[BONUS] Kaki King | Music in May
Good Life Project
Jonathan Fields / Acast
4.5 • 3.4K Ratings
🗓️ 23 May 2019
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
Hailed by Rolling Stone as “a genre unto herself,” Brooklyn-based composer and guitar phenom (http://www.kakiking.com/), Kaki King, has released 9 albums, performed on every continent, presented at the Kennedy Center, MoMA, LACMA and The Met and created music for film and TV. In 2015 Kaki launched "The Neck is a Bridge to the Body," a groundbreaking multi-media performance integrating guitar and projected imagery synced to the music. What's even more incredible, Kaki King never intended for music to be her career. Her early years were spent playing in bands as a drummer, just for fun. And, her "big break" came in a way she never saw coming, or even tried to make happen. And, as with all of our Music in May episodes, be sure to stay until the end to hear Kaki perform live in-studio.
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| 0:00.0 | And I am so excited to continue our month of music with you. |
| 0:09.4 | My guest this week is Kagi King. |
| 0:12.7 | She is... |
| 0:13.7 | How do you even describe her? |
| 0:16.5 | A guitar phenomenon, somebody who is a musician who has pushed the boundaries of any definition, |
| 0:22.4 | any template, any sort of box that you can imagine trying to describe music, especially |
| 0:28.2 | focused on playing guitar and a variety of instruments with strings. |
| 0:34.4 | She grew up in Atlanta, a sort of a self-described, extremely anxious and awkward kid, and turned |
| 0:40.1 | to music at a really young age, primarily though as a drummer, as a way to kind of escape |
| 0:45.2 | and feel good and get out of her head. |
| 0:47.8 | It was never supposed to be her career though, that was never her intention until she |
| 0:50.9 | found herself in New York at NYU, again studying something entirely different, but an experience |
| 0:57.8 | after that would change things and set her on a course that nobody ever really, especially |
| 1:03.2 | not her, saw coming. |
| 1:04.8 | It's sort of like the dream story that you hear about, but this was her reality, and she |
| 1:08.8 | has continued to grow and evolve and create stunning music in the world since then. |
| 1:15.1 | In today's conversation, we explore this eye-opening, powerful, moving journey, so excited |
| 1:22.2 | to share, and as always, be absolutely sure to stay tuned to the end where Kagi actually |
| 1:27.7 | arrived with her own beautiful guitar that she normally plays, but decided to actually |
| 1:32.3 | grab the guitar that I made at the end and play that for us, and it was so magical to |
| 1:39.8 | actually hear what came out of her, so excited to share it with you. |
| 1:44.5 | I'm Jonathan Fields, and this is Good Life Project. |
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