Kai Altair

{{short description|American singer, songwriter}}

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| genre = Electronic rock

| occupation = Singer, musician

| website = [http://www.kaialtair.com Kaialtair.com]

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Kai Altair is an American singer-songwriter based in Brooklyn, New York. Altair attended the Manhattan School of Music and the Brooklyn Conservatory, and her style is influenced by dance culture, myth, storytelling, and dreams.{{cite news|work=CBS Local|url=http://newyork.cbslocal.com/top-lists/nyc-style-kai-altair-modern-day-mermaid/|title=NYC Style Interview: Kai Altair Modern Day Mermaid|date=August 5, 2010 |first=Kimberly Rae |last=Miller}}

Altair's professional music career began with the founding of the electro rock band The Switch in 2004. She started a solo career in 2009, which began with the release of the EP Star of the Sea on October 31. Her first full-length album, "Dreamwalker", was released in June 2015.{{cite news|last1=Luu|first1=Chanhong|title=Interview: Get to Know the Artist: Kai Altair|url=http://gadflyonline.com/home/index.php/get-to-know-the-artist-kai-altair/|work=Gadfly|date=December 16, 2014}}

Altair appeared in a Flambeaux Fire production of "The Calling" between 2010 and 2013; the show was a fire musical set in Brooklyn, starring Altair as a young witch on a journey through the spirit world.{{cite news|work=Miroir Magazine|url=http://miroirmagazine.com/music/kai-altair/|title=Interview with Kai Altair|date=

September 28, 2012 | author= webSman}}

Altair is the founder of the annual Mermaid Lagoon Ocean Benefit event, first held as a reaction to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in July 2010.{{cite news|last1=Rush|first1=Allex|title=This slick burlesque show will benefit Gulf oil victims|url=https://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/33/30/24_ar_mermaidlagoon_2010_07_23_bk.html|work=Brooklyn Paper|date=July 19, 2010}}{{cite news|last1=Berry|first1=Jess|title=Brooklyn musician hosts burlesque ocean charity event|url=http://www.brooklyndowntownstar.com/view/full_story/26419755/article-Brooklyn-musician-hosts-burlesque-ocean-charity-event|work=Brooklyn Downtown Star|date=January 28, 2015}}{{cite web|work=Brooklyn Paper |title=Meet the Big Mermaids|date=February 19, 2015 |url=http://www.brooklynpaper.com/assets/pdf/38_07bp.pdf/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170705051942/http://www.brooklynpaper.com/assets/pdf/38_07bp.pdf/|archivedate=July 5, 2017}}