About Charlene Kaye

Charlene Kaye (born September 12, 1986) is a Indie/Rock singer-songwriter based in New York City. As a child, Charlene practiced instruments such as clarinet, saxophone, classical piano, and violin. She started playing electrical guitar at the age of 14. Kaye graduated from the University of Michigan with a degree in English, in 2009. Charlene Kaye has achieved success largely via the internet (Kaye is also known to be good friends with people such as Team Starkid and "Glee" star Darren Criss). She opened, and played guitar in the backing band, for Team Starkid on their national tour in November 2011. Charlene has also done collaborations with Darren Criss, including the songs "Skin and Bones" and "Dress and Tie". The song "Dress and Tie" was also featured in a promo for the NBC series "Chuck". Charlene is very involved with her fans, and she is near constantly travelling and touring. In the summer of 2011 she launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds for the album "Animal Love", setting a goal of $20.000, however enthusiastic fans made the net of $33.535. A number of singles from the album were released, before the official release on May 1st, 2012. For more: Official website Bandcamp Myspace Facebook Youtube Twitter Tumblr