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New Album Release — October 30, 2026

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Four decades of blues, soul and big-band fire — still stepping out.

Kaye Bohler is a California blues and soul singer-songwriter whose career has spanned four decades of non-stop touring, interrupted only by the pandemic. With a vocal range of more than three octaves, she moves from operatic highs to deep soul growls with ease.

She thinks of herself as a student of mid-century modern American roots music, from big band swing to late-1970s funk — and she leads anything from a small trio to a 10-piece big band. Along the way she has shared stages with Boz Scaggs, Elvin Bishop, Robert Cray, Gatemouth Brown, Irma Thomas, Magic Slim, Pinetop Perkins and Rod Piazza, and played festivals from the Monterey Blues Festival to Blues by the Bay in Eureka, the Fountain Blues Festival in San Jose and the Gilroy Garlic Festival.

Her five albums and three singles feature guests such as Robben Ford, Tommy Castro and Pete Anderson. Right now she is promoting her Rat Pack to Rhythm & Blues show and celebrating her new album, Homegrown, arriving October 30, 2026.

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  • 1981 Begins classical vocal study in San Diego
  • 1983 Singing waitress, sitting in with bands, singing telegrams
  • 1986 Lands an L.A. gig — six nights a week for six years
  • 1990 Comes home to the blues; forms The Big K Blues Band
  • 1998–2000 Fronts the nationally known 10-piece Pele Juju
  • 2009 "Like A Flower" — soul, jazz and R&B with Robben Ford and Tommy Castro
  • 2014 "Handle the Curves", produced by Pete Anderson
  • 2015–2023 Social-consciousness singles released
  • Now New album "Homegrown" arrives October 30, 2026; Rat Pack to Rhythm & Blues show

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Praise

Press

“a voice of whiskey and honey”

Monterey County Weekly

“can turn a dime into Soul Sophistication”

DownBeat

“a beautiful, smooth, flexible voice”

Barn Owl Blues, Germany

“praised for Aretha-like power, nuance and killer songwriting”

Retro Review Magazine

“handles a soul tune with ease and class”

Blues Matters, Britain

“always entertaining, belting out the blues”

Blues Blast Magazine

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Kaye Bohler — Homegrown, the new album

“Homegrown”

The full album arrives October 30, 2026 — eleven songs from Salinas, California, produced by Robert Berry. The title track is out now as a single.

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November 15 in San Francisco

Golden Gate Blues Society presents The International Blues Challenge featuring Kaye Bohler, Biscuits & Blues, San Francisco, November 15, 2026
Help Kaye get to Memphis

Golden Gate Blues Society presents The International Blues Challenge — Biscuits & Blues, San Francisco, Sunday, November 15, 2026. Doors 3:45 PM · Competition 5:30–9:00 PM. Kaye Bohler featured.

Tickets with a free ballot: tggs.org/store

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