KALO (musician)
Bat-Or Kalo, known professionally as KALO, is an Israeli singer and songwriter who resides in the United States.[1]
KALO began her music career in clubs in Tel Aviv and Haifa, Israel, where she was born, before completing military service in the Israeli Defense Forces and then attending college in the United States.[2] She is the granddaughter of famed Israeli author, Shlomo Kalo.[3]
KALO has released three studio albums: "Flesh & Bones" (2009) as Bat-Or Kalo; "Dear John" (2013); and "Wild Change" (2017). In 2017, she also released the live album "Live in NYC" recorded at the renowned Bitter End night club in New York City, where she spent years honing her craft alongside musicians there.[4][5] Elmore Magazine has described KALO as "...a joyful, boisterous, gritty rockin' sound."[6]
Her album "Wild Change" was nominated for an Independent Music Award for Best Indie/Alt Rock album for the 16th Annual Independent Music Awards.[7] The subsequent music video, directed and filmed by Alexander Haessner of Fokus Films, was an official selection at DeadCENTER Film Festival in 2019.[8]
Her album "Dear John" was a Roots Music Report Top Blues Rock Album of the Year in 2016.[9] The following year, "Wild Change" topped the same chart.[10]
During her time at the 32nd Annual International Blues Challenge in Memphis, Tennessee, KALO was photographed by famed photographer Danny Clinch and featured in the article "Keeping the Blues Alive" in Smithsonian Magazine[11]. While at IBC, she made it the semifinal round of the competition, ahead of hundreds of other acts who competed. The previous year, KALO made it to the semifinals of the same competition with her trio.[12][13][14]
Her song "Goodbye" was featured in Season 3, Episode 4 of the American comedy-drama television series Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce.[15][16] KALO told Blues.Gr that she wrote the song for the album "Dear John" while walking the Williamsburg Bridge, a suspension bridge spanning the East River and connecting the Lower East Side of Manhattan with Brooklyn.[17]
KALO was a featured performer in the Emmy-award winning docuseries "Play it Loud," where she took the crew to diverse places in Tulsa, Oklahoma, including the Sherwin Miller Museum of Jewish Art and former Soul City of Tulsa.[18][19][20] She's also been featured on Live from the Divide, a concert venue in Bozeman, Montana, with a radio broadcast that airs nationally on public radio channels in the United States.[21]
In 2019, KALO was also a featured act as part of Montana's largest blues music festival, Magic City Blues Festival, alongside acts Postmodern Jukebox and George Thorogood.[22][23]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Bat-Or Kalo". America-Israel Cultural Foundation. Archived from the original on 2020-10-29. Retrieved 2020-10-28. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ McDonnel, Brandy. "Rocking the blues: Israel-born and raised musician Bat-or Kalo enjoys musical freedom in Oklahoma". The Oklahoman. Archived from the original on 2019-08-09. Retrieved 2020-10-28. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Spiro, Amy (28 May 2017). "Midwestern Rock with a Haifa Soul". Jerusalem Post. Archived from the original on 19 September 2020. Retrieved 27 October 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Lesses, Jim (June 29, 2013). "The Compleat Traveller: This Is The Bitter End". Archived from the original on May 26, 2015. Retrieved October 28, 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "KALO Music". KALO. Archived from the original on 23 December 2018. Retrieved 28 October 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "KALO "Wild Change"". Elmore Magazine. 18 July 2017. Archived from the original on 27 January 2020. Retrieved 28 October 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "16th Annual Independent Music Awards". Archived from the original on 16 October 2020. Retrieved 27 October 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "2019 Dead Center Film Festival Official Selections". Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- ↑ "Top Blues Rock Albums of the Year 2016". Roots Music Report. Archived from the original on 2020-10-29. Retrieved 2020-10-28. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Blues Rock Album of the Year Chart". Roots Music Report. Archived from the original on 2020-10-29. Retrieved 2020-10-28. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Clinch, Danny. "Keeping the Blues Alive" (September 2016). Smithsonian Magazine. Archived from the original on 15 February 2020. Retrieved 27 October 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Annual Spirit of Kansas Blues Festival Announced". American Blues Scene. Archived from the original on 2019-08-15. Retrieved 2020-10-28. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Blankenship, Bill (30 January 2016). "Topeka Blues Society sends eclectic acts to International Blues Challenge". Archived from the original on 29 October 2020. Retrieved 28 October 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "KALO "Dear John"". Blues Festival Guide. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- ↑ "Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce Soundtrack". TuneFind. Archived from the original on 29 October 2020. Retrieved 27 October 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Rule #225: What Happens in Bakersfield Stays in Bakersfield". IMBD. Archived from the original on 2017-02-14. Retrieved 2020-10-28. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Limnios, Michael (28 July 2016). "Q&A with Israeli-born Bat-Or Kalo of blues/rock band KALO". Blues.Gr. Archived from the original on 3 November 2016. Retrieved 28 October 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Oklahoma Music Documentary Wins Back-to-Back Emmy Awards". Archived from the original on 29 October 2020. Retrieved 28 October 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ McDonnel, Brandy (22 February 2019). "Play It Loud' music series to feature Oklahomans KALO, Travis Linville, Allie Lauren Project and Hosty in concert Saturday". Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- ↑ "Play it Loud presents KALO | Grand Casino Resort". grandresortok.
- ↑ "KALO at Live from the Divide". Archived from the original on 29 October 2020. Retrieved 28 October 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "10 must-see music festivals in Montana". The Billings Gazette. 10 May 2019. Archived from the original on 29 October 2020. Retrieved 28 October 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Magic City Blues Lineup". Magic City Blues Festival. Archived from the original on 13 September 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2020. Unknown parameter
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Discography[edit]
- Flesh & Bones (2009)
- Dear John (2013)
- Wild Change (2017)
- Live in NYC (2017)
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