× Kaia Kater visits the Benelux this weekend for four shows

Kaia Kater visits the Benelux this weekend for four shows

04-02-2018

The new album from young African-Canadian roots phenom Kaia Kater couldn’t come at a better time. As a new generation takes the reins, American roots music is needed more than ever to remind us of the troubled pathways of our own history. Born of African-Caribbean descent in Québec, Kaia Kater grew up between two worlds: one her family’s deep ties to Canadian folk music in her Toronto home; the other the years she spent learning and studying Appalachian music in West Virginia.

Her acclaimed debut album Sorrow Bound touched on this divide, but her new album, Nine Pin, delves even further, and casts an unflinching eye at the realities faced by people of colour in North America every day. Her songs on the new album are fueled by her rich low tenor vocals, jazz-influenced instrumentation, and beautifully understated banjo, and they’ve got as much in common with Kendrick Lamar right now as they do with Pete Seeger.

Excited to see her in the Benelux this month for four shows:
07 FEB: Tilburg - 013 
08 FEB: Leiden - Q-Bus 
09 FEB: Eeklo - N9 
11 FEB: Utrecht - Molen de Ster 

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