Episode 257: Kaia Kater

We’re giving the whole of this episode of Folk Roots Radio over to an interview with banjo player and rising star Kaia Kater who has just released her sophomore recording “Nine Pin”. Nine Pin is a concept album that takes as its inspiration the Black Lives Matter movement and Kaia’s own experience growing up as a person of colour in North America. And it’s an album that gives Kaia free reign to push her own boundaries using her old-time Appalachian banjo as the leaping off point for powerful lyrical songs that show maturity way beyond her years. It really is a terrific album, and it’s a great interview. I hope you enjoy it.

Kaia has a CD release concert in Toronto at the Burdock on June 12. She’ll also be appearing at the Kingsville Folk Music Festival, August 12-14. For more information, visit kaiakater.com.

Check out the full playlist with artist links below and share your love for all the great folk and roots music out there. Thanks to all the artists who share their music with us, and thank you for listening. We have a lot of great music to bring you on future shows. I hope you’ll join us! You can listen to this show again on Mixcloud by following the link below.

Nicolas & The Iceni (Theme)
Lucy She Rises (Demo)
Roll Right (expected 2016)

Kaia Kater
Rising Down
Nine Pin (2016, Self)

Interview: Kaia Kater discussing her new album “Nine Pin”.

Kaia Kater
Harlem’s Little Blackbird
Nine Pin (2016, Self)

Kaia Kater
Paradise Fell
Nine Pin (2016, Self)

Kaia Kater
Nine Pin
Nine Pin (2016, Self)

Kaia Kater
Fine Times In Our House
Nine Pin (2016, Self)

Kaia Kater
Viper’s Nest
Nine Pin (2016, Self)