exy – May 13, 2016 at 11:12AM
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Toronto-based, Montreal-born musician Kaia Kater is turning heads with her latest release Nine Pin. True to someone who has been studying Appalachian music and culture at college, the 22-year old’s take on bluegrass and folk is authentic and deferential to the music’s roots.
She already writes and performs with the skill of a folk-circuit veteran, penning such startling lines as this one that opens the title track of her debut LP, Nine Pin (named for a square-dance formation): “These clothes you gave me don’t fit right, the belt is loose and the noose is tight/ Got drunk out looking for a fight, I’m soft and heavy as the night.”
In addition to her dexterity on the banjo, Kater’s songs delve into contemporary social issues, despite her reverence for the past. She touches…
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…on the digital age on “Saint Elizabeth” and “Rising Down” addressing present day racial injustices. With a voice that explores these topics with unadorned instrumentation, there’s an undeniable tangibility to what Kater brings to the surface on Nine Pin.
“I think songwriting prowess really comes through when one lyric can mean so much. I’m reminded of an incredible Canadian musician, and one of my favorite poets, Amelia Curran, who has a song called ‘Time, Time.’ One of the lines she sings is: ‘Now that we’re adding up all of the time that it took / you only promised me pages / I promised you books.’ To me, it’s a song about the futility of time and how it’s the only thing you can’t get back — which means that time itself, something we take for granted so often, is more powerful than anything. There’s something magical about that type of writing.”
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