Kaki King

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By Marcus Kagler

Kaki King has become world renowned for her instrumental classical guitar pieces highlighted by an inventive slap playing style. Highly regarded as a critical darling King’s eclectic style began to slip into the mainstream after she appeared on albums by the Foo Fighters and Tegan and Sarah followed closely by her soiree into Hollywood with her music appearing in the films Into The Wild and her original playing style featured heavily in August Rush. As a native of Atlanta, Georgia the burgeoning musician was born in 1978 to a musical household. Although she was a trained guitarist from an early age, King thought her future lay in drummer for various Britpop inspired bands. After relocating to New York... Read More