Kaki King

Kaki King may only be 29 years old, but she packs a serious punch when it comes to guitar skills. Which is suprising considering she use to play when she was younger, switched to drums to play seriosuly, and didn't start playing again until her college years at NYU. In college she played a few gigs here and there, but nothing incredibly serious. Kaki is gaining a larger fan-base by the day, and I would definately project seeing her in the major indie spotlight within the next year or so. She's already done her fair share of basking in the spotlight when she was the guest guitarist with Tegan and Sara on The Con album, playing guitar for "knife going in" and "floorplan" (both of which are Sara's songs).

King's two earlier recordings Everybody Loves You (with Velour Records) in 2003 and Legs to Make Us Longer (with Sony Records) in 2004 featured more acoustic compositions, but her 2005 tours saw more use of electric guitars and loops. During some shows, she made it known that she had parted ways with major label Sony. For her third album ...Until We Felt Red, King made a conscious decision to depart from her previous musical direction, out of a desire to escape being pigeonholed as a solo instrumental artist. The album features King's vocals on more tracks than previous albums. With the prominence of electric guitar on the new record and the addition of a full band, the popular music website AV Club called the sound a “post-rock makeover”. Featuring production work by Tortoise's John McEntire, the album was released on August 8, 2006 on Velour Records.

In February 2006, King was named as a “Guitar God” by Rolling Stone Magazine, becoming the first ever female to make this list in the history of the publication.^{[citation needed]}

On December 13, 2007, Kaki King was nominated for a Best Original Score Golden Globe Award for the music she played in the film Into the Wild. She was nominated for the award along with Eddie Vedder and Michael Brook, who also contributed music to the film.

Being a guitar player myself, I love her soulful style that corralates beautifully with her natural talent for funk. She's worth a listen, even if you don't have the time