Fri Jan 25th 7pm
Joe’s Pub/425 Lafayette Street, New York, NY
A J-Pop singer songwriter, Ka-Na (Kana Uemura), celebrates her brand new 7-song EP release, “Happiness,” and performs with her own band for the first time in New York.
[Members] Ka-Na (vocal, guitar), Steve Addabbo (guitar), Mike Visceglia (bass), Brian Delaney (drums), Pat Firth (keyboards)
[Bio] Ka-Na (ex. Kana Uemura) is a Gold record-selling singer, songwriter, and guitarist from Japan. She has enjoyed much success over the years with her music being featured on popular radio and TV stations across Japan as well as publishing an autobiography. She is best known for her song “Fairy of the Bathroom”, an acoustic ballad about her grandmother, which became a #1 hit in 2010. That year she also won two Japan Record Awards: Best Song and Best Songwriter of the Year with her album “Pieces of Me”.
She credits Julie Andrews performance in The Sound of Music as her inspiration to write, sing, and play music. Since signing with King Records in 2005, Ka-Na, under the name of Kana Uemura, has released nine studio albums, thirteen singles, an English songs cover album, and 16 music videos.
She has moved to Brooklyn, NYC, in December, 2016, and has performed at Carnegie Hall, Club Bonafide, Rockwood Music Hall in NYC and Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. Her latest recording, “Happiness,” was produced by Steve Addabbo (Suzanne Vega, Shawn Colvin) with a special guest, Ari Hest, on backup vocals.