncontrived vocal style, and her often structurally complex pieces benefit big-time from a new band that includes drummer Rich West, trombone ace Mike Richardson and bassist John Carfi. Whatever "alternative" may or may not denote, Kates' highly accessible brand of pop cabaret ultimately is music of insight, surprise and pure delight. "
John Payne ~ LA Weekly
"To be a fan of Naama Kates, is to know that her music often eludes commercial categorization, giving each song on the album the unpredictable edge so often escaping artists in their quest for musical prowess. The captivating unpredictability of her compositions combined with her jazzy vocal stylings bring to mind great artists like Fiona Apple, Diana Krall, Alanis Morissette, Girl In A Coma, and Natalie Merchant, yet her style is distinctly of her own making. She definitely pushes listeners beyond their normal comfort zone, calling them to question not only their relationships, but their lives and raison d’etre. It’s often an arduous, trouble-filled journey, but according to Naama Kates, it’s one worth investigating."
Lawrence Davis ~ Splash Magazine
"Her debut album, “The Unexamined Life,” is possibly the best album you may never hear. That’s because her sound isn’t for radio, she won’t be seen peddling Pepsi products and chances are you’ll have to discover her via her live shows in Los Angeles or online formats like this one. That’s not to say Naama Kates won’t be successful. She will. I labeled “The Unexamined Life” as a jazzy Fiona Apple. (Read the review HERE.) However, there’s really no label or specific genre that Kates belongs to, not because she doesn’t fit in, but because she is destined to stand out. "
Jason Tanamor ~Yahoo!News
"Naama Kates is maddeningly difficult to pin down. She refuses to categorize her sound, relying instead on the descriptions applied by listeners. In fact, it’s hard to tell if there’s even a specific sound she’s striving for, admitting to the constant evolution of her music. She isn’t even sure that she’ll still be a singer-songwriter five years from now. Kates is as ethereal and whimsical as her music; yet, it’s this intangibility that makes her so attractive, as an artist and as a person. She is a mystery waiting to be solved and a hidden treasure that begs to be discovered, and soon audiophiles everywhere will have another opportunity to welcome Kates into their musical libraries with her sophomore album King for the Day."
René Garcia Jr. ~ Working Author
"Singer-composer-actress Naama Kates' songs are like minifilms, experiences in sound, word and energy that stop and start again, accelerate and explode and collapse and fall to the floor to catch their breath and reassess. When she's playing solo, just her and a piano, she's a bit wistful and introspective, delivering her material in a soulful yet refreshingly unmannered vocal style. With her small ensemble she lays into complexly structured pieces whose violin, cello and trombone ornaments bring a cabaretlike mystique to the proceedings."
John Payne ~ LA Weekly
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She moved to Los Angeles from New York City in late 2008, to pursue her career as an actress, with lead and supporting in roles in small but critically well-received independent films (Eden, The 10 Commandments of Chloe, Cookies N' Cream, Delirious, My Normal) and television (NCIS).
But after some time in Hollywood, she returned to music; "settling in front of the keyboard felt to Naama like a homecoming, like settling back into her soul."
Growing up, she was obsessed with music: listening to the jazz records of her mother, an abstract expressionist painter; to her father playing flamenco and classical guitar; Shostakovich and Prokofiev in her ballet classes while doing plies in front of the barre and then later fiddling away at those songs on her piano. When she first learned to drive Naama only had three CDs to put on in the car... Paco de Lucia. Billie Holiday. Glenn Gould.
After a year writing songs and performing at open mic venues in Los Angeles, she made her debut record "The Unexamined Life" with award-winning producer Cyrus Melchor, and received some critical attention, as well television placements ("Ringer", "CSI") for her singles "Before You Lose It" and "Kachemare." During its production, and while touring around California, Kates began writing her second record, "King for the Day" which she self-produced with a quartet and Grammy-nominated engineer Scott Fraser.
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"[Naama Kates'] just-out "King for the Day" LP is an ever-deeper plunge down a rabbit hole of poetical pop, playing out in moody, brooding and bracingly curious-minded lyrics and slightly skewed musical planes. Kates delivers her disarmingly self-revelatory observations in a blessedly uncontrived vocal style, and her often structurally complex pieces benefit big-time from a new band that includes drummer Rich West, trombone ace Mike Richardson and bassist John Carfi. Whatever "alternative" may or may not denote, Kates' highly accessible brand of pop cabaret ultimately is music of insight, surprise and pure delight. "
John Payne ~ LA Weekly
"To be a fan of Naama Kates, is to know that her music often eludes commercial categorization, giving each song on the album the unpredictable edge so often escaping artists in their quest for musical prowess. The captivating unpredictability of her compositions combined with her jazzy vocal stylings bring to mind great artists like Fiona Apple, Diana Krall, Alanis Morissette, Girl In A Coma, and Natalie Merchant, yet her style is distinctly of her own making. She definitely pushes listeners beyond their normal comfort zone, calling them to question not only their relationships, but their lives and raison d’etre. It’s often an arduous, trouble-filled journey, but according to Naama Kates, it’s one worth investigating."
Lawrence Davis ~ Splash Magazine
"Her debut album, “The Unexamined Life,” is possibly the best album you may never hear. That’s because her sound isn’t for radio, she won’t be seen peddling Pepsi products and chances are you’ll have to discover her via her live shows in Los Angeles or online formats like this one. That’s not to say Naama Kates won’t be successful. She will. I labeled “The Unexamined Life” as a jazzy Fiona Apple. (Read the review HERE.) However, there’s really no label or specific genre that Kates belongs to, not because she doesn’t fit in, but because she is destined to stand out. "
Jason Tanamor ~Yahoo!News
"Naama Kates is maddeningly difficult to pin down. She refuses to categorize her sound, relying instead on the descriptions applied by listeners. In fact, it’s hard to tell if there’s even a specific sound she’s striving for, admitting to the constant evolution of her music. She isn’t even sure that she’ll still be a singer-songwriter five years from now. Kates is as ethereal and whimsical as her music; yet, it’s this intangibility that makes her so attractive, as an artist and as a person. She is a mystery waiting to be solved and a hidden treasure that begs to be discovered, and soon audiophiles everywhere will have another opportunity to welcome Kates into their musical libraries with her sophomore album King for the Day."
René Garcia Jr. ~ Working Author
"Singer-composer-actress Naama Kates' songs are like minifilms, experiences in sound, word and energy that stop and start again, accelerate and explode and collapse and fall to the floor to catch their breath and reassess. When she's playing solo, just her and a piano, she's a bit wistful and introspective, delivering her material in a soulful yet refreshingly unmannered vocal style. With her small ensemble she lays into complexly structured pieces whose violin, cello and trombone ornaments bring a cabaretlike mystique to the proceedings."
John Payne ~ LA Weekly
Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.