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Katherine Elizabeth King (b. 1979), known by her stage name Kaki King, is a U.S. musician and composer. King is known for her percussive and jazz-tinged melodies, energetic live shows, unique use of multiple tunings on both acoustic and lap steel guitar, and her diverse range in different genres.

King was born on the 24th August 1979 in Atlanta, Georgia, the first of two daughters. While King was a small child, her father noticed her natural musical ability, and encouraged her interest in music. She was introduced to the guitar at the age of four, and played for several years, but after taking up the drums a few years later, they became her primary instrument as an adolescent.

Convinced that her break in music would come from being a drummer, King played in bands in high school with classmate Morgan Jahnig, who would later become the bassist of Old Crow Medicine Show. Upon graduating from The Westminster Schools in Atlanta in 1998, the two friends made their way to New York University. During her time there, King picked up the guitar again, and revisited the finger-style techniques that intrigued her as a child. From there, King played a few occasional gigs and busked in the New York subways.

In February 2006, Rolling Stone released a list of “The New Guitar Gods”, with King as the sole woman and youngest artist honoured. In addition to a ten-year career that includes five LP and two EP albums, King has also spent significant time scoring music for television and film.
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  • Linda182

    No True Masterpiece Will Ever Be Complete. <3

    29 Apr 8:26am Reply

  • manuelomar2001

    Remember that Last.fm labels "similar" artists based on what fans of those artists also listen to, rather than on some abstract algorithm or keywords like Pandora does. Personally, I like this way better.

    19 Apr 7:54am Reply

  • skeletocat

    they're the similar artists because kaki's friends with tegan and sara, and an horse but more importantly a large portion of her fan base come from, t+s's fanbase.

    7 Apr 5:40pm Reply

  • AlexMercure

    lmao Adenviel pls go

    3 Apr 1:43pm Reply

  • Adenviel

    Kaki and those similar artists are a bunch of qts, that's the thing they have in common

    28 Mar 10:27pm Reply

  • MuzykoLubna

    those similar artist are so wrong. annoying [2] True, they have nothing in common musically with Kaki...King plays completely different music. It is totally different pair of shoes... "Sick of Sarah" for teens...New synth-pop-radio-mainstream "Tegan and Sara", come on, plz ...seriously...? Why there is no Eric Mongrain, Alex De Grassi, Michael Hedges, Preston Reed, Don Ross on the simillar artists' list??? They should be here first. They are guitarists the same as King. Profanation...

    13 Mar 7:46pm Reply

  • lightningmonkey

    I will never understand why Magazine isn't in her top 15

    10 Mar 8:19pm Reply

  • tomatao

    huge artist, really love her songs, very talented

    28 Feb 7:51am Reply

  • KuriousBanana

    I love spending time alone with Kaki.

    25 Feb 9:20pm Reply

  • Milo101

    Joi is such an incredible song, and deserves more plays!

    9 Feb 11:13pm Reply

  • countinfive

    just listen to sunnyside.

    5 Feb 9:07am Reply

  • lightningmonkey

    I dunno, I don't think Junior is listless at all, I feel like it was a way for her to express an aspect of her musical side that she couldn't really do, with Dreaming of Revenge and Until We Felt Red. I love her instrumental stuff, of course, and Glow is fabulous, but there's a lot of color and expression in Junior that doesn't really show up in the rest of her discography.

    1 Feb 6:17pm Reply

  • rhinowing

    junior was a disappointment for me...I've been through stylistic shifts with her before, but it just seemed like a really listless album. fortunately Glow is fucking awesome

    25 Jan 8:30pm Reply

  • countinfive

    well kaki was actually recently in australia for peats ridge fest.

    23 Jan 4:17pm Reply

  • jelgerw

    @Reoffender Wow, Junior a disappointment? Damn, I love that album, my favorite of hers, because it is so completely different from anything she has ever done.

    19 Jan 1:15pm Reply

  • reoffender

    Glow is exactly what I needed to hear after the disappointment of Junior. THANK YOU.

    16 Jan 12:12pm Reply

  • XYfuckU

    Please Kaki, please come to Aussie or New Zealand. I BEG YOU!!!

    12 Jan 8:57am Reply

  • vincelovessnow

    those similar artist are so wrong. annoying :/ MariaBasquiat is right... it's just because she's gay...

    24 Dec 2012 Reply

  • rhinowing

    until we felt red is sneakily one of the best album i've ever heard

    15 Dec 2012 Reply

  • sataraid1

    There's a dealer on eBay selling copies of Mexican Teenagers for less than two bucks. Even with shipping from the UK, it's only about five bucks. I bought two, and they're legit. http://www.ebay.com/itm/KAKI-KING-MEXICAN-TEENAGERS-E-P-CD-SINGLE-housed-in-a-slip-case-/230895384010?pt=UK_CDsDVDs_CDs_CDs_GL&hash=item35c26ff5ca

    15 Dec 2012 Reply
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