Two years ago, guitarist Kaki King announced that she would tour with a full band. For an artist who made her name as a solo instrumentalist, especially in the acoustic fingerstyle-guitar tradition, it marked her move into pop territory. Return to this space to hear King perform a concert from WXPN and the Abbey Bar in Harrisburg, Pa.
Until We Felt Red served as King's first attempt to distance herself from her musical past; the disc's producer, Tortoise's John McEntire, gave it an agreeably post-rock feel. Since then, King has scored the music for the movie Into the Wild and collaborated with many artists, including The Foo Fighters, Tegan and Sara, and Northern State. Her latest album, Dreaming of Revenge, is her first with that full band, though her inventively percussive style remains.
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