Born: 24 / 8 / 1979
Location: United States
Kaki King (born Katherine Elizabeth King, August 24, 1979) is an American guitarist and composer. King is known for her percussive and jazz-tinged melodies, energetic live shows, use of multiple tunings on acoustic and lap steel guitar, and her diverse range in different genres.
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"The sheer creativity and imagination, not to mention technical logistics, that have gone into creating a show such as this are nothing short of astonishing."
"I'm finally able to give it the personality that I witness when I play guitar, but do that visually as well as musically."
The patrons on Saturday were completely fixated on the elegant dance between King’s left and right hands.
Though her name might bring to mind some sort of mens’ workwear wholesaler, there was nothing beige about Kaki King tonight.
"It’s an incredible sound that plays really dynamic and really fast, and it’s almost as if, if you hold it and treat it right and keep playing, these songs really do tend to write themselves, I think."
Kaki King is one of contemporary music’s great talents.
"I am sort of the master of my own world and I am not used to working with other people."
“This is kind of it, you know, this could be a turning point. If I wanted to do something else with my life, this could be the time and so that was the question. And the answer was Glow."