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Kaki King

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.

In February 2006, Rolling Stone released a list of "The New Guitar Gods", on which King was the sole woman and youngest artist (beating Derek Trucks in age by two months as the youngest on the list). Her career includes six LP and two EP albums, as well as several scores for television and film. She worked alongside Eddie Vedder and Michael Brook contributing music for the soundtrack to Sean Penn's Into the Wild, for which the trio received nominations for a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score.

Albums

2002 Everybody Loves You
2004 Legs to Make Us Longer
2006 …Until We Felt Red
2008 Dreaming of Revenge
2010 Junior
2012 Glow
2015 The Neck Is a Bridge to the Body
2020 Modern Yesterdays
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Latest Articles

Reviews / Live
Live Review: Kaki King & Derek Gripper
"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."
Features / Music
How Kaki King Uses Technology To Create A Synaesthetic Experience On Stage
"I'm finally able to give it the personality that I witness when I play guitar, but do that visually as well as musically."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Kaki King
The patrons on Saturday were completely fixated on the elegant dance between King’s left and right hands.
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Kaki King, The Little Stevies
Though her name might bring to mind some sort of mens’ workwear wholesaler, there was nothing beige about Kaki King tonight.
Features / Music
Happy Snaps
"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."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Kaki King, Salta
Kaki King is one of contemporary music’s great talents.
Features / Music
Glow Your Own Way
"I am sort of the master of my own world and I am not used to working with other people."
Features / Music
Queen King
“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."
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