I got my first gig of the year under my belt on Wednesday when we went to Paper Dress Vintage in hip and happening Hackney (where else would it be with a name like that?) to see Kaia Kater.
Kaia is a singer, songwriter and banjo player from Montreal who released three very good albums back in the 2010s and has a long overdue fourth album coming out later this year. She has just kicked off a tour of the UK and Ireland on which she is accompanied by the double bass player you can see in the videos below. Here's the evidence...
This was the first time I have seen Kaia live and I was impressed. She has an engaging stage presence and the new songs sounded very good. If she is playing round your way I can recommend popping along.
Support was ably provided by Neev, who hails from Glasgow and whose Granny designed her album sleeve. Charity Chic is in all likelihood a family friend. Neev has a nice voice and some decent tunes, such as "Seawall" which features in the final video.
But before we get to that we have two audio clips and two videos from Kaia Kater. The audio is a track each from her first two albums, "Sorrow Bound" (2014) and "Nine Pin" (2016); the first video features a song that was one of the highlights of her 2018 album "Grenades" while the second is her brand new single.
"When Sorrows Encompass Me Round" - Kaia Kater
"Paradise Fell" - Kaia Kater
They say Glasgow is a village but I'm not familiar with Neev.
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did you recognise any of the locations in the Neev video?
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Very impressed by Kaia, particularly her song about spilling her drink on the internet. Sometimes I think that would be for the best... but then, what would I do with my spare time?
ReplyDeleteBased on a true story apparently. She told us that she had been about to do an online gig during the first lockdown, and while waiting to go live had accidentally knocked a glass of water over her laptop and blowing it up.
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