Topanga Nights: Blues Queen Mara Kaye and her Band

Brooklyn’s very own Boss of The Blues, Mara Kaye, will honor the baddest, bossiest, wildest women of The Blues with support from Ragtime champion piano queen, Eve Elliot and expert blues guitarist Tim McNalley. Mara will take you on a deep dive down to the roots of the blues tree highlighting songs from the godmothers of The Blues: Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, and all the way up the branches to the one and only Billie Holiday.

Join her and her phenomenal band for a gorgeous evening of Deep Blues in Topanga Canyon !

“For too many years, young jazz singers all but ignored the blues, but the attention now being paid to the form by outstanding young artists such as MARA KAYE is proof that things are getting better. This vivacious Brooklynite studies the classic blues the way the better cabaret singers of her generation studied Sondheim and invests 80-and-90-year-old texts with the force and spirit of her own considerable charisma. She specializes in the great songs of the Smith girls, not just the legendary Bessie, but also the highly worthy Mamie, Clara and Trixie.” - The Wall Street Journal