Nathan Kaye נתן

With your eyes closed, you get absorbed in the driving heart-beat of the stomp-box, the eastern melodic rhythms of the guitar, the droning of the Didgeridoo, and then soaring above comes Nathan Kaye’s rich vocals. With your eyes open, you realise all of this is being skillfully woven by one person. And the word is spreading... People always rave about his innovative blend of beat-boxing (vocal drumming) and Slide-Didge (a trombone-like Didgeridoo).
In 2005 Nathan did two blistering tours of England, Ireland, Scotland & Wales playing at some world renowned festivals such as England’s Glastonbury Festival , and Scotland’s Edinburgh Festival in the world famous Spiegel Tent, not to mention receiving standing ovations at the Australia’s largest folk festival, Woodford Folk Festival 2005/6.
In 2006 he toured extensively throughout Australia & supported John Butler at the Fatherhood Festival, where John later invited Nathan up to jam on stage for the finale.
Last year, Nathan returned to the UK & Ireland to tour & play festivals, plus he hit the shores of the USA for the first time.
This year, Nathan will return to the USA, UK & Ireland, plus hit the shores of Bali & of course his homeland of Australia...
As a multi-instrumentalist, he does human beat-boxing (vocal drums), plays 12 string guitar like its some kind of funky sitar, 6 string guitar & lap-steel slide at the same time as the Slide-Didge (which is an innovative Trombone-like Didgeridoo made from timber) and stomp-box. But it isn’t his obsession with instruments that has attracted so much attention to his show. It is his heart-felt voice, lyrics and engaging, honest conversational style & unexpected sense of humour, that people are drawn to.
Ideas have changed the world & musicians like Nathan are our modern traveling bards, they’re going around telling stories with sound & bringing messages about our world, self-respect & respecting others. Music in that way, when its from the heart, is very exciting & dynamic. Nathan’s multi-instrumental performance is energetic, powerful, honest & has a lot of integrity, it’s extremely welcoming & ageless. It’s original, it’s Australian & it’s now. “When Nathan plays I’ve never seen an crowd not get up & dance, become involved or be touched by his message of self-responsibility & getting out there & doing something for yourself & the planet as well.” Annie Arnold, Music Critic
LIVE: If you were to blend JOHN BUTLER, THE TEA PARTY, MICHAEL FRANTI and, well, THE UMBILICAL BROTHERS, you’d get something that resembles a Nathan Kaye live performance…
Nathan Kaye - ECHOES film clip from "Burning The Candle EP" 2006
Nathan Kaye - The Shift film clip from "Illumination" 2000