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Growing up, Kaki King's passions were drums and Brit-pop, and she figured if she ever made it big it would be because of her skills behind the kit. However, her musical talents didn't stop there: she also played the guitar, and though she learned Beatles and Fleetwood Mac songbooks, she found herself drawn to the styles of Preston Reed and Michael Hedges. Moving from Atlanta to New York to attend college, King got her first taste of solo guitar performance thanks to campus open-mike nights, and upon graduation in 2001 she decided to pursue the instrument more seriously. She started playing in subways, a venue that helped her develop her percussive technique, and when passengers would ask her if she had CDs, she realized that she could possibly make a living as a musician. A copy of her 2002 demo got her a short gig at the Tap Bar in the Knitting Factory, where she was seen by Velour Records head Jeff Krasno, who released her debut, Everybody Loves You, the following year. King moved to Epic imprint Red Ink for her second album, 2004's Legs to Make Us Longer, but she returned to Velour for 2006's Until We Felt Red, which, in addition to including other instrumentation (which was also found on Legs to Make Us Longer), had King's singing prominently featured. After a busy 2007 -- not only was the guitarist recording her fourth full-length she also appeared on albums from Tegan and Sara and the Foo Fighters and contributed to the soundtracks for Into the Wild and August Rush -- King released Dreaming of Revenge in March of 2008. ~ Marisa Brown, All Music GuideMore

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Playing with Pink Noise
(Duration: 3:09)
Jun 19th, 11:43pm
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Fan Comments

May 24th, 3:37pm
She is Michael Hedges incarnated, absolutely adorable and quite impressive despite of her age.

Well done.
Dec 29th, 6:07pm
I absolutely love love, your music. It's the only stuff that I have heard that has soul in it. Please keep it up. This is a bit random and it was a while ago but you were killer at the download festival in Los Angeles. :)

Upcoming Shows

12/12 Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall Of Williamsburg
01/06 Brisbane, AU - Sunset Sounds Festival
Seasick Steve, Emiliana Torrini, DataRock, Little Red, The Phenomenal Handclap Band, Dappled Cities, Moby, Hilltopp Hoods, Rodrigo Y Gabriela, Jamie T
01/10 Busselton, AU - Southbound Festival
Future Of The Left, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Lyrics Born, The Temper Trap, DataRock, White Rabbits, Xavier Rudd, Major Lazer, Sarah Blasko, Lisa Mitchell, Chairlift, Hilltopp Hoods
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