Kaya Burgess is a British singer-songwriter and purveyor of folky pop songs.

He owns too many sunglasses. The badges on his guitar strap stab him during gigs. If he listens very closely to his tinnitus he can make out the piano riff from Year of the Cat. He promised never to write about himself in the third person. (He lied).

Still giddy from playing the Meltdown Festival and performing with Elbow at the Royal Festival Hall, Kaya is currently spending his nights adding sparkly beeps and whistles to folky tunes - pretending to think deep thoughts while really just trying not to forget the melodies he was humming a second ago. He is working on his EP. Which will be finished soon. Honest.

"I can't put my finger on it, but I like it a lot and it's very personal and unique. It's got this old, worn feel to it, like a historic city after the lights go out and only a few dim pubs are still open, a handful of patrons inside drinking up the last dregs of the day. In other words, it's brilliant." -- Tortoise Crossing

"Kaya (it rhymes with 'fire') is certainly a talent to keep your eye upon. Like Google, YouTube and Cristiano Ronaldo before him, Mr Burgess is a hot property for this new century with his stock sure to rise. With an intricacy of lyric reminiscent of a young Cole Porter and an ease and charm of performance…this young man has all the necessary ingredients. You'll find him gracefully crafting delicate songs from now until his inevitable Royal Albert Hall debut so we at Topoftheox Live urge you not to miss out." -- Top of the Ox

“Like a mix between a modern Simon & Garfunkel and a male Kate Nash.” --- Ham&High

The New Grey Whistle Test EP is currently in production. Folk-rock legend Al Stewart - Kaya's hero and main topic of conversation - has lent his ear and input to early cuts of the record, which is due for completion in early 2010.