Kaki King

IMN representation: Europe

Kaki King will return to her acoustic roots this fall for a national tour that will make stops across the Southeast. King’s career has been enthralling, as it has evolved from its virtuosic acoustic busker beginnings in the subways of New York to creating cerebral soundscapes with Tortoise’s John McIntyre to being included on Rolling Stone magazine’s short list of “Guitar Gods” to collaborations with Foo Fighters and The Mountain Goats. In her 10-year career, King has released five full lengths and two EPs. She has scored for television and film, most notably alongside Eddie Vedder and Michael Brook as composers for Sean Penn’s Into the Wild for which she received a Best Original Score Golden Globe nomination. King also contributed to the Grammy-nominated August Rush soundtrack, and in 2009, Ovation launched their Kaki King signature guitar model, which is now for sale worldwide.

King’s latest record, 2010’s Junior(Rounder), was perhaps her most concise artistic statement with a band to date, bringing her unique guitar style into power rock-trio form. Spin awarded the album eight out of 10 stars, and USA Today called the songs “bracing and fascinating.”

For this next phase, King has decided to take all of these musical experiences back to where it all began — one woman and a guitar, or in this case, a group of guitars.

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